Star Tech Journal
Issue: 1997-October - Vol 19 Issue 8 - Page 9
October 1997
you get a cap for the tube, and
replace the cap as soon as you
finish using it. Unclosed tubes
will simply start to cure right in
the tube. If the dispensing end
does cure up on you, poke
through it with a big nail or some-
thing. I have an old worn Allen
wrench in my pencil cup for the
purpose.
0
• After you have repaired a bro-
ken PC board, a pile of silicone
across the break can give it
strength.
• A little bead of it on an adjust-
ment pot or screw will prevent it
from being moved.
VERSATILE
Silicone has many uses.
• It is the stuff you find holding
the neck board on the end of a
CRT. Keeps the board on snug,
but still easy to peel off the sili-
cone to free it for service.
• In the case oflarge components,
squirt a glob of it under the part.
When it cures it will stick to the
part and the board, providing
support and keeping the part
from moving around.
• Electrolytics, especially ones
with axial leads (those lying flat),
can be stabilized with silicone.
Squirt a bead between a pair or
underneath one. A blob at the
base of a radial mount can help.
• Got a TO-220 with a heat sink
on it standing free? Put a glob of
silicone under the ends of the
heat sink.
MESSAGE CENTER
• Use it most anywhere you might
use hot melt glue.
S*TJ has announced an infor-
mation exchange for opera-
tors and game collectors on
the World Wide Web. To ac-
cess, point your browser to:
• Don't want two things to touch?
Put a blob of silicone between
them.
Post your questions and an-
swers to coin-op games service
and maintenance problems.
• A bit of silicone can anchor a
wire that threatens to get caught
in a mechanism or door.
STAR*TECHS
HEAT RESTRICTIONS
If you read the label, usually you
will see that the stuff is stable up
to about 400 degrees. (Paper ig-
nites at 451 degrees.) We have
nothing that gets that hot in our
equipment, so it is OK to use it
on even the hot resistors.
STAR*TECH
• Comer broken off a playfield
shield? Silicone can help.
• A comer breaks off a solenoid
coil, a comer with one of the sol-
der tabs. The coil still works but
the wire will break off very soon.
You can replace the coil or you
can repair it with silicone. Put the
solder tab in the proper position
and surround the area with a big
glob of silicone. That will give the
thin wire and solder tab the sup-
port it needs, and the coil can
continue in service.
• Got a cable connector that likes
to work loose? Secure it with a
dot of silicone.
Not only can silicone help pre-
vent failures, but it can even al-
low parts to continue to function,
instead ofleaving the equipment
down waiting for a replacement
part. Sounds like wonder goop to
me!
www.9laTechJounaLcom
(NEW) ADDRESS
S*TJ has changed locations.
Actually, we moved in Febru-
ary of 1995 but some subscrib-
ers still send their renewal pay-
ments to the old address (gotta
make those changes to the ol'
address book!). New address:
STAR TEcHJouRNAL, PO Box 35,
MEDFORD, NEW JERSEY
08055
STAR*TECH
ON CD-ROM
V.1
SALE!
S*'IJ has announced a limited
time sale of it's 1st CD-ROM
release. $299 each (Normally
$388). Contains Volumes 1
thru 16. Sale ends 10/31/97.
Order prepaid or COD (USA)
(May not be combined with any other sale.)
you get a cap for the tube, and
replace the cap as soon as you
finish using it. Unclosed tubes
will simply start to cure right in
the tube. If the dispensing end
does cure up on you, poke
through it with a big nail or some-
thing. I have an old worn Allen
wrench in my pencil cup for the
purpose.
0
• After you have repaired a bro-
ken PC board, a pile of silicone
across the break can give it
strength.
• A little bead of it on an adjust-
ment pot or screw will prevent it
from being moved.
VERSATILE
Silicone has many uses.
• It is the stuff you find holding
the neck board on the end of a
CRT. Keeps the board on snug,
but still easy to peel off the sili-
cone to free it for service.
• In the case oflarge components,
squirt a glob of it under the part.
When it cures it will stick to the
part and the board, providing
support and keeping the part
from moving around.
• Electrolytics, especially ones
with axial leads (those lying flat),
can be stabilized with silicone.
Squirt a bead between a pair or
underneath one. A blob at the
base of a radial mount can help.
• Got a TO-220 with a heat sink
on it standing free? Put a glob of
silicone under the ends of the
heat sink.
MESSAGE CENTER
• Use it most anywhere you might
use hot melt glue.
S*TJ has announced an infor-
mation exchange for opera-
tors and game collectors on
the World Wide Web. To ac-
cess, point your browser to:
• Don't want two things to touch?
Put a blob of silicone between
them.
Post your questions and an-
swers to coin-op games service
and maintenance problems.
• A bit of silicone can anchor a
wire that threatens to get caught
in a mechanism or door.
STAR*TECHS
HEAT RESTRICTIONS
If you read the label, usually you
will see that the stuff is stable up
to about 400 degrees. (Paper ig-
nites at 451 degrees.) We have
nothing that gets that hot in our
equipment, so it is OK to use it
on even the hot resistors.
STAR*TECH
• Comer broken off a playfield
shield? Silicone can help.
• A comer breaks off a solenoid
coil, a comer with one of the sol-
der tabs. The coil still works but
the wire will break off very soon.
You can replace the coil or you
can repair it with silicone. Put the
solder tab in the proper position
and surround the area with a big
glob of silicone. That will give the
thin wire and solder tab the sup-
port it needs, and the coil can
continue in service.
• Got a cable connector that likes
to work loose? Secure it with a
dot of silicone.
Not only can silicone help pre-
vent failures, but it can even al-
low parts to continue to function,
instead ofleaving the equipment
down waiting for a replacement
part. Sounds like wonder goop to
me!
www.9laTechJounaLcom
(NEW) ADDRESS
S*TJ has changed locations.
Actually, we moved in Febru-
ary of 1995 but some subscrib-
ers still send their renewal pay-
ments to the old address (gotta
make those changes to the ol'
address book!). New address:
STAR TEcHJouRNAL, PO Box 35,
MEDFORD, NEW JERSEY
08055
STAR*TECH
ON CD-ROM
V.1
SALE!
S*'IJ has announced a limited
time sale of it's 1st CD-ROM
release. $299 each (Normally
$388). Contains Volumes 1
thru 16. Sale ends 10/31/97.
Order prepaid or COD (USA)
(May not be combined with any other sale.)
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