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TIP: Cleaning header socket for .5mm thick, 1mm spacing ribbon
0.5mm thick PTFE , but any soft plastic would do probably.
With a fine needle make, as closely spaced as you can, random holes at the straight edge of the plastic, so the reverse looks like a cheese grater. Immerse the grater-end in some meths or similar and insert a few times into the socket. And also clean the end of the ribbon of course. |
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TIP: Cleaning header socket for .5mm thick, 1mm spacing ribbon
N_Cook wrote:
0.5mm thick PTFE , but any soft plastic would do probably. With a fine needle make, as closely spaced as you can, random holes at the straight edge of the plastic, so the reverse looks like a cheese grater. Immerse the grater-end in some meths or similar and insert a few times into the socket. And also clean the end of the ribbon of course. Why not just use a piece of paper or cardstock dipped in your solvent of choice, insert and remove a couple times? |
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TIP: Cleaning header socket for .5mm thick, 1mm spacing ribbon
On 11/09/2015 22:29, Cydrome Leader wrote:
N_Cook wrote: 0.5mm thick PTFE , but any soft plastic would do probably. With a fine needle make, as closely spaced as you can, random holes at the straight edge of the plastic, so the reverse looks like a cheese grater. Immerse the grater-end in some meths or similar and insert a few times into the socket. And also clean the end of the ribbon of course. Why not just use a piece of paper or cardstock dipped in your solvent of choice, insert and remove a couple times? I tried that first, but its too thin to retain any structural integrity to resist the insertion force. |
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TIP: Cleaning header socket for .5mm thick, 1mm spacing ribbon
N_Cook wrote:
On 11/09/2015 22:29, Cydrome Leader wrote: N_Cook wrote: 0.5mm thick PTFE , but any soft plastic would do probably. With a fine needle make, as closely spaced as you can, random holes at the straight edge of the plastic, so the reverse looks like a cheese grater. Immerse the grater-end in some meths or similar and insert a few times into the socket. And also clean the end of the ribbon of course. Why not just use a piece of paper or cardstock dipped in your solvent of choice, insert and remove a couple times? I tried that first, but its too thin to retain any structural integrity to resist the insertion force. makes sense, the 1mm stuff is narrow and obnoxiously small. |
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