[ARC5] Screw Gremlins

[Tom Bridgers]

I began losing ARC-5 screws soon after I first starting working

on ARC-5 radios at about 13 years old (and I'm 75 now).  It was

a mystery to me that no matter how hard I tried, I always seemed

to lose at least one or two screws when removing and reattaching

ARC-5 TX and RX covers.  Sometimes more than two.


Over the last 62 years, I might find a lost screw here and there...

But most are still in hiding -- around the floor under my

workbench or on top of the bench somewhere. Hiding is clearly

in the DNA of  every ARC-5 screw ever forged..


Now my level of guilt about losing all these screws has been

substantial.  So this confession seems therapeutic, and I feel

a whole lot better knowing that I am among friends who have

lost as many screws as I have...


It's great to hear about the steps you all have taken to keep any

screws removed under control and in captivity. Or to retrieve them

as David did.  I keep my blood pressure pill bottles and put any

screws removed in them. Then tighten the lid down firmly so they

can't escape.  Not totally fool proof, but I find I'm losing fewer

screws these days.

Best,

Tom  KE4RHH





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