If the leads are short you can push them in. When I test tubes (so the leads are un-trimmed) I get them roughly seated by hand and then use needle nosed pliers to ensure a firm fit. I would recommend you buy a few to try them and you'll see what I mean.
On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 12:58:46 PM UTC-4 gregebert wrote: > Paul - How much insertion force is required for the MillMax pins ? Do you > have to use needle-nose pliers on each lead, or can you plug-in the tube ? > What about removal ? > > I have a future VFD project with Soviet-era tubes that have leads, and > havn't decided on solder vs socket. > > On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 9:05:21 AM UTC-7 Paul Andrews wrote: > >> For tubes with leads rather than pins I use Mill-Max >> 0665-0-15-15-30-27-10-0 https://www.digikey.com/short/pd7709hz >> >> On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 11:36:08 AM UTC-4 Benoit Tourret wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am searching for female pins where I could insert the flexible pins of >>> a nixie tube such as a IN-14 or a IN-8-1 without soldier them. >>> of course, this should working also with VFD tubes. >>> >>> the idea should for testing tubes, for prototyping or non permanent >>> purpose... >>> >>> Regards, >>> Benoit. >>> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/aaeb10a1-f189-4412-b84a-bc77e33b7885n%40googlegroups.com.
