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How Do You Tell The Difference, Tungs-Tone Needles
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 11:44 am
by startgroove
We found an unmarked bag full of scores of unused Tungs-tone needles. Is there an easy way to tell which are Soft Tone, Full Tone Etc?
Re: How Do You Tell The Difference, Tungs-Tone Needles
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 7:27 pm
by OrthoFan
The tungsten tip is the same for all three types, but the shank varies in size: thicker for loud tone--about comparable with a loud tone steel needle, slightly thinner for a medium tone needle, and relatively skinny for a soft tone needle.
Maybe someone will post some photos comparing the various types.
HTH,
OrthoFan
Re: How Do You Tell The Difference, Tungs-Tone Needles
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:48 pm
by AZ*
Like OF says. Here's a page from the old Nipperhead site.
https://www.nipperhead.com/old/vicxiv19f2.htm
Re: How Do You Tell The Difference, Tungs-Tone Needles
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 11:45 am
by startgroove
Okay, so I measured the skinny part of the shank with a micrometer and found the following: .022, .025, .028 and .031 diameters. Plus a few that had no skinny part at all. So, with five different shank designs, would that be Soft, Medium, Loud, Extra Loud and Ultra Loud?