[Boatanchors] Strange component

[Mark Foltarz]

Sounds like a shock mount to me.

de KA4JVY
Mark

--- William L Howard <wlhoward at verizon.net> 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?
> 
> Bill Howard
> 
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