RE: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-28 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
cctalk Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 3:35:01 PM To: William Donzelli via cctalk Subject: Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel On 5/28/19 10:35 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > Those knobs look like they are cast pop metal or zinc or something, > not Bakelite. Wha

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-28 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
Umm...yes, I know. -- Will On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 6:35 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > On 5/28/19 10:35 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > > Those knobs look like they are cast pop metal or zinc or something, > > not Bakelite. > > What flavor pop? ("pot" metal or monkey metal). > >

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-28 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 5/28/19 10:35 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > Those knobs look like they are cast pop metal or zinc or something, > not Bakelite. What flavor pop? ("pot" metal or monkey metal). --Chuck

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-28 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
> On Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 10:36:10 AM PDT, William Donzelli via cctalk > wrote: > > Those knobs look like they are cast pop metal or zinc or something, > not Bakelite. > > -- > Will > They are metal for sure. Probably cast. They are smooth, though there's a bit > of corrosion and pittin

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-28 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
old > equipment 30 years ago. I will check to see if any got salvaged. > > Cindy > > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bob > Rosenbloom via cctalk > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 10:57 AM > To: William Donzelli; Gene

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-28 Thread Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk
see if any got salvaged. > > Cindy > > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bob > Rosenbloom via cctalk > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 10:57 AM > To: William Donzelli; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-28 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
Subject: Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel > > On 5/28/2019 6:42 AM, William Donzelli wrote: > > I think that is an IBM specific knob. I will keep an eye out for one, > > but do not hold your breath! It is certainly not a common knob. > > > > Is i

RE: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-28 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
10:57 AM To: William Donzelli; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel On 5/28/2019 6:42 AM, William Donzelli wrote: > I think that is an IBM specific knob. I will keep an eye out for one, > but do not hold your brea

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-28 Thread dwight via cctalk
f Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 8:57 AM To: William Donzelli; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel On 5/28/2019 6:42 AM, William Donzelli wrote: > I think that is an IBM specific knob. I will keep an

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-28 Thread Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk
On 5/28/2019 6:42 AM, William Donzelli wrote: I think that is an IBM specific knob. I will keep an eye out for one, but do not hold your breath! It is certainly not a common knob. Is it for a 1/4 inch shaft? -- Will Yes, it's a standard 1/4" shaft. Might try and get one 3D printed if I can fig

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-28 Thread dwight via cctalk
c and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel I think that is an IBM specific knob. I will keep an eye out for one, but do not hold your breath! It is certainly not a common knob. Is it for a 1/4 inch shaft? -- Will On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:41 P

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-28 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
I think that is an IBM specific knob. I will keep an eye out for one, but do not hold your breath! It is certainly not a common knob. Is it for a 1/4 inch shaft? -- Will On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:41 PM Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote: > > A long shot I know, but I'm looking for an IBM knob tha

looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-27 Thread Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk
A long shot I know, but I'm looking for an IBM knob that's missing from a 609 calculator panel I have. Photos can be seen here: http://dvq.com/ibm/ibm-609-pnl1.JPG http://dvq.com/ibm/ibm-609-pnl4.JPG http://dvq.com/ibm/ibm-609-pnl5.JPG I have no idea if the knob was made by IBM or was a common