Neve/SSL Channel Puller Hand Tools 9000J 9000K Duality AWS 916 924 948

This item is sold as a pair. For your money, you get two (one for each
hand, to pull the channel module out).

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Please check the photos to make sure it is right for you. No
returns/refunds.

For reals, read the details below that might help you understand why it
would work or not work on an unknown model of Neve or SSL
recording/mixing console.

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Left over from a project, this is a pair of brass/stainless steel
channel puller hand tools for some models of Neve and SSL consoles, not
sure which, and not sure how far back in the years/generations these go,
but below I will tell you how you can check.

Neve:

I have seen these pull the channel out of the new/current Custom Series
75 and one older Neve model but it was a long time ago and I'm not sure
which.

SSL:

These work for the Solid State Logic 9000J, 9000K, Duality, and AWS 916,
AWS 924, and AWS 948. And probably others, but I'm not sure which. I
have seen these pull the channel out of the Solid State Logic 9000K.

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How these work:

With the above mentioned consoles---all British and metric so it's
HIGHLY unlikely this would work with any American brand---the channel
strip modules are held in place with a metric M3 x 0.5 screw, one in
front and one in back, and this is screwing directly into the metric M3
x 0.5 tapped holes in the console frame underneath, BUT the
silkscreened/engraved metal panel on top being held down by the screws
has a slightly oversized screw hole in it that is precisely sized to get
grabbed by a metric M4 x 0.7 screw, which is too big to go down into the
smaller metric M3 x 0.5 hole below, and you turn the handle clockwise to
thread it onto that channel top/front panel, then when the pair are
securely screwed into the front and back, use both hands, one hand on
each, and carefully pull the channel module up and out of the console
frame, taking care not to bend the ends of the metal panels or the shaft
of these tools (which are fairly hard stainless steel, but I've seen
this type of tool bent before).

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How to tell if these will work for your model of console:

Just unscrew one of the panel screws, and try to screw a metric M4 x 0.7
screw in there, making sure it is grabbing/threading into the edge of
the panel and not going down into the smaller metric M3 x 0.5 hole below.

Don't have a metric M4 x 0.7 screw? You probably do, especially if you
have a Neve or SSL console, each of which would have a billion of them
in it. Or almost anything else that's not American, such as the rack
ears on the Yamaha TX816 synthesizer module rack, those are held on with
metric M4 x 0.7 screws, and these T-handle tools thread right in there
perfectly.

The metric M4 x 0.7 screw is one of the three most common screws in the
entire world:

1) Metric M3 x 0.5 screw. This is the screw holding the CD drive and
3.5" floppy drive (and most but not all 5.25" floppy drives, for example
the newer half height floppy drives and not the older full height
Shugart SA400 or similar that use American 6-32 screws) into almost any
PC computer.

2) American inch sized 6-32 screw. These hold ANY 3.5" hard drive in
place, all of the oldest 5.25" floppy drives (such as the Shugart
SA400), usually hold the PC tower case closed, and most any home or
office switch plate cover uses them (I've even seen these overseas in
metric countries). Kinda the ultimate small assembly screw because the
weenie little metric M3 x 0.5 screw is kinda chintzy and weak and the
metric M4 x 0.7 screw is a little larger than is needed by small parts
and metal and has a screw head that is unsightly large. The American
6-32 screw is just right for almost anything.

3) Metric M4 x 0.7 screw. These hold the rack ears in place on the
Yamaha TX816 synthesizer module rack, but I can't think of a more common
application found in your home today. But most anything small and
electronic or an appliance that uses metric screws, if the most common
metric M3 x 0.5 screw is too small and not strong enough, then it would
probably use a metric M4 x 0.7 screw to hold it. The larger M5 x 0.8
screw is comparatively rarely used.

The ISO metric screw thread has the "M" designation for metric screws
(M2, M3, M4, M5, etc.) that indicates the nominal outer diameter of the
screw thread in millimeters.

The American thread system is arbitrary, it just has 2-56, 4-40, 6-32,
8-32, 10-32, etc. where the first number is the screw shank size, not
really any actual measurement.

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The item is as described in the title and as shown in the photos. ALL of
my photos are the actual items, always.

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