[Boatanchors] Yoiks! A restorers worst nightmare

[Larry Taft]

Threaded rod and a handfull of nuts and washers.  Fixes lots of things 
mechanical in the radios.

73, Larry  K2LT  drakerepair.com

Al Parker wrote:
> Hi Dick,
>     You won't be able to solder the aluminum at all unless you're using
> something very special to do it.
>     I'm having a little trouble visualizing the part, but I'd suggest
> butting the broken parts together & using an epoxy to surround the joint,
> and hold it tight until set.  JB Weld, or some such.
>     Is it an aluminum rod or shape that has tapped holes at each end?
> Might not be hard to duplicate.
> 73,
> Al, W8UT
> New Bern, NC
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick KF4NS" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>;
> <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 9:57 AM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Yoiks! A restorers worst nightmare
>
>
>   
>> HELP! I was restoring my Heathkit LG-1 RF Laboratory Generator,
>>     
> replacing
>   
>> all caps and out of tolerance resistors, etc., and had just finished the
>> last step when I noticed that the aluminum spacer in the oscillator
>> compartment had fallen off. The upside down unit was resting on it and
>> apparently snapped it off at the threads.
>>
>> Why couldn't I have broken a part that was easily replaceable? It is
>>     
> Heath
>   
>> part number 255-8 and is an aluminum spacer 4 inches long with 7/16 inch
>>     
> of
>   
>> 6-32 threads on each end. Please check your parts boxes and see if you
>>     
> have
>   
>> something like that. The only alternative is to try to jury rig it with
>> solder or maybe even a metal based filler compound. I already tried to
>> solder it with the 140W gun but not enough heat to hold the aluminum to
>>     
> the
>   
>> copper enclosure. Hate to use a torch because, well you know why.
>> 73, Dick KF4NS
>> St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
>> Keep The Glow!
>>
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