[ARC5] Ceramic insulator beads

[John Hutchins]

All -
Washer material is commonly available, check out your pockets. Apply 
hammer, shape and then drill to size.  A trick I learned from grand-pa. 
Some times used as a fuse in a pinch.
Hutch

sbjohnston at aol.com wrote:
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> Maybe you could find a source for small disks (like your washers, but 
> without the hole) and drill your own hole to fit the wire.
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> Steve WD8DAS
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> sbjohnston at aol.com
> http://www.wd8das.net/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 8:07 am
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Ceramic insulator beads
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> I have a couple of original bead assemblies.  The ends have a "washer"
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> to hold the beads, but it's like a small "fender" washer; about 1/4 
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> 3/8ths with a tiny
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> hole in the center, just big enough for the wire.  Never seen a fender
> washer that small.
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> I've tried using a regular washer and backfilling with solder, and also
> stacking washers.
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> The results look like crap.
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> Anyone have any idea where one would find such a weird animal?
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