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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 ? -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ |
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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 ? Seems like too much work to make one. Heres some ideas... http://tinyurl.com/72bx7d |
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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 -- Marvin L Jones | jonz | W3DHJ | linux 38.24N 104.55W | @ config.com | Jonesy | OS/2 * Killfiling google & XXXXbanter.com: jonz.net/ng.htm |
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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 ? -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ Here in the Colonies, every drugstore had a free tube tester which had pin-straighteners: steel disks with 7 or 9 holes flared at the top to accept pins and nudge them back into position. That was about 40 years ago. As I recall, straighteners were also available as buy-your-own tools. |
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"Bryce" wrote in message ... 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 ? -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ Here in the Colonies, every drugstore had a free tube tester which had pin-straighteners: steel disks with 7 or 9 holes flared at the top to accept pins and nudge them back into position. That was about 40 years ago. As I recall, straighteners were also available as buy-your-own tools. Many times I found a pair of long nosed pliers adequate. |
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Allodoxaphobia wrote in message
... 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 -- Marvin L Jones | jonz | W3DHJ | linux 38.24N 104.55W | @ config.com | Jonesy | OS/2 * Killfiling google & XXXXbanter.com: jonz.net/ng.htm From that collection, my idea for non-engineered tool. I will try a ring of 9 Souriau connector pins (just the right bore ) on the pins of a brand new valve, setting the pins in heat settable fire-cement. Then use preceeded by individual pin straightening with parallel jaw pliers. -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ |
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N_Cook wrote:
From that collection, my idea for non-engineered tool. I will try a ring of 9 Souriau connector pins (just the right bore ) on the pins of a brand new valve, setting the pins in heat settable fire-cement. Then use preceeded by individual pin straightening with parallel jaw pliers. I hate to see you go through all that rot...unless you're just wanting to be creative I have a 7 and 9 pin straightener socket screwed to my bench shelf that I'll send you free for the cost of postage. They don't get much use in my shack. Let me know. -Bill |
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Allodoxaphobia wrote in
: 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. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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"N_Cook" wrote in message ... 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 ? -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ Years ago when I was a TV engineer with a rental company, I had a pin straightner / valve remover in my toolkit. At one end, it had a 'pseudo' B9A valveholder one side, made from some kind of hard plastic - maybe bakelite even, with slightly 'coned' entries to the pin holes, and a B7G holder back to back with it. These were used to straighten pins. This part of the tool was then attached to a soft(ish) plastic tube, slightly conical in shape. When you had to change a valve in an awkward place, such as at the front of an old turret tuner, especially when it was mounted upside down, you just pushed the tool over the valve and then pulled. The softness of the plastic gripped the glass of the valve, probably assisted by vacuum, and out it came. The replacement valve could be fitted by first inserting it into the plastic tube, and then using it as an extension to your fingers to manoeuvre it into the valve holder. Once in place, the tool could be gently rocked and removed, leaving the valve in place. I have a vague suspicion that this tool was actually supplied by Mullard, but I could be wrong there. I have a clear memory of it being a baby blue colour. Happy days ... Arfa |
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Arfa Daily wrote:
I have a vague suspicion that this tool was actually supplied by Mullard, but I could be wrong there. I have a clear memory of it being a baby blue colour. Happy days ... *Rummages around in the "box-o-stuff" Ahhh, here we go. Belling & Lee Ltd. L1424 Made in England Yuppers, baby blue, soft rubber with hard black 7 and 9 pin tube base inserts. Jeff |
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:12:16 GMT, "Sudy Nim"
wrote: "Bryce" wrote in message ... 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 ? -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ Here in the Colonies, every drugstore had a free tube tester which had pin-straighteners: steel disks with 7 or 9 holes flared at the top to accept pins and nudge them back into position. That was about 40 years ago. As I recall, straighteners were also available as buy-your-own tools. Many times I found a pair of long nosed pliers adequate. Me too. I don't think i had much luck with those "straigteners" into which one plugged the whole tube. I had cases where the pins were so bent they couldn't get into the all-pin thing, and I used needle nose, and they worked so well, I was done. |
