[Hallicrafters] Tube lugs fragile?

[kirklandb at sympatico.ca]

Let me say first that I appreciate this thread as 
being relatively new to restoring old equipment I've
wondered what others do.

>From my own experience, many times the lugs are full
and there is no room to squeeze in an extra wire.
So, you are left with attaching a replacement componet
to the leads of the old one or removing the old leads
all together.  Works ok for components but not so well
if a stranded wire has broken off or is damaged.

I've been fortunate enough to pick up a good Hakko rework
station as well as a SMD rework station. For you tube folks
SMD is surface mount device - usually much much smaller than
any tube vintage component.  However the ability to direct
concentrate hot air on a solder joint has been very useful.
(As opposed to other types of hot air.)

Bill, VE3JHU


> 
> From: Wayne Light <hwlight at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: 2005/10/20 Thu AM 02:32:03 EST
> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] Tube lugs fragile?
> 
> OK folks...I know I'm swimming upstream here...
>  
> I've restored many dozens of Hallicrafters and I always strip the wires completely off the tube terminals before adding a new component such as a capacitor. I just make sure there is no solder left on the connection (I use a HAKKO desoldering unit, but I've done the same with the metal tape or a plastic suction). I do not try "unbending" the connection. Using high quality "nippers" such as an Erem, I carefully clip the old wires away from the terminal and the wires usually fall off the terminal.
>  
> I have to say that I have NEVER had a single lug seriously damaged, break  or fall off. I have replaced the lugs for other reasons (a simple task with the old sockets). 
>  
> Maybe I'm just the luckiest guy around, since everyone warns about damaging the tube lugs/terminals, if one tries to remove the original wires. But if done this way, it sure is an "original looking" non-cluttered connection when done.
>  
> Wayne K7NCE
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