From the "what ever happened to...." files

[mesherm]

I'm sure some old timers here will remember back in the Heathkit days, every kit included a round red plastic thingy that held 4-40 nuts in one end and 6-32/8-32 nuts in the other. I remember I had at least a half dozen of the darn things in my toolbox. I took them for granted I suppose because I don't have a single one left and there are many many times recently when I have regretted not keeping a few. They were absolutely handy when you had to get a nut started inside a chassis while holding the screw with the screwdriver blade in the other hand. They were slightly flexible and you could start a nut on a screw in the tightest of spaces.

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[TomMcNally]

I'm sure I still have one, and the Heathkit-made Molex
connector tool too. Oh yeah, and a "tool" for breaking off
the cheapie Molex IC pin "socket" things from the board.
Heathkit was great at supplying you with anything they
knew you couldn't get locally.

[Geek]

I remember those! :)

My cat thought it was a GREAT toy and chewed it to pulp Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_41

[EWBrown]

I think I still have one or two of those around... Along witn about 437 of the plastic alignment tools, mostly with one "rounded" end or otherwise rendered non-functional...

/ed B in NH

[erichayes]

Toward the end of the ride, when Heathkit was selling everything from weather stations to tote-goats, I was surprised that they didn't come out with a kitchen table kit.