[Boatanchors] Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: RE: Help! My coil slug isstuck! - MORE INFO

[Jim Wilhite]

What about talcum powder?  It is slippery.

73  Jim
W5JO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: "Bill Pancake" <bpancake at mindspring.com>; "Ed" <elh54 at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 2:40 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: RE: Help! My coil slug 
isstuck! - MORE INFO


> Years ago Motorola sold a powder lubricant for slug
> tuned coils.  Of course all of their two-way equipment
> was full of slug tuned coils.
>
> I still have some of this around "somewhere"!  It was
> white in color and very fine and very "slippery".  I
> am not sure exactly what it was made from, maybe
> finely powdered teflon.
>
> It definitely worked and at least over several years
> did not "gum up" or otherwise keep the slug from being
> able to be tuned.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> --- Bill Pancake <bpancake at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Everyone seems to agree that ANY type of
> petroleum-based oil, solvent or cleaner (contact
> cleaner, DeOxit, etc) for lubricating the coil form or
> slug is definitely to be AVOIDED as a few folks found
> out the hard way, hi.
>
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
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