[Boatanchors] Tube tongs

[Howard Weinstein]

I have burned my fingers on a hot vacuum tube several times. I find it safer and more convenient to use my teeth for tube extraction. Thank you de Howie K3HW

--- On Sun, 10/17/10, WQ9E at btsnetworks.net <WQ9E at btsnetworks.net> wrote:

> From: WQ9E at btsnetworks.net <WQ9E at btsnetworks.net>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Tube tongs
> To: ranchorobbo at gmail.com, kf4nsradio at verizon.net
> Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, October 17, 2010, 11:37 PM
> 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
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> 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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> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:42:32 -0500
> > From: "Ken" 
> > Subject: [Boatanchors] Tube tongs.
> > To: , 
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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