Allodoxaphobia wrote in
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:35:11 -0000, N_Cook wrote:
In this case someone has been moving all 12AX7 type tubes around and
forcing them in or something. Anyway pins are bent and drunken and
deforming the sockets. Any tips for straightening ? A brass block
with precisely engineered holes to push back all into alignment ? a
metal cylinder with 9 peripheral axial channels to go inside the
pinning and something to run around on the outer sides of the pins ?

These things exist. e.g.:
http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...1418&mode=view
Just up from the very bottom of the page.

GFGI for [ "7-pin" "9-pin" straightener ]

No comment on this: http://www.stevenjohnson.com/tubepinst.htm

Jonesy

old tube testers used to have metal pin strighteners.

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