The last time I had to do this and didn't have a dedicated tool, I took a Chinese take-out bamboo chopstick and carved it to fit the slug. It's fairly easy to do and if you mess it up you just cut off that part and try again. The bamboo is strong but easy to carve, and it's non-magnetic of course.
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 5:39 PM Bob Nielsen - N7XY <[email protected]> wrote: > A metal screwdriver might affect the inductance. There are several > inexpensive tuning tools made with a plastic handle and a small thin > metal blade, for example: > > https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/bourns-inc/H-90/H90-ND/262571 > > I used a similar tool when I built my K2. > > Bob, N7XY > > On 9/21/18 7:41 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? > > > > Thanks, > > --mark/ae0mm > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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] -- -+-+-+-+- Jenny Everywhere's Infinite: Quark Time http://quarktime.net ______________________________________________________________ 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]
