On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 09:05:54 -0400, you wrote:
Chuck,
Thanks.? I figgered they were used for bending leads, I was just unsure
how one utilized those tools.? I've only used smooth needle nosed pliers
of different shapes to put the bend in the components using the TLAR
(That Looks About Right) method of measurement. Those look like handy
little tools to have around.
Slide the tool until the outside is just inside the holes for the part
on the board. Use that notch.
If you have the lead bending tool (the one with the thumbwheel), then
there are tips much like a caliper. Use them and you set the lead
spacing.
There's another tool that is somewhat a combination of the two, and it
sets leads and does an inwards crimp to elevate the part.
Harvey
Mark
On 04/02/2018 08:42 AM, Chuck Harris wrote:
They are used to bend the leads on an axial
part, that will lay down on the PCB, so that
they will fit the spacing of the holes in the
board.
You put the axial part in the middle of the
guide, with its leads in the lead slots for
the proper hole separation, and then push the
leads down to bend them at 90 degrees to the axis.
There are also pliers that can be adjusted for
width that perform the same function. I have
a pair with pointed tips that you turn a thumb
wheel until they fit in the board holes, and
the you stick the part in press the clamp trigger,
and bend the wires with your fingers.
I made another tool (back in the day) out of a
cheap pair of needle nosed pliers, that crimped
the resistor leads into a "U" to space them up
from the circuit board... but that is another
story.
-Chuck Harris
Mark Wendt wrote:
On 04/02/2018 03:34 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Velleman-VTBEND1-Resistor-and-Axial-Component-Lead-Bending-Tool-Set
These are the tools that were in common use when that scope was built. You might
find them cheaper somewhere else, but they are worth the asking price. I've had
mine for about 30 years.
Michael A. Terrell
Never having used something like those, how exactly do you use them?
Mark
