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picture he
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...haped_tool.JPG the accompanying text file says"this tool has the number 265C stamped in white on the body, no other markings. Brass band around cap, body and cap seem to be bakelite or hard rubber. Strips and pins shown below the tool are stored in the handle. All are attracted to a magnet. No maker's mark anywhere on the tool. I picked up several of these from an estate - if I had to guess, I'd say they had to do with setting and cleaning telephone relays, but I figure someone here would know what they were for and their age and maybe even more.... -- bill to email me, to to my web page, www.wbnoble.com and find my email -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
ok, what the heck is this little tool
On 2007-12-15, William Noble wrote:
picture he http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...haped_tool.JPG That is a relay contact cleaner made for (and probably by) the Bell telephone company/Western Electric. the accompanying text file says"this tool has the number 265C stamped in white on the body, no other markings. Brass band around cap, body and cap seem to be bakelite or hard rubber. Strips and pins shown below the tool are stored in the handle. All are attracted to a magnet. No maker's mark anywhere on the tool. The strips and pins are all coated with very fine diamond to use as laps for renewing relay contacts. The strips look a little different from what I've seen. Those had one end rounded to a radius which made a half-circle of the width of the strip, and the other end was narrowed down for perhaps 3/16" length and similarly rounded to match the narrower width -- to get to individual contacts on newer relays, I suspect. I picked up several of these from an estate - if I had to guess, I'd say they had to do with setting and cleaning telephone relays, but I figure someone here would know what they were for and their age and maybe even more.... Well ... I first saw them in the mid 1960s, but they could have been in use for a lot longer than that. And the square ends instead of rounded may mean that they are older or newer than what I've seen. A nice tool to have if you work with relays. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
ok, what the heck is this little tool
William Noble writes:
265C This was once the format of Ma Bell's part and tool numbers. |
ok, what the heck is this little tool
"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message ... On 2007-12-15, William Noble wrote: picture he http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...haped_tool.JPG That is a relay contact cleaner made for (and probably by) the Bell telephone company/Western Electric. thanks guys - confirmed my guess - and I do work with relays from time to time -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
ok, what the heck is this little tool
On Dec 15, 1:05 am, "William Noble" wrote:
"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message ... On 2007-12-15, William Noble wrote: picture he http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...haped_tool.JPG That is a relay contact cleaner made for (and probably by) the Bell telephone company/Western Electric. thanks guys - confirmed my guess - and I do work with relays from time to time -- Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com I used them in the old timey pinball machines, and other games of that era that used many banks of relays. |
ok, what the heck is this little tool
"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message ... On 2007-12-15, William Noble wrote: picture he http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...haped_tool.JPG That is a relay contact cleaner made for (and probably by) the Bell telephone company/Western Electric. the accompanying text file says"this tool has the number 265C stamped in white on the body, no other markings. Brass band around cap, body and cap seem to be bakelite or hard rubber. Strips and pins shown below the tool are stored in the handle. All are attracted to a magnet. No maker's mark anywhere on the tool. The strips and pins are all coated with very fine diamond to use as laps for renewing relay contacts. The strips look a little different from what I've seen. Those had one end rounded to a radius which made a half-circle of the width of the strip, and the other end was narrowed down for perhaps 3/16" length and similarly rounded to match the narrower width -- to get to individual contacts on newer relays, I suspect. I picked up several of these from an estate - if I had to guess, I'd say they had to do with setting and cleaning telephone relays, but I figure someone here would know what they were for and their age and maybe even more.... Well ... I first saw them in the mid 1960s, but they could have been in use for a lot longer than that. And the square ends instead of rounded may mean that they are older or newer than what I've seen. A nice tool to have if you work with relays. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- The strip in the end of the pen - looks a bit like what we used to call "microscrub". We used it in a telco worked for to clean relay contacts. |
ok, what the heck is this little tool
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:05:46 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
"William Noble" quickly quoth: "DoN. Nichols" wrote in message ... On 2007-12-15, William Noble wrote: picture he http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...haped_tool.JPG That is a relay contact cleaner made for (and probably by) the Bell telephone company/Western Electric. thanks guys - confirmed my guess - and I do work with relays from time to time http://tinyurl.com/2u3yzn I was told they had a sintered nickel coating, not diamond, for roughing off the contact oxidation. -- I guess they don't make import crap like they used to. --Ernie L., Usenet's Wreck.Metal group |
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On Dec 15, 5:09*am, "Robbo" wrote:
"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message ... On 2007-12-15, William Noble wrote: picture he http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...haped_tool.JPG That is a relaycontact cleanermade for (and probably by) the Bell telephone company/Western Electric. the accompanying text file says"this tool has the number 265C stamped in white on the body, no other markings. *Brass band around cap, body and cap seem to be bakelite or hard rubber. *Strips and pins shown below the tool are stored in the *handle. *All are attracted to a magnet. *No maker's mark anywhere on the tool. The strips and pins are all coated with very fine diamond to use as laps for renewing relay contacts. *The strips look a little different from what I've seen. *Those had one end rounded to a radius which made a half-circle of the width of the strip, and the other end was narrowed down for perhaps 3/16" length and similarly rounded to match the narrower width -- to get to individual contacts on newer relays, I suspect. I picked up several of these from an estate - if I had to guess, I'd say they had to do with setting and cleaning telephone relays, but I figure someone here would know what they were for and their age and maybe even more.... Well ... I first saw them in the mid 1960s, but they could have been in use for a lot longer than that. *And the square ends instead of rounded may mean that they are older or newer than what I've seen. A nice tool to have if you work with relays. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: * * | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. |http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html * * * * * --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- The strip in the end of the pen - looks a bit like what we used to call "microscrub". We used it in a telco worked for to clean relay contacts.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - To fix contacts and connectors - the only thing to use is Deoxit, www.deoxit.com Amazing stuff. Mike |
ok, what the heck is this little tool
hate to tell you this though you may already lknow it, but if hte contacts
are welded or pitted, all the deoxit in the world won't fix them -that's what these little files are for - deoxit (and similar products) remove oxide layers, but not pitting or mechanical distortions of any kind DoN. The strip in the end of the pen - looks a bit like what we used to call "microscrub". We used it in a telco worked for to clean relay contacts.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - To fix contacts and connectors - the only thing to use is Deoxit, www.deoxit.com Amazing stuff. Mike -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
ok, what the heck is this little tool
I didn't catch the beginning of this thread, but I've been using Caig Labs
products for a couple of decades, and there is probably no better line of contact treatment products anywhere (although there have been some issues of ownership of the name Cramolin, which Caig has stopped using). As William N points out, damaged contacts aren't recoverable by applying even the best of "miracle in a can" products. The DeoxIt products are great for cleaning contacts that are in undamaged condition, to help prevent (any) contacts from being damaged as a result of oxidation.. increased resistance and heat. WB .......... metalworking projects www.kwagmire.com/metal_proj.html "William Noble" wrote in message .. . hate to tell you this though you may already lknow it, but if hte contacts are welded or pitted, all the deoxit in the world won't fix them -that's what these little files are for - deoxit (and similar products) remove oxide layers, but not pitting or mechanical distortions of any kind DoN. The strip in the end of the pen - looks a bit like what we used to call "microscrub". We used it in a telco worked for to clean relay contacts.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - To fix contacts and connectors - the only thing to use is Deoxit, www.deoxit.com Amazing stuff. Mike -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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