Yo compacters everywhere, To our "Larson, Timothy E." who wrote: >> What type/size screwdrivers will I need to adjust the video on my SE/30?
Our Philip Stortz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did reply: >...should you need to adjust the hex, you absolutely need the plastic alignment >tools from radio shack etc., it's an inductor, put a metal tool in it >and just having the tool there will change things which makes it very >hard to adjust since removing the tool will change things again. Weeellll, not necessarily so about two points. Sure, an iron tool will make an undesired change. And I can see where an engineer designing the thing would want their work to be touched with only proper tools. But those of us who have been cleaning up after the engineers ever since Thomas Edison had the first technician to get his stuff working right, we know that field work requires you to adjust things with whatever tools you've got at hand. You can get the hang of adjusting with a fudge or cwag factor to your work even when using the tiny screwdriver that came with your mother's sewing machine. A couple of tries and you will get it right. Just let the driver cool down between tries. And about the need for anything that even resembles a correct tuning wand at all: The experience of Jeff Garrison, myself, and others of this forum have found that a long oriental food skewer stick with a finely pointed end does a great job of adjusting that inductor slug. Better yet, use two o! f 'em, one from each side together and you can adjust even the tightest slug. Personally, I know this to be valid because such a "tool" was all I had through the first couple of hundred SE and SE/30 Macs I worked with. This was before I learned of ratty shack and other tools. And it is some of my found information about those tools that is in the pickle's FAQ. So a lot of us have had to be successfully using something other that any "...absolutely needed plastic alignment tools...". May I suggest for this forum the following slogan: We who have done so much with so little for so long can now do anything instantly with nothing" Bill -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
