Ended up using scissors to trim a plastic toothpick into a slug-tuned inductor adjustment tool.
--mark/ae0mm ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, September 21, 2018 10:22 AM, Kevin Cozens <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2018-09-21 10:41 AM, AE0MM via Elecraft wrote: > > > The green plastic tuning tool is too wide to fit in the slot of the > > narrow slot slug-tuned inductors. Is it safe to use a screwdriver on the > > small slot 1µH inductors? > > I'm assuming the screwdriver would be a metal one. It would let you turn the > slug but you would have to use it with care as it could damage the top of > the slug. Also the metal screwdriver can affect the inductance of the > inductor and throw off the adjustment. > > Your safest option is to shave a little off each side of the plastic tuning > tool to make it fit. You shouldn't need to shave much off it to make it fit. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Cheers! > > Kevin. > > http://www.ve3syb.ca/ | "Nerds make the shiny things that > https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | distract the mouth-breathers, and > | that's why we're powerful" > Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | > #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick > > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
