On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:39:31 EST, you wrote: >It may also be helpful to mention that using the correct size philips head >is very important in maintaining the appearance of the rig. It's worth the rip > >to the tool store with a screw in your pocket to get a new driver with a >large enough tip to fit snuggly. There is such a wide variety of >screwdrivers >available, that even the size number printed on the driver is not a good >indication. >I've had many a #1 driver with too sharp a tip to get a tight fit, the >result is slippage and a damaged screw head and loose screw.
The screw drivers with the sharp tip are Reid & Prince screw drivers. When you buy a screw driver be sure you are getting a Philips screw driver. The Philips screw drivers can be recognized by the blunt or squared off tip. >The K3 >flatheads are very shallow because of the type of head and they will slip >easily with >a #0 or 'sharp' #1. [snip] Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. http://www.n5ge.com http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
