"Dan" wrote in message
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Bryan Martin wrote:
In article , Dan
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I am looking for what we used to call "swizzle sticks." They are
screwdrivers for adjusting multi-turn trim pots. They were plastic
sticks with metal blades which were shrouded in a plastic sleeve to keep
them from slipping off the screw. Any idea where to get them or what the
proper term is?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Do a Google search for trim pot tool or trimmer adjustment tool.

Digikey seems to carry several types.


Thank you. It's a lot easier if one knows the proper term. You can guess
what would happen if one searches for "dykes" instead of diagonal cutters.


Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Dan, you weren't at 4520th AEMS on Nellis in the 60's were you? They were
called swizzle sticks then, too, among other things. But the issue ones were
a lot slimmer, with only a short, knurled section at midpoint. There was one
little trimmer deep inside (I think it was the ) ARN-14 that, as a line
adjustment, required the full use of the small end. More often than not,
you wound up adjusting it the wrong way, then destroyed the little poor
little swizzle-stick turning it back to the other limit.

Flash