Tube bases & glue....

[Jack Crenshaw]

Brian Carling wrote:

> And this just in:
>
> From:                   "John A. Rodenbarger"
>
> >From the AM Amateur Radio Reflector -
> http://www.bigcountry.com/w5ami
>
> That stuff is as nasty as an ex-mother-in-law. I'd be suprised if you
> could even purchase it w/o some kind of permit....
>
> What I have used for years, with good results, is plain, old
> "Ambroid" cement. The golden, smelly stuff from the model
> airplane shop. I glued the base and anode connector back onto a
> 866 about 15 years ago, and it's still there...
>
> I seem to remember coming across a site recently that offers tube
> base cement for sale, but I can not remember where. I think the
> original formula was mostly shellac, with some chalk and rock dust
> mixed in...

Yeah, I seem to recall the original adhesives as having a rather putty-like "flavor" to
them. I wonder if one of the epoxy putties would work.

Jack

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