This is a thread intended to accumulate antique words and phrases that seemed useful a long time ago.
You might think of it as a sub-category of The Jokes Thread.
Here are my start-up contributions.
Finger Hum: A form of signal generator used to test audio amplifiers. This version only had one frequency, but it was inexpensive enough that every technician had at least one in his tool kit.
Letting the Vacuum Out: Breaking off the glass seal at the rear of a CRT before shipping it to the rebuilding factory. Some rebuilders required the dead CRTs to be shipped in this condition, some refused to accept dead CRTs without the vacuum being intact.
Diddle Stick: A plastic tool with a hexagonal end, used to detune IF amplifiers in vacuum tube TVs.
I will edit this post, if and when I remember things to contribute.
You might think of it as a sub-category of The Jokes Thread.
Here are my start-up contributions.
Finger Hum: A form of signal generator used to test audio amplifiers. This version only had one frequency, but it was inexpensive enough that every technician had at least one in his tool kit.
Letting the Vacuum Out: Breaking off the glass seal at the rear of a CRT before shipping it to the rebuilding factory. Some rebuilders required the dead CRTs to be shipped in this condition, some refused to accept dead CRTs without the vacuum being intact.
Diddle Stick: A plastic tool with a hexagonal end, used to detune IF amplifiers in vacuum tube TVs.
I will edit this post, if and when I remember things to contribute.
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