Hi! I would try to make a so called alternative socket. In the place of broken pins should be some spring loaded pins. Like the pins holding belts in watch cases. (I have this idea long ago, as I have some nixie tubes also with same problem, however not tried yet.) On Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 10:28:39 PM UTC+2 hubert_w...@poczta.onet.pl wrote:
> Hi guys, > I am writing this, because unfortunate thing happened to me, while I was > pulling out CRT (D7/16 GM) from it's socket, three pins broke off in glass. > It still works with pins back in place (i think it arcs a bit but other > than that all looked good), but I am seeking a repair method. As I am > writing this, vacuum seems to be stable. (I have also scratched it with my > dremel, but this also didn't broke it. So basically I think I got double > lucky heh....) Grahame advised me to use conductive glue in order to repair > broken pins, I will also buy tomorow glue for glass to fill that scratch on > CRT. Do you have any idea what would do a better job than using conductive > glue for those pins, or if done correctly, it will be the best way of doing > it at home? > Thanks Hubert > [image: 20220830_221704.jpg] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/6fafac46-6e61-49d4-92b5-287a7675a422n%40googlegroups.com.