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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 ? They're being sold as antiques on eBay. Search for "pin straightener". For example: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310087716127 You'll also find them mixed into tube/valve collections at hamfests and flea markets. I have one somewhere. Incidentally, in the bad old days of 16K and 64Kbit dynamic RAM, in dual inline 14/16/18 pin packages, I had the same pin straightening problem. I had a local machine shop fabricate a suitable IC pin straightener. http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/drivel/pin-staightener.jpg I was planning on making my fortune selling these, but the SIM/DIMM/SIP packages appeared, making DIP memory instantly obsolete. Oh well. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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Bill M wrote in message
... N_Cook wrote: From that collection, my idea for non-engineered tool. I will try a ring of 9 Souriau connector pins (just the right bore ) on the pins of a brand new valve, setting the pins in heat settable fire-cement. Then use preceeded by individual pin straightening with parallel jaw pliers. I hate to see you go through all that rot...unless you're just wanting to be creative I have a 7 and 9 pin straightener socket screwed to my bench shelf that I'll send you free for the cost of postage. They don't get much use in my shack. Let me know. -Bill You already own one and I don't, and I wish to get the pins straightened today and the repair back out the door, as I need the space. -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ |
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"Jeffrey D Angus" wrote in message ... Arfa Daily wrote: I have a vague suspicion that this tool was actually supplied by Mullard, but I could be wrong there. I have a clear memory of it being a baby blue colour. Happy days ... *Rummages around in the "box-o-stuff" Ahhh, here we go. Belling & Lee Ltd. L1424 Made in England Yuppers, baby blue, soft rubber with hard black 7 and 9 pin tube base inserts. Jeff Ah well - after more than 35 years, I don't reckon that was too bad a bit of memory on my part !! Not Mullard but Belling Lee. I knew it was someone famous in the trade ! Might still have been actually distributed by Mullard though ... Arfa |
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"Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message ... 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 ? They're being sold as antiques on eBay. Search for "pin straightener". For example: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310087716127 You'll also find them mixed into tube/valve collections at hamfests and flea markets. I have one somewhere. Incidentally, in the bad old days of 16K and 64Kbit dynamic RAM, in dual inline 14/16/18 pin packages, I had the same pin straightening problem. I had a local machine shop fabricate a suitable IC pin straightener. http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/drivel/pin-staightener.jpg I was planning on making my fortune selling these, but the SIM/DIMM/SIP packages appeared, making DIP memory instantly obsolete. Oh well. -- Jeff Liebermann I still have a DIP IC pin straightner in my toolbox. It has a central mandrel which is spaced for standard DIPs - your common 14 or 16 pin logic ICs for instance - on one side, and for wide DIPs like EPROMs, on the other. Either side, is a spring loaded arm, with a shoulder made to butt against the mandrel when the tool is squeezed closed in your hand. Made from hard blue plastic, it is a bit like one of those squeezy hand muscle exercisers or stress relievers. You simple drop your IC with snaggled pins, over the appropriate mandrel, and squeeze. When you let go, your pins are back in line. Obviously, it only corrects pitch on the wide axis, but if the pins are out of line with respect to each other, you can quickly correct that with needle nosed pliers. A most useful tool, which has seen much service over the 25 years that I have owned it. Arfa |
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N_Cook wrote in message
... Allodoxaphobia wrote in message ... 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 -- Marvin L Jones | jonz | W3DHJ | linux 38.24N 104.55W | @ config.com | Jonesy | OS/2 * Killfiling google & XXXXbanter.com: jonz.net/ng.htm From that collection, my idea for non-engineered tool. I will try a ring of 9 Souriau connector pins (just the right bore ) on the pins of a brand new valve, setting the pins in heat settable fire-cement. Then use preceeded by individual pin straightening with parallel jaw pliers. -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ A 20 minute job making a straightener and pins are now sober. It would have taken that to track down a UK supplier and order one and then 3 days at least. Also my method could be used for non-standard pinnings -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ |
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valve pin "straightening tool" site:co.uk nothing found |
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They're available in the US. Here's a current eBay auction for one...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pin-Straightener...QQcmdZViewItem |
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"N_Cook" writes:
