I have also used emery boards which are flexible enough to bow under pressure and get a good flat surface attack on the paint around the hole. The ones I use have course surface on one side and finer surface on the other. Some have a foam like middle layer and are a bit more flexible. Usually I buy a pack of 10 for about a buck in the personal grooming section at the supermarket or drug store. Does a nice job and lasts quite a while.
73, Terry, W0FM -----Original Message----- From: Radio Amateur N5GE [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] W2 assembly On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:53:13 -0500, "Jim Spears" <[email protected]> wrote: >I am assembling a W2 wattmeter. So far so good. Removing the baked on >paint for electrical conductivity at the holes is turning out to be a real >pain. Does anyone have a tip for an efficient method for doing this? So >far the best I have found is scratching with the tip of a knife. Perhaps >Elecraft could have this area masked off during the paint process. > > > >Jim/N1NK > >K3 2295 If you have a dremmal with a wire brush they work great. Tom, N5GE [email protected] K3 #806 with SUB RX, K3 #1055, PR6, XV144, XV432, KRC2, W1, 2 W2's and other small kits 1 K144XV on order http://www.n5ge.com http://www.swotrc.net ______________________________________________________________ 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
