While beryllium is a conductor, the tools are non-sparking and are non-magnetic making them great for adjusting coils and such. I cannot tell you the number of plastic adjusters I destroyed attempting to adjust coils and caps in a live circuit. They primary warning we had was that beryllium is toxic (no eating your tools!).
Derek On Feb 28, 2009, at 8:18 AM, Charles Davis wrote: > > > On Feb 28, 2009, at 9:07 AM, Derek Morton wrote: > >> >> A quick internet search came up with: >> >> http://www.oselectronics.com/ose_p62.htm >> >> Looks like around $10.00 and up for alignment kits. I have no idea >> about shipping charges. >> >> I seem to recall using beryllium tools (the plastic tools tended to >> deform to easily) to do this sort of work 25 years ago... Does >> anybody know if you can still get them? >> >> Derek > > That leads to a warning ---- I.E. beryllium is a metal (which is a > conductor) --- it defeats the 'safety aspect' of using plastic around > 'High voltage' picture tube areas. > > [Beryllium tools, while long lasting, require a greater awareness of > just where the tool is being used.] > > Chuck D. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
