[Milsurplus] BC-375/191 adjustment tool needed

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Fri May 28 12:20:29 EDT 2010


How about a supplier of tools for telephone exchanges? Many of the old
WEco tools are still available.

The other thing is to anneal your cheap needlenose pliers and then drill
them. Heat the tips to red heat and let them cool slowly to room tempb.

FWIW,

-John

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> Am refurbing the relay contacts in my BC-375E and expect to have to
> readjust the contact spacing when I'm done.
>
> All contact surfaces in this beast so far have been oxidized to the point
> of non-conductivity. I get a ripping 10mA total plate current at 500VDC.
> It dips and I can hear CW/MCW on the other side of the garage w/a '348, so
> it's not totally dead.
>
> Anyone have a custom set of needle-nosed pliers I can borrow for a few
> days (hope springs eternal, hihi!), or know where I can get one/fabricate
> one? The '191 manual says to just drill out a pair of regular needle-nosed
> pliers, but the steel on even the Harbor Freight cheapies is way too hard
> for the skinny drill bits and loosey-goosey drill press I have. Maybe a
> custom 2-fanged grabber tool out of piano wire?
>
> I can build the relay timing light unit and the adjustable test arm
> (Thanks, Mike!), Just can't get at the contact lock nuts w/o tearing them
> up.
>
> TNX ES 73 DE JIM K6FWT
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