Another approach is to simply turn the K3 so that gravity holds the screw in place as you start it. That is, always be working with your screwdriver vertical, tip down, when starting a troublesome screw. There are only a few of these, so it's not as much tipping of the K3 this way or that as one might imagine. Just turning the rig so the parts won't fall to the bottom is a huge help. They'll usually fall right out onto the bench if they land on the side somewhere near the opening you're working through.
The *worst* possible orientation, IMX, is to be standing over the rig working through the open top. That's something I do with *any* piece of equipment I'm fiddling with and find a screw needed where it (or its lock washer) might get lost or hard to retrieve if I dropped it. That doesn't mean I *never* drop something. I have very strong little magnet on a long thin screwdriver-like-shaft that I can "wave" around near the PC board and that almost always causes the part I dropped to jump up onto it even if I couldn't see it. Ron AC7AC ______________________________________________________________ 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
