[Boatanchors] Has anyone ever cut the glass top off a miniaturetube to re-use the base?

[Bob Bethman]

Get some of the old crimp pins for RS-232 Male DB-25 connectors.

Solder those on some old telephone solid conductor wire.

Then you can use whatever material, even the base of a medicine bottle, and make tight holes in the desired 7 or 9 pin base.  Push them in, epoxy in place.

I've made a bunch of "plugs" that way.  You can even NOT cut off the pill bottle and build your circuit inside it.

Regards, Bob - N0DGN

-----Original Message-----
From: Boatanchors [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of McDonald, J Douglas
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 11:08 AM
To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Has anyone ever cut the glass top off a miniaturetube to re-use the base?

You can buy gold plated pins that plug into those sockets. 

Solder wires to them, drill holes in a small cut-off plastic bottle, insert pins, and fill with epoxy or sensor-safe silicone.

Just a thought.  I still have a very few plugs left over from the 70s, which I am slowly using up.

Doug McDonald

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