[GreenKeys] Making cables with M642 plugs

[John]

There is a very specialized screwdriver (pix of which I cannot 
immediately find) which looks like a very small 'spanner', which is 
hollow, and in that is a spring-loaded needle.

The needle wedges into the hole in the tiny screw, and then you press 
the tool down until the 'spanner' engages the slots of the screw - then 
thread it up and tighten it.

In my years of pro audio work, I've had several of them - alas! none 
have followed me home.

I'll try and locate them, it is a very unique tool and made for this 
purpose. Possibly they were included in the various TTY Repair Kits...


Cheers

John KB6SCO

Carson City NV

On 9/19/2020 5:17 PM, Joe Clanin wrote:
> Greenkeys,
>
> I'm making some cables today with M642/1-1 plugs. I have found the 
> process of putting the plugs on the cables to be quite frustrating 
> every time I've done it previously. I've been soldering the lugs 
> because they are quite small to crimp and then trying (at length) to 
> manipulate the tiny little screws into their final resting places with 
> a small split screwdriver. Is there some special tool or jig from the 
> annals of telegraphy that I'm unaware of that makes this easier? There 
> is a through-hole in the screws that leads me to believe something may 
> exist along these lines.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> -Joe
>