>
>At 05:22 AM 10/10/01 -0700, Rich wrote:
>>// Such springs can be bent up from heated austenitic steel piano wire -
>>which is available in hobby shops. No tempering is needed. Temper
>>austenitic steel and it breaks like glass. Trimmed, large size bobby
>>pins also work.
>>
>>cheers, Pete
>
>I think we may be talking about different sockets -- the spring clips I was
>referring to are about 3/8 inch wide, U-shaped, with tongues (at the top of
>the U) that are bent in slightly and actually press on the contacts.
>
// Same critters
>I was asking whether clips made this way might be retemperable... or
>whether clips that were used on the grid pins, for example, might be
>swapped into the filament locations.
// The grid and fil, contact springs are swapable, but all must
squeeze. / As I understand it, mil-spec sockets use tempered springs.
Whether or not your springs are temperable is something that only you can
find out. If you break one, a modified bobby pin works well - provided
you don't tell any macho guys, of course, of course.
>
>In any case, at the moment my problem is the tube, because when I swap it
>from one side to the other it still doesn't light up. Anyone know of a net
>mail-order source for the small butane torch and (particularly) the
>high-temp silver solder that is apparently needed to attempt a repair?
>
// Higher temp is not always better because one needs to use Rosin flux
- which decomposes above a certain temp. We sell 0.125" d. 430ºF Ag-Sn
solder for $1.90/ft. It works well with a soldering iron. For
resoldering tube pins. it does the job -- provided that the old lead
solder is removed first with solder-wick. .
cheers, Pete
- R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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