Knowing the problem we had on assembly lines with small screws........... :-)
73 Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Wilhelm" <[email protected]> To: "Jack Brabham" <[email protected]> Cc: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3} Help, hex key for split knob > Jack, > > If you stripped out the allen wrench, you were applying > more force than > is necessary, and excessive force may be the reason some > of the newer > knobs are cracking (that is just a guess). > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > Jack Brabham wrote: >> Tim, >> >> I had a similar experience assembling #4169 a few weeks >> ago. Unfortunately >> my stack of assorted allen wrenches didn't include any >> that small. >> >> My work around was to grind off the "stripped" portion of >> the cheesy allen >> wrench each time it stripped. >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
