[Boatanchors] Re: [Heathkit] Yoiks! A restorers worst nightmare

[Mark K3MSB]

If you have both pieces, can you use something like J.B Weld to glue 
them back together??

Mark K