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I don't know who needs to hear this (the answer is probably no one Cameron) but the easiest way to close the end of IC tubes like this is to just take an xacto knife and make a tiny cut like this. Then you can press in or out the corner to make a toggleable door, no keeping track of little plastic pegs or tape required

niconiconi 5d ago

@old_angry_queer A revolutionary discovery since the invention of integrated circuits.

✧✦Catherine✦✧5d ago

@old_angry_queer this would have helped me a lot about 4 years ago. but the next best time is now, thank you :3

@old_angry_queer
I'm a silly goose and I first read the "IC tube" as an intercostal drainage tube and was confused for a brief, but substantial moment. Seeing the picture clarified that it's the antistatic tubes for ICs that come in that way sometimes.

Irenes (many)5d ago

@old_angry_queer aw but silicone end-stoppers are fun! :D

but you're right

gloriouscow 5d ago

@ireneista @old_angry_queer

last time i pulled one of those out, it was in there real snug. when it finally came loose the rest of the tube snapped back from the tension i had inadvertently applied to it and I flung a half dozen chips all over the room.

Irenes (many)5d ago

@gloriouscow @old_angry_queer oh nooooooo

sounds fun tbh

super distressing and expensive, but fun

@ireneista @gloriouscow @old_angry_queer #FloorLoss isn't quite the same as with SMD though!

downbeatdan 5d ago

@old_angry_queer Clever!

Jan Schiefer 5d ago

@old_angry_queer Thank you for this. Just a touch easier than designing and 3d-printing replacement pegs, which is what I would have done.

Andreas, DJ3EI, he/him 2d ago

I would have tried to squeeze a small amount of toiled paper or cotton into a ball that seals the tube.

But @old_angry_queer's suggestion is: Neat!

abrasive 5d ago

@old_angry_queer legend, thank you so much!!

tip in return: the best way to cut these is with a good bread knife (serrated, ideally thin)

sky-guided 5d ago

@old_angry_queer I don't often get tube parts these days, but I needed to hear this.

Incident Creator ❎4d ago

@old_angry_queer
I used to use drawing pins.

At one point the workshop had a whole bunch of weird small batteries shaped like baby spam tins in similar tubes. Eyebrows raised when some bright spark put a multimeter across one of said packages and measured about 250V.

Raven Luni 4d ago

@old_angry_queer I just put tape over it

@old_angry_queer I definitely did not need to hear this, but I'm glad I did all the same.

Rogan Dawes 4d ago

@old_angry_queer pretty sure my dad used to cut two longitudinal slits into the middle of the end end, and just bend the the resulting tab up/down as needed.

Dave bauer 4d ago

@old_angry_queer Wow, I know I've seen this technique somewhere else before! I think I have a tube of op-amps somewhere. I should donate those to the maker space.

aeberbach 4d ago

@old_angry_queer every eBay chip seller needs to see this, they must give out special extra-residue tape or something, horrible…

@old_angry_queer OOH

@old_angry_queer
Now that's convenient, thanks for pointing that trick out.
Much better than the piece of tape I have been using.

Helge Wurst 4d ago

@old_angry_queer Big Elastomer Stopper filing a copyright claim in 3..2..1...

Troed Sångberg 4d ago

@old_angry_queer I needed to hear this.

Tursilion 2d ago

@old_angry_queer I needed to hear this. ;)