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Step 2Begin assembling the point
Gather your point components. At the moment, you will only need the barrel, and wire. The rest of the components will be added once the wire has been glued down and set.
Grab the barrel, thread the wire through so that it sticks out the narrow end of the barrel, with the cap sticking out towards the wider end. Pull the wire through till the cap is an inch or so from the barrel, and screw the barrel on to the point of the blade. Make sure the wire is in the blade groove, can move freely, and does not get caught in the blade/barrel threads.
Use your point setter (or suitably blunt and narrow object) to push the cap into the bottom of the barrel, slowly. Apply a little tension on the wire, "pulling" it through. You're not actually using the pulling pressure to set the cap, that's just to make sure the wire isn't getting caught and crimped within the barrel. Assuming the wire is freely movable through the barrel and groove, you probably don't have to worry about it getting crimped. Just don't yank the wire out from the cap!
If you want to, you can assemble the rest of the point and test the circuit now, just to make sure the cap-wire connection hasn't broken during your installation. I totally don't remember which pin leads to which socket, so ... you're on your own here. Pretend to link the wire to the socket, plug stuff in and poke something. That's about all I can tell you here. (& make sure you disassemble the rest of the point before proceeding.)
Grab the barrel, thread the wire through so that it sticks out the narrow end of the barrel, with the cap sticking out towards the wider end. Pull the wire through till the cap is an inch or so from the barrel, and screw the barrel on to the point of the blade. Make sure the wire is in the blade groove, can move freely, and does not get caught in the blade/barrel threads.
Use your point setter (or suitably blunt and narrow object) to push the cap into the bottom of the barrel, slowly. Apply a little tension on the wire, "pulling" it through. You're not actually using the pulling pressure to set the cap, that's just to make sure the wire isn't getting caught and crimped within the barrel. Assuming the wire is freely movable through the barrel and groove, you probably don't have to worry about it getting crimped. Just don't yank the wire out from the cap!
If you want to, you can assemble the rest of the point and test the circuit now, just to make sure the cap-wire connection hasn't broken during your installation. I totally don't remember which pin leads to which socket, so ... you're on your own here. Pretend to link the wire to the socket, plug stuff in and poke something. That's about all I can tell you here. (& make sure you disassemble the rest of the point before proceeding.)
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