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[[Image:spudgers.jpg|thumb|right|Spudgers]]The term '''spudger''' describes a general class of [[tools|tool]] used for poking, adjusting, or adjusting small wires or components, generally in the [[electronics]] or [[telecommunications]] industries. |
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The most common spudger is a black or yellow [[nylon]] stick, with a bent metal hook at one end. Various versions have blunt, sharpened, or insulated hooks. The hook can be used for pulling bridge clips from [[66 block]]s, manipulating wires in a crowded [[wire wrap]] block, or setting [[DIP switch]]es. The body of a plastic spudger is usually contoured to offer a better grip. |
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'''Spudger''' may also refer to orangewood sticks, used in electronics assembly and [[soldering]] because of their heat tolerance and dense grain. The same orangewood sticks are commonly used in [[Filming#Stages_of_filmmaking|filmmaking]] and [[manicure]]/[[pedicure]], but these industries do not use the term spudger. |
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For telecommunications installers a spudger is used to work on punchdown blocks without shorting terminals. Spudgers made for this purpose include a wire hook to remove wire or bridging clips from quick-connect blocks. The other end tapers to a flat blade with a notch to trace wires or separate individual wires from a group. Spudgers have also been incorporated into multipurpose telecommunications tools which may include punchdown blades. |
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* [http://www.ifixit.com/cart/catalog/product_242_Spudger.html Description and picture] at ifixit.com |
* [http://www.ifixit.com/cart/catalog/product_242_Spudger.html Description and picture] at ifixit.com |
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* [http://www.freeflightbrighton.co.uk/Adrian%20Spudge/index.html Description] at freeflightbrighton.co.uk |
* [http://www.freeflightbrighton.co.uk/Adrian%20Spudge/index.html Description] at freeflightbrighton.co.uk |
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* [http://www.telephonetools.com/rtools/item.nhtml?profile=rtools&UID=145 Picture and description] at Telephone Tools of Georgia |
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Revision as of 06:10, 3 September 2006
The term spudger describes a general class of tool used for poking, adjusting, or adjusting small wires or components, generally in the electronics or telecommunications industries.
The most common spudger is a black or yellow nylon stick, with a bent metal hook at one end. Various versions have blunt, sharpened, or insulated hooks. The hook can be used for pulling bridge clips from 66 blocks, manipulating wires in a crowded wire wrap block, or setting DIP switches. The body of a plastic spudger is usually contoured to offer a better grip.
Spudger may also refer to orangewood sticks, used in electronics assembly and soldering because of their heat tolerance and dense grain. The same orangewood sticks are commonly used in filmmaking and manicure/pedicure, but these industries do not use the term spudger.
The spudger is also called a black stick in Apple Computer repair manuals, where it is the recommended tool for prying apart iBook enclosures. It is used for keyboard removal and LCD disassembly by many laptop manufacturers.
External links
- Description and picture at ifixit.com
- Description at freeflightbrighton.co.uk
- Picture and description at Telephone Tools of Georgia
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