[Milsurplus] Pin Head screwdriver for mil phone plugs

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The olde phoneco people call the screw the "thousand line screw".  And the 
screwdriver the "thousand line screw screwdriver".  I've had one of the 
special screwdrivers for years, courtesey of one of the olde etc.  All that I 
can say is that regardless of what method other than the proper tool you use, 
it's a bitch dealing with those little screws.  Since I got the proper tool, 
it's just ho-hum.  Now if only I could find a proper tool for removing 
and/or reinstalling the (usually brass) clamp ring.  I'd settle for just the 
installer, as that's far and away the harder of the two jobs.

In a message dated 2/1/2010 5:42:35 PM Central Standard Time, 
jcoward5452 at aol.com writes: 
> My little trick is to use a fine pointed tweezer,closed and inserted into 
> the pilot hole and then released to expand and gently hold the subject 
> un-nameable screw.With gentle and just patience,I enable the aforementioned 
> screw through the ring terminal and into and then secured in  its proper 
> resting place.Hopefully for all eternity....
> Jay KE6PPF
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mac <w7qho at aol.com>
> To: Mike Hanz <AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org>
> Cc: milsurplus at qth.net
> Sent: Mon, Feb 1, 2010 3:04 pm
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Pin Head screwdriver for mil phone plugs
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> Mike,
> You must have bought one of these from Telegraph Tools of Georgia  
> bout the same time I did as mine arrived today but with your invoice  
> n the package.  Wonder if you got my paperwork?  Anyway, ran down to  
> he shack straightaway to try it out  and WOW, neat little gadget!   
> een struggling with and cussing at those little screws ever since I  
> as a kid back in the 50s.
> 73,
> Dennis D. W7QHO
> lendale, CA
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