I use mine all the time for 4-40 nuts. It must be 50+ years old and it has seen better days. Getting a little loose and fuzzy on the end. Tried finding them on the internet machine. I have used small stiff tubing for various size nuts but not the same thing.
Good luck, 73 Joe K2UF -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of K9MA Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 12:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft Kit Assembly When assembling the KAT500 kit yesterday, I found it frustrating trying to get the nuts started on the connector screws. Then I remembered assembling Heathkits, like 50 years ago. Heathkit provided a little plastic tube thingy for starting hex nuts. (I'm sure some of you other OF's remember them. They were red.) I looked in the toolbox, and there were two of them! (They're still red.) Given all the hex nuts in the KAT500 kit, if I hadn't already had them, I'd have been glad to pay an extra 10 cents or so if one were included with the kit. 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott K9MA [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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
