[sdiy] "Padded" nut drivers/sockets?

[Amos]

cloth tape regularly replaced seems to be the industry standard...
that's how we roll over here, too

On 1/3/07, Mike <profpep at hotmail.com> wrote:
> When I worked for a firm making DJ mixers, back in my youth, we just used to
> use adhesive cloth bandage tape, like the old 'Elastoplast' - UK brand name.
> You needed to chanbge it every couple of weeks, but it worked well. We used
> to use (and I still do), a tube or box spanner, which we would select to be
> a reasonable fit on the nuts - which raraely were a recognisable size.For
> the little toggel switches, the trick is to line the front panel nut up to
> look right, then tighten the back nut up with a thin spanner - I've got a
> couple from a previous synth building existence that were ground thin, and
> then 'cranked' to make access easier, (you get a feel for this sort of
> thing, if you've ever, like me, rebuilt old motorcycles....)
>
> HTH
>
> ||\/||ike
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Perry" <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 7:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] "Padded" nut drivers/sockets?
>
>
> > I guess you could dip it in that 'goop' that is used
> > to make 'handles' on steel items.
> > Maybe that 'liquid electrical tape' would work.
> > Hell, maybe crazy glue would work.
> > I'm using tape & it's worn thru.
> >
> > paul perry melb australia
> >
>
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