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    Looking for 8 pin tube socket adapter that can be dismanteled

    Hello,

    would you friendly folks out there lend me a hand finding an octal socket adapter (8 pin to 8 pin, no conversion), preferably made from metal? it should be easy to take it apart as I'd like to build a bias measuring device with wires attached, similar to Bias Rite.

    I can find lots of assembled adapters, but they don't look like you can take them apart.

    Any hints are greatly appreciated. Thanks !
    "Tubes are less likely than semiconductor devices to be destroyed by the electromagnetic pulse produced by nuclear explosions and geomagnetic storms produced by giant solar flares."
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    Not sure if these are metal, but one of these kits may have what you are after:
    http://music-electronics-forum.com/t32089/
    Mojotone Bias Checker Kit by Hoffman Amps - Mojotone.com
    Originally posted by Enzo
    I have a sign in my shop that says, "Never think up reasons not to check something."


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    • #3
      antique electronics has bakelite tube bases (product #P-SP8-476) for US$2.75
      you'd also buy an octal socket that gets glued down on top after you hook up your wiring.

      I think this is exactly the same unit that came with the "bias scout" kit that I put together.
      If it still won't get loud enough, it's probably broken. - Steve Conner
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      • #4
        You can also find a bad octal tube in your shop and remove the base from it. Voila, instant octal plug.
        Education is what you're left with after you have forgotten what you have learned.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Enzo View Post
          You can also find a bad octal tube in your shop and remove the base from it. Voila, instant octal plug.

          That's ingenius, Enzo. .... and I feel stupid now. Thanks everyone !
          "Tubes are less likely than semiconductor devices to be destroyed by the electromagnetic pulse produced by nuclear explosions and geomagnetic storms produced by giant solar flares."

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