12-15-2018, 06:58 PM
Thanks again everybody!
The tools Steve made and demonstrated on his thread actually has a picture with a number ink or paint stamped on the end and I looked up the number on the link I posted and yes that is a good number! I purchased a heat gun today and a number of months ago I purchased a very fine Weller brand solder sucker as I knew removing the soldered leads from tube socket and terminal strip lugs can be difficult leading to damage wrestling partially soldered wires from them. Remove all of the solder, jiggle the wires and leads until what little is left solidifies as it becomes cold and use a sharp pointy pen knife to bend open and remove, especially for disconnecting to test if the component is to be reused. Drilling the holes to cut the wires is a great idea but the connection terminals need to be cleaned anyway so I will give this a try.
The tools Steve made and demonstrated on his thread actually has a picture with a number ink or paint stamped on the end and I looked up the number on the link I posted and yes that is a good number! I purchased a heat gun today and a number of months ago I purchased a very fine Weller brand solder sucker as I knew removing the soldered leads from tube socket and terminal strip lugs can be difficult leading to damage wrestling partially soldered wires from them. Remove all of the solder, jiggle the wires and leads until what little is left solidifies as it becomes cold and use a sharp pointy pen knife to bend open and remove, especially for disconnecting to test if the component is to be reused. Drilling the holes to cut the wires is a great idea but the connection terminals need to be cleaned anyway so I will give this a try.
