[Hallicrafters] Tube Socket Connections

[Peter May]

Hi Roy,
I pondered about use of this tool for some time, I found several of them in
a box of tubes from an SK.
Initially I thought it might be some sort of "heat sink" for when you are
soldering wires to plastic tube sockets.
If you rub one of the pins against your fingernail you might find that it is
slightly abrasive, i.e. not as smooth as a normal tube pin.
I stand to be corrected if I'm wrong.

Regards
Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: <roy.morgan at nist.gov>
To: "Peter May" <peter_may at optusnet.com.au>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Tube Socket Connections


> Quoting Peter May <peter_may at optusnet.com.au>:
> > I also have a small tool that looks like a set of tube pins mounted in a
> > small diecast handle, on closer inspection with a magnifier the pins
reveal
> > that they are actually slightly abrasive in nature.
>
> Peter,
>
> I have a pair of those tools, also. I did not know they were "slightly
abrasive"
> and I"ll have a look at  mine.  I was never sure what the original purpose
was
> for these things.  Your clue sheds more light on them though.
>
> 'Seems to me that having a small, shallow container of De-Oxit handy to
dip the
> thing into before cleaning the socket would make an ideal job of it.
>
> > I used it with great success with my SX-101 that was in a very weather
> > beaten state after being salvaged from the outback of Western Australia.
>
> I have an SX-101 here that will get restored eventually. It has not been
in the
> outback, but I'm sure it's capacitors are mostly bad by now.
>
> Thanks for the info on this obscure tool.
>
> 73,
> Roy
>
>
>
>
> Roy Morgan
> 7130 Panorama Dr.
> Derwood MD 20855