Bill M wrote in message ... N_Cook wrote: From that collection, my idea for non-engineered tool. I will try a ring of 9 Souriau connector pins (just the right bore ) on the pins of a brand new valve, setting the pins in heat settable fire-cement. Then use preceeded by individual pin straightening with parallel jaw pliers. I hate to see you go through all that rot...unless you're just wanting to be creative I have a 7 and 9 pin straightener socket screwed to my bench shelf that I'll send you free for the cost of postage. They don't get much use in my shack. Let me know. -Bill You already own one and I don't, and I wish to get the pins straightened today and the repair back out the door, as I need the space. Geez, how many techs or engineers does it take to straighten a few pins??? I'd just go with a fine tipped needlenose and be done with it in 5 minutes. Or if you want to get fancy, a thin rod with an appropriately sized hole drill in it! -- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/ Repair | Main Table of Contents: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/ +Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm | Mirror Sites: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header above is ignored unless my full name AND either lasers or electronics is included in the subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the FAQs. |
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:21:35 -0000, "N_Cook"
wrote: setting the pins in heat settable fire-cement. That 'fire-cement' doesn't ring a bell here in the US, have a brand name I could look up? Sounds like an interesting product. |
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PeterD wrote in message
... On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:21:35 -0000, "N_Cook" wrote: setting the pins in heat settable fire-cement. That 'fire-cement' doesn't ring a bell here in the US, have a brand name I could look up? Sounds like an interesting product. I use both types for all sorts of uses. But mainly the heat setting type as its cheaper for bulk use compared to epoxy and it of course takes heat. It can crack so reinforce with car repair glass fibre/fiber mesh if that is critical. Recently bought, as I used up the previous 1Kg, tub of the heat setting type called Pyrum fire cement, so still sold in the UK. To cure, I use a hot air gun on a low setting for an initial surface hardening , as in this straightener job. Removed the valves (I used one at either end of the pins when it came to it, each covered with ptfe tape to keep the valves clean) after intial surface set. Then heat up at full whack to fully harden the resin , its then as hard as stone in a few minutes. The other type , non setting, trade name may not exist any more Hermetite flue jointing compound. Mine is probably 20 years old but still useable. I tend to only use it when I've robbed a right V & W halogen bulb from one dicroic mount and are having to, suck it and see, adjusting the position in another size/shape of reflector, also robbed. If you find a USA trade or generic name and post back here, I will add to my UK/USA technical translator file http://www.divdev.fsnet.co.uk/tool_terms.htm -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ |
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should be
Pyruma fire cement -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ |
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N_Cook wrote:
should be Pyruma fire cement Crikey! do they still make that? When I was a kid it was promoted in kids comics and the 'Railwaymodeller' for making models, it came in tins with press on lids - that takes me back. I spose the modern equivelent would be DAS modelling clay. Ron(UK) |
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Needle-nose pliers.
Chain-nose pliers would be even better. |
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"Meat Plow" wrote in message
... On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:02:05 -0800, "William Sommerwerck" wrote: Needle-nose pliers. Chain-nose pliers would be even better. Don't have a pair. You probably do. Most people call chain-nose pliers needle nose. |
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On 2009-01-13 09:43:32 -0700, Ron said:
N_Cook wrote: should be Pyruma fire cement Crikey! do they still make that? When I was a kid it was promoted in kids comics and the 'Railwaymodeller' for making models, it came in tins with press on lids - that takes me back. Heh, they still make Wood's Metal also. I have some radio books dating back to the early 1900's talking about setting galena in Wood's Metal as not to ruin the crystal. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, nearly everything is available! Joe |
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On Jan 13, 12:17*am, Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
Arfa Daily wrote: I have a vague suspicion that this tool was actually supplied by Mullard, but I could be wrong there. I have a clear memory of it being a baby blue colour. Happy days ... *Rummages around in the "box-o-stuff" Ahhh, here we go. Belling & Lee Ltd. L1424 Made in England Yuppers, baby blue, soft rubber with hard black 7 and 9 pin tube base inserts. Jeff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .. Nah! I gotta one; somewhere, for small tubes/valves with 'pins in glass' bases. 6C4, 12BE6, 6BZ7, 12AU7 etc. Left over from me TV fixing days in the mid 1950s. And it's green metal. Cost around 65 cents (about 30 p?) back then if I recall. B7G one end and B9A t'other end IIRC. Tube suppliers would sometimes have them as 'giveaways' if you bought a lotta tubes. Smaller than a spool of thread/reel of cotton. (Depending on which form of H'english you speaks!). As mentioned the entry to each pin is slightly 'coned' or concaved to guide a a bent pin into position. Used too aggressively it could break the glass tube base. Have fun. |
