[R-390] Fwd: Avoiding a bad experience

[Roy Morgan]

At 10:01 PM 5/19/2005, you wrote:
>I was referring to the zippo lighter tube rejuvenation thread of 
>yesteryear that Nolan Lee had going........................:-)

For those who weren't around then:  As I remember the thread, if you held 
your Zippo lighter against the silvered part of a tube to heat up the 
gettering layer inside the tube, it would improve the performance of an 
old, tired, and gassy tube.

Me, I never tried it.

I did make an old type 27 a bunch worse by over heating the filament for a 
while.  That's supposed to work for thoriated tungsten filaments as found 
in transmitting tubes.  And WD-11's.  Good luck!

Oh, the string to keep the spring nearby when it goes SPROING is a nice 
idea. I've used it back when I worked on clocks and watches.

Roy



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