Many years ago I did just about the same thing except I used RTV. Worked great. Dan
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Michael Tortorella <[email protected]> wrote: > Do not click the link. Google it, I would bet it's a bad actor. > Mike W2IY > > -----Original Message----- > From: Boatanchors [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > Fuqua, Bill L > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:47 PM > To: Glen Zook; Paul Kraemer; Bob Groh; boatanchor; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Has anyone ever cut the glass top off > aminiaturetube to re-use the base? > > I had been a subscriber for years. what is this about a fraud detection > check? > 73 > Bill wa4lav > > ________________________________________ > From: Boatanchors [[email protected]] on behalf of > Fuqua, > Bill L [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:42 PM > To: Glen Zook; Paul Kraemer; Bob Groh; boatanchor; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Has anyone ever cut the glass top off a > miniaturetube to re-use the base? > > This sender failed our fraud detection checks and may not be who they > appear > to be. Learn about spoofing at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSpoofing > > I did a similar thing years ago to make a connector for a probe for a B&K > (Dutch) frequency selective volt meter. > I got a socket and removed the metal mounting piece around it, poked in > some > appropriate sized copper wires as far as I could. > Wrapped some tape around it to make a tubular shell as a mold.Then I > trimmed > them at a some length and put some lubricant inside as mold release. > Then I poured in a tiny bit of thin oil being careful to keep it off of the > wires so that the epoxie that pour in later does not stick to the socket > but > does stick to > the wires. I then pour in pour epoxie into the mold and lastly plug a > socket > on to the ends of the wires sticking out to keep them aligned. > Let it cure, remove tape and unpluged it from the sockets. > 73 > Bill wa4lav > > ________________________________________ > From: Boatanchors [[email protected]] on behalf of Glen > Zook via Boatanchors [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 10:27 AM > To: Paul Kraemer; Bob Groh; boatanchor; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Has anyone ever cut the glass top off a > miniaturetube to re-use the base? > > It is also possible to make a plug from a 9-pin or 7-pin molded type > miniature tube socket. Put suitable gauge solid wire in each of the tube > pin positions and then solder the wires in place. Trim the wires to the > proper length. > > > Of course, remove the sheet metal bracket that is used to hold the socket > to > the chassis. This makes for a suitable plug that doesn't look "half bad"! > I have done this a number of times and the plugs work very well. > > Glen, K9STH > Website: http://k9sth.net > > From: Paul Kraemer <[email protected]> > To: Bob Groh <[email protected]>; boatanchor > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 9:12 AM > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Has anyone ever cut the glass top off a > miniaturetube to re-use the base? > > Bob > I have done that to obtain 7 pin plug. My poor experience using the "all > you gotta do" glass cutting tricks I went a different way---used the cut > off > wheel on a Dremel. For safety I put the tube and cutter in a heavy plastic > bag and that way all the debris was safely bagged and minimized any risk to > my eyes if something went wrong. The cut was nice and clean and the side of > the disc ground it smooth. Soldering to the pins requires scraping them > clean and bright and using a good flux like Rubyfluid. Filling the "plug" > with epoxy after soldering wires get you there. > Also, the real deal plugs do show up on ebay once in a while, 9s more > common > than 7s. > Making circuit board plugs is also a possibility but you need to solder > suitable pins to some pretty small pads and then not unsolder them when you > connect to the back ends of the pins. It works but not a quantity > producible solution by any means---unless you just sell the circuit board > and loose pins and let the buyer deal with it. > Too bad those Vector plugs of the 70's are history. > > > _______________________________________________ > Boatanchors mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors > _______________________________________________ > Boatanchors mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors > _______________________________________________ > Boatanchors mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors > > _______________________________________________ > Boatanchors mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors > _______________________________________________ Boatanchors mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
