| General > General Technical Chat |
| Tricks of the Trade - knowledge for every day life |
| << < (11/31) > >> |
| DenzilPenberthy:
You can buy expensive tools for removing circular pins from connector shells. Like this: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/insertion-extraction-tools/1811460/ Often you can use a bootlace ferrule to do the same job for free. |
| themadhippy:
bicarbonate of soda/baking soda and super glue make an instant drying hole filler |
| Cerebus:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on November 02, 2020, 03:52:36 pm ---bicarbonate of soda/baking soda and super glue make an instant drying hole filler --- End quote --- Put the powder in the hole first, then drip superglue on, don't try and make a paste and push the paste in, it sets in seconds. Also it gets HOT!. |
| Kasper:
--- Quote from: DenzilPenberthy on November 02, 2020, 03:35:18 pm ---You can buy expensive tools for removing circular pins from connector shells. Like this: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/insertion-extraction-tools/1811460/ Often you can use a bootlace ferrule to do the same job for free. --- End quote --- Brings me back to the 'good old days' when I worked in avionic comms and spent a few days leaning into an ESS chamber replacing connectors. |
| Berni:
--- Quote from: DenzilPenberthy on November 02, 2020, 03:35:18 pm ---You can buy expensive tools for removing circular pins from connector shells. Like this: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/insertion-extraction-tools/1811460/ Often you can use a bootlace ferrule to do the same job for free. --- End quote --- Nice one. I need to try that on molex MiniFit connectors sometime. |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |
| Previous page |