I used a muffin pan to sort out my hardware. It worked very well. I didn't have enough cups to sort everything out, so I pre-sorted the most similar looking parts (e.g., small black pan heads from small black flat heads). And I separated out the small number of zinc pan heads of unusual lengths from the large number of those that were all the same.
There were quite a few errata in my version of the assembly instructions. Rather than doing a lot of paper cutting and pasting, I simply used a highlighter pen to tag sections where I needed to refer to the errata. Robert K5PI -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Prospective K3 Owner On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:09:04 -0700 (PDT), Joe W!JGS wrote: > > - Are there any tools, over and above those mentioned in the assembly >manual, that would be helpful > Yes, a magnetized screwdriver is very handy for guiding the screws to their holes without having to fumble with them. (There are a LOT of screws!) Some people pre-sort all the screws. I just dumped them and the washers into a shallow pan and hunted through them as they were called out. But do pay close attention to the screw lengths and washer types specified in the instructions. 73, Drew AF2Z _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
