[Boatanchors] Tube tongs

[WQ9E at btsnetworks.net]

Rob's leather glove idea is a good one for hot tubes AND also for tubes that are difficult to remove.  When I was a young novice I remember one of the old timers came to a club meeting with a heavily bandaged hand.  He had cut it trying to wrestle the 7F8 "loctal" osc/mixer tube out of his Hallicrafters SX-62.  He squeezed on the tube hard enough to break the glass envelope and did further damage jerking his hand back and hitting the side of the receiver case.  That made a big impression on me because the SX-62 was my first "real" receiver and I had one at the time.

Rodger WQ9E

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From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 10:26 PM
To: Dick KF4NS <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Tube tongs 

maybe you can put on a leather glove, the type that has cotton lining inside
and pull the hot one with that--be ready to plug it in to the tube tester
right away and you won't handle it very long. 

I'd be afraid I'd grip it too tight with the tong and break it.

I got the glove idea from wearing leather work gloves to pull a hot oil
filter that was right under an exhaust manifold and I didn't want to get
burned by the manifold.

Rob
K5UJ

On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Dick KF4NS  wrote:

> Ken, I misplaced mine a while back and had to resort to stealing
> (borrowing) the ones my wife used in the kitchen (they are very cheap
> at Big Lots), and dipping the TIPS in PLASTI DIP. Boy, that stuff has
> come in handy so many times I could not tell you.
>
> Good luck and 73, Dick KF4NS
> St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> Keep The Glow!
>
>
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> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:42:32 -0500
> From: "Ken" 
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Tube tongs.
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> Hi Fellows,
>
> I am need of a pair of tube tongs - yep, the things used to pull hot
> vacuum tubes out of their sockets
>
> to test while at operating temperature (the most accurate test).
>
> I have a pair but I cannot find!
>
> If you have gone solid state and will no longer need your pair, please
> make them available to me!
>
> Take care,
>
> Ken   N5CM
>
>
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