Thanks Don. Definitely no mask there - only metal + paint! :-) I’ve got poor distance vision, but I can focus down to about two inches from my face. (Good for building models!) Even if I couldn’t see the mask, I’d be able to feel it.
I agree that scraping with a knife (or a Dremel) is a lot quicker than sanding. 73, Dave GW0LUA On 30 Apr 2014, at 20:57, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, > > Look at that area very carefully using a light held at an oblique angle. > The masking tape may be there, but completely covered with paint. > If it is not there, scrape with a knife and then sand a little. That paint is > tough and it will take a while to sand through it. Sanding is OK, but > scraping with the blade of a knife is much easier and faster. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 4/30/2014 3:44 PM, Dave Jewell wrote: >> I’m having *HUGE* fun building the KX3 which I received yesterday. >> >> BUT… I’m now scratching my head on page 20 of the assembly manual. >> >> This page shows various views of the bottom cover and the need to remove the >> paint masks, as I’ve already done for the top cover. The small leftmost >> illustration (immediately above “Figure 25” on the page) indicates that >> there should be a small mask on the left end (as viewed in the illustration) >> corresponding to a much larger mask on the right end. >> >> On my bottom cover, this isn’t there. I’ve removed all the other masks - >> inside and out - but there is no mask to remove in the indicated position. >> And because there’s no mask, there’s paint where there should be bare metal. >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
