On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:36:04 -0800, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote:
The broken knobs can also be caused by tightening the set screw too tight. If one has a tendency to tighten everything until they get blisters on there fingers they will eventually crack one of those knobs. I'm not suggesting that is the problem in this case, but it's a good idea to only tighten set screws in plastic knobs until only tight enough to hold them on the shaft. >I may be biased (I designed the K3's knobs, switches, LCD, and >packaging with intent to have everything match, aesthetically), but I >strongly recommend *not* changing the knobs to anything else. > >If you're only doing it because you have one that's defective, please >request a replacement from Elecraft. We had a batch manufactured with >the wrong material, and I thought we had sent replacements to all >affected K3 owners, but perhaps not. > >If you're doing it because you'd like machined aluminum knobs rather >than plastic, send me a private email telling me how much you'd be >willing to pay for a complete set of them :) It is certainly possible >to have them made from aluminum, but the cost would be dramatically >higher. Off the top of my head I'm guessing it would have added >$150-200 to the cost of the radio. > >Mouser aluminum knobs (or any other off-the-shelf knobs) will not >match the K3. I'd rather design new ones from scratch. > >But I personally like the molded plastic knobs, which are easy on the >fingers. > >73, >Wayne >N6KR > [snip] ______________________________________________________________ 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
