Well, I remember old tube sockets made of socket pins sandwiched between two thick and varnished cardboard plates :) Some (marginally) better ones were made of thin pertinax instead of cardboard.
On Sunday, November 6, 2016 at 3:23:17 PM UTC-3, nixiebunny wrote: > > A laser cutter can make a 3-layer stack of wood that would provide good > support for old-fashioned tube socket pins. The top layer has a small > round hole for each pin, the middle layer has a larger hole to hold each > socket fork, and the bottom layer has a slot for each pin's solder tab. > > > On 11/6/2016 11:07 AM, GastonP wrote: > > No need to use rubber (there is no 3D rubber). The current flexible > > filaments should be enough for what you intend to do. You will need a > > good design, though. A 100% fill design would not work, and you have to > > bear in mind that the soldering must be a really quick job with those > > materials. > > Another option could be to use standard stock of rubber/latex tubing, > > make the holes to fit the pins and pass them through. > > > > On Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 12:57:21 PM UTC-3, SWISSNIXIE - > > Jonathan F. wrote: > > > > > > Than i have to find someone who can print 3D rubber. Another Idea i > > had, is making the socket out of silicone/latex type, this could be > > filled in a cast and then let it try. > > > > -- > David Forbes, Tucson AZ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/6c748cff-210c-4da7-96d9-adffb831efe7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
