[Boatanchors] Strange component

[J. Forster]

I vaguely recall seeing something similar in some WW II UK gear. They were shock
or vibration reducing mounts in areas like master oscillators.

FWIW,
-John

William L Howard wrote:

> I have been stripping out a Japanese Type 94-2B radio set that was
> beyond restoration. Someone in Australia or N.Z. had stripped out all
> the original tube sockets and replaced them with octal sockets. The
> original Japanese sockets were mounted by 4 machine screws. The
> replacement octal sockets were smaller and mounted by 2 screws.
>
> The revamped set had some sort of a sponge (?) rubber device that fit
> into two of the original holes and the tube socket fit the third hole.
>
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> Has anyone ever seen these items? Are they strictly Australian/N.Z. or
> were they also used in American radio sets?
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