[Icom] PW-1 SO-239 discoloration

Sat, 13 Apr 2002 17:03:42 -0600

Hi, Chris
Yep. Chop stick separator was before the days of plastic, hi, hi.
That makes me an old fart. I have a dozen set of real ivory carved and
decorated chop stick(a dozen pairs) I bought when I left Vietnam after
my tour there during the war. My daughter brought a one carved for
Jesus last dinner on a long piece of ivory. 
Hot today. Hope spring is here to stay. XYL wants a gazebo in the back
yard and sauna in the basement and a new car. I was out shopping all of
those. Lot more than our tax refund can handle, hi.
There is a S.S. chop stick which has a roughened end so it is not
slippery. XYL brought some last time. She took a quick trip home last
month with My aero plan points. 100, 000 points for round trip in
business class. Not bad.
Have a great week end. Now QRL replacing a set of guitar pick up for my
son.
73,
Tony, VE6CGX

with color

Chris BONDE wrote:
> 
> Tony:
> I ran into so many different type of chop sticks that I was amazed.  I
> living in a sheltered life thought that there was only one type, the long
> bamboo type, w e  l   l,   I find not so.
> 
> For the rich ivory, for those who wish to look rich plastic ivory, ordinary
> people bamboo, some restaurants in Asia disposable BC pine wood, and in
> wood starved S Korea stainless steel.  The stainless steel, being thiner
> and harder, to me, were the worst to use, dug right into the fingers and
> slipped more.
> 
> The best suggestion for separators, that I have heard is using plastic
> rods, heat the wire with a soldering gun (must this gun be registered with
> the Federal government?) and push the wire into the end of the rod.  Or cut
> small slots in the plastic rod, put the wire in then heat (small blow
> torch) to close the slot over the wire.  I am afraid of open flames and
> plastic tho.  Maybe a solvent for the plastic would be better with a slot
> width just tight for the wire.
> 
> Chris opr VE7HCB
> 
> At 12:18 AM 2002-04-08 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hi, Chris
> >Just buy some assortments of few each(like Amphenol) on line and you're
> >always ready. If no coax/connector, start boiling chop sticks in a pot
> >of
> >wax and be rady to roll open ladder lines, hi.
> >73,
> >Tony, VE6CGX
> >
> >Chris BONDE wrote:
> > >
> > > This is good to know and I shall note it.  I assume that there are as Gary
> > > suggested, "...   the silver plated connectors with teflon insulators
> > > ...".  I have search much locally for these but to no avail.
> > >
> > > Again thank you Don.
> > >
> > > Chris opr VE7HCB
> > >
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