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"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message ... "Meat Plow" wrote in message ... On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:02:05 -0800, "William Sommerwerck" wrote: Needle-nose pliers. Chain-nose pliers would be even better. Don't have a pair. You probably do. Most people call chain-nose pliers needle nose. True, but you can't call all needle-nose pliers chain-nose. Correct me if I'm wrong, but chain-nose pliers are usually small and usually used for fine work like jewelry making, or other delicate work. Don't they also usually have smooth jaws or so as not to damage soft metals? You can call those little ones "needle-nose" pliers, but you can't call a big heavy duty 12" pair of needle-nose pliers "chain-nose". You really need both. I used needle-nose to straighten pins. |
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On Jan 15, 8:56*pm, "Unrevealed Source"
wrote: "William Sommerwerck" wrote in message ... "Meat Plow" wrote in message ... On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:02:05 -0800, "William Sommerwerck" wrote: Needle-nose pliers. Chain-nose pliers would be even better. Don't have a pair. You probably do. Most people call chain-nose pliers needle nose. True, but you can't call all needle-nose pliers chain-nose. * Correct me if I'm wrong, but chain-nose pliers are usually small and usually used for fine work like jewelry making, or other delicate work. *Don't they also usually have smooth jaws or so as not to damage soft metals? You can call those little ones "needle-nose" pliers, but you can't call a big heavy duty 12" pair of needle-nose pliers "chain-nose". You really need both. *I used needle-nose to straighten pins. Needle-nose pliers: Flat-inside, half-round outside (D-shaped), extended nose jaws, typically with tip serrated and a side-cutter. Smooth-jaw needle-nose: as above, but no serrated tip and no cutter. Chain-nose: Round jaws (O-shaped), no serrated tip, no cutter. All of the above come as "bent-nose" with either a 45 or 90 degree bend. All of the above irrespective of size. Then, there are specialties within the group such as 'tip- cutter' (cutter at the tip of the jaws) and extended-jaw (jaws longer than handle, but still irrespective of size), even parallel-jaw (double jointed at the knuckle so they jaws remain parallel when opening and closing) and box-knuckle (joint). I spent a few shifts in the tool-room in my time - and between fetching buckets of air and carbon-stretchers all these fine distinctions became second-nature. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
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Needle-nose pliers.
Chain-nose pliers would be even better. Don't have a pair. You probably do. Most people call chain-nose pliers needle nose. True, but you can't call all needle-nose pliers chain-nose. Correct me if I'm wrong, but chain-nose pliers are usually small and usually used for fine work like jewelry making, or other delicate work. Don't they also usually have smooth jaws or so as not to damage soft metals? You can call those little ones "needle-nose" pliers, but you can't call a big heavy duty 12" pair of needle-nose pliers "chain-nose". You really need both. I used needle-nose to straighten pins. I meant that many people /mistakenly/ call chain-nose pliers needle-nose. |
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Damn-it, Peter. Now I have to go buy more tools. The parallel-jaw pliers
sound like they would come in handy. I already knew I needed a set of what you've labeled "extended jaw" pliers. "Peter Wieck" wrote in message ... On Jan 15, 8:56 pm, "Unrevealed Source" wrote: "William Sommerwerck" wrote in message ... "Meat Plow" wrote in message ... On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:02:05 -0800, "William Sommerwerck" wrote: Needle-nose pliers. Chain-nose pliers would be even better. Don't have a pair. You probably do. Most people call chain-nose pliers needle nose. True, but you can't call all needle-nose pliers chain-nose. Correct me if I'm wrong, but chain-nose pliers are usually small and usually used for fine work like jewelry making, or other delicate work. Don't they also usually have smooth jaws or so as not to damage soft metals? You can call those little ones "needle-nose" pliers, but you can't call a big heavy duty 12" pair of needle-nose pliers "chain-nose". You really need both. I used needle-nose to straighten pins. Needle-nose pliers: Flat-inside, half-round outside (D-shaped), extended nose jaws, typically with tip serrated and a side-cutter. Smooth-jaw needle-nose: as above, but no serrated tip and no cutter. Chain-nose: Round jaws (O-shaped), no serrated tip, no cutter. All of the above come as "bent-nose" with either a 45 or 90 degree bend. All of the above irrespective of size. Then, there are specialties within the group such as 'tip- cutter' (cutter at the tip of the jaws) and extended-jaw (jaws longer than handle, but still irrespective of size), even parallel-jaw (double jointed at the knuckle so they jaws remain parallel when opening and closing) and box-knuckle (joint). I spent a few shifts in the tool-room in my time - and between fetching buckets of air and carbon-stretchers all these fine distinctions became second-nature. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
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Chain-nose: Round jaws (O-shaped), no serrated tip, no cutter. just to throw another cherry bomb in the fire, those are generally called duck-bill liars around here. John |
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Peter Wieck wrote:
I spent a few shifts in the tool-room in my time - and between fetching buckets of air and carbon-stretchers all these fine distinctions became second-nature. What? No requests to fetch sky hooks or left-handed monkey wrenches? :-) |
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Peter Wieck wrote:
snip I spent a few shifts in the tool-room in my time - and between fetching buckets of air and carbon-stretchers... I wonder how widespread is the usage of such mythical terms; I had a friend who labeled boxes of unknown (mostly hardware) components "muffler bearings", and another who routinely castigated incompetent parts buyers saying of them "he doesn't know modems from manhole covers". How about some more of these? Michael |
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On Jan 17, 10:04*am, Carter wrote:
Peter Wieck wrote: I spent a few shifts in the tool-room in my time - and between fetching buckets of air and carbon-stretchers all these fine distinctions became second-nature. What? No requests to fetch sky hooks or left-handed monkey wrenches? * :-) Um.... Monkey wrenches do come in "hands". And ambidexterous (self- adjusting). It has to do with the hand of the thread, guys - not the jaw side. Lest you think I am kidding: Lot 666 (interesting lot number, as well: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DG http://library.duke.edu/digitalcolle...T2855-lrg.jpeg As well. And, I was waiting for this one to come along ;-) Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
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On Jan 17, 10:04*am, Carter wrote:
Peter Wieck wrote: I spent a few shifts in the tool-room in my time - and between fetching buckets of air and carbon-stretchers all these fine distinctions became second-nature. What? No requests to fetch sky hooks or left-handed monkey wrenches? * :-) Forgot this one: http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___80488 Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
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"msg" wrote in message ... Peter Wieck wrote: snip I spent a few shifts in the tool-room in my time - and between fetching buckets of air and carbon-stretchers... I wonder how widespread is the usage of such mythical terms; I had a friend who labeled boxes of unknown (mostly hardware) components "muffler bearings", and another who routinely castigated incompetent parts buyers saying of them "he doesn't know modems from manhole covers". How about some more of these? Michael We used to send apprentices for rubber hammer and glass nails, and also for a long weight ... I also used to work with a wonderful old boy called Norman who used to tell little old ladies who asked what was wrong with their TV set so that they could tell their husbands when they got home that he had had to "move the hyposthphosphicator two degrees nearer to the ecliptant in order to improve the impactic contact". It took me years to learn that properly, and I've never forgotten it, or how he could say it to customers with a totally straight face. Another guy that I have done work for in the past, used to bill fuses as "glass encapsulated surge protection devices" :-) Arfa |
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Arfa Daily wrote:
snip hyposthphosphicator Sounds like something Sylvester the Cat would say (or try to). I'd like to hear an audio clip of this word spoken; how about a wav file? (Linus Torvald's pronunciation of 'linux' is still floating around the 'Net). Michael |
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... Arfa Daily wrote: snip hyposthphosphicator Sounds like something Sylvester the Cat would say (or try to). I'd like to hear an audio clip of this word spoken; how about a wav file? (Linus Torvald's pronunciation of 'linux' is still floating around the 'Net). Michael I could never find out what an interocitor was, appearing in sci-films of yore. Now older and wiser I know it is Mcguffin-like as was Spike Milligan's cans of Snibbo. -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ |
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I could never find out what an interocitor was...
"Stand back... Further, please..." It's from "This Island Earth", a silly film with a few nice moments. Rex Reason makes a good alien. ("Mozart? Ah, yes... Your composer.") In the animated version of "The Coneheads", Beldar communicates with the home world using an interocitor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Island_Earth_(film) Note how the poster anticipates the "Forbidden Planet" poster. I've only read part of the original novel, which appeared to be (surprise!) superior to the movie. The upcoming remake will hopefully be a significant improvement. http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2655rema.html |
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