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System Passives: Self-piercing Taps ("Pressure Taps)

CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE
Benco Model ST-4 Self-piercing Tap
Jerrold Model PT-1461 Pressure Tap
    •  Tap and Installation Tool
    •  Instruction Tag
    •  Instruction Sheet [PDF}
Blonder Tongue Pressure Tap Model MT-11
Viking Cable Co. Pressure Tap Model 901
Pressure Tap Coring Tools


Benco Model ST-4 self-piercing tap
For use with RG-11 and 0.412 cable; widely used in the early to mid 1960s.

 
Photos: Karl Poirer 09/2006

Photo: Karl Poirer 09/2006

Photos: Karl Poirer 09/2006


Jerrold Model PT-1461 Pressure Tap
With CMT Tap Block and Pressure Tap Installation Tool

Photo: Lew Chandler

Instruction Tag

Photo: Lew Chandler

Jerrold Model PT-1461 Pressure Tap

Photo: Lew Chandler


Blonder Tongue Pressure Tap Model MT-11
From the pioneer John Zimmerman Family


Photo: Lew Chandler


Viking Cable Co. Pressure Tap Model 901
Donated by Kaz Majewski, of Centre TV, Wheeling West Virginia


Photo: Lew Chandler


Pressure Tap Coring Tools (cable Drills)

Photo: Lew Chandler



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