[R-390] Source for good ceramic alignment/tuning tools

[Barry]

Tim,

Look at:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062757&cp=&kw=alignment&parentPage=search

Barry - N4BUQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at wmata.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:06 AM
Subject: [R-390] Source for good ceramic alignment/tuning tools


I've got a set of thiry-year old alignment tools made out of nylon that I
probably bought at Radio Shack. (In any event they come in a now decaying
plastic pouch that say "Color TV alignment set"). They're getting pretty
worn and ratty now, and since I'm getting deep into aligning RF decks and
eventually IF transformers I want something better.

Radio Shack doesn't seem to have any tools like this anymore. AES has some
nylon tools but I'd like something better than what I have. (Well, at least
the nylon ones are a little bendy and don't break).

At one point you could buy from the electronics parts places some really
nice ceramic and/or carbon graphite alignment tools. If I poke around
Digikey etc. I see a couple of nice insulating screwdrivers but nothing with
the hex tips (including the narrow-shaft one for doing the bottom of two
slugs in a trasformer).

If anyone knows of a good source for buying these ceramic hex thingys, I
think that I'd now like to invest a little bit of money (maybe $20-$40) for
a set that'll be useful in my R-390A and other radios. If anyone knows the
exact designation for the hex core sizes that'd be handy someday too.

Tim.
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