This sounds like you are damaging the screws slightly when you loosen/ tighten them? Presumably, before they started rusting, the bare metal was shining through the black? If that is the case (sorry, no pun intended), then I suggest you don't have a good Philips #1 screwdriver and its 'caming' out a little! Although the paint has come off my holes in places, the screws are just fine. The screw should be a real snug fit on the driver, I can pick screws up with mine and it's not magnetic. 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 -- The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes a wrong one. The more active and swift the latter is, the further he will go astray. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626)
On 26 May 2009, at 03:25, <davidvk...@virginbroadband.com.au> wrote: > Timely thread, I was just thinking last night that I should replace > mine, > as they are all rusted. > > Ambient temp here varies from about 5ºC to 35ºC with potential high > humidity, and we are only a couple of hundred metres from a salt water > lake. > > If anyone comes up with a permanent fix, I'd be interested to hear > of it > (I'd prefer not to have to colour them in every-time I opened up the > radio!). ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
