01-15-2024, 12:34 AM
Sprague Kwikette Soldering Aid
Still used today but make your own...
https://www.antiqueradios.com/forums//vi...6&t=192722
For NOS
https://www.ebay.com/itm/305164887818
Some refurbishers use these extensively as one does not have to clean out a terminal to get the lead of a replacement part installed. Avoids roasting a terminal strip or breaking a tube socket terminal. Adding heat shrink completes the joint.
Still used today but make your own...
https://www.antiqueradios.com/forums//vi...6&t=192722
Quote:I forget if those little coiled up wires are called squigs or quigs, but I think that Bill Turner used to sell a tool to help making them. It was basically a wooden dowel with a hole in one end and little steel pin for wrapping the wire on.
For NOS
https://www.ebay.com/itm/305164887818
Some refurbishers use these extensively as one does not have to clean out a terminal to get the lead of a replacement part installed. Avoids roasting a terminal strip or breaking a tube socket terminal. Adding heat shrink completes the joint.
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