[Hallicrafters] Bristol drivers

[Ken Winterling]

If you do try snapping it off I strongly suggest you wear good safety
goggles.

Ken
WA2LBI



On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 8:19 PM, <KB9GKC at aol.com> wrote:

> Hello Rick,
>
> The tip is not likely to break off clean.
>
> I just use a vertical belt sander and sand the tip back to where it's  good
> again and then cool it of in some water!
>
> Merry Christmas Hallicrafters friends,
>
> Douglas in Green Bay
>
>
> In a message dated 12/4/2012 7:11:45 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> rickgouge at shaw.ca writes:
>
> I have a  set of Bristol Drivers here and the main ones i want to use are
> warn out on  the tips. I am thinking of putting one of the drivers into a
> vise with just  the tip of the driver sticking up out of the vise jaw and
> snap
> the tip off.  The last thing you want to do is file or grind the tip off to
> avoid burrrs.  What do you think? Am i on track?
> Rick  VE7RiK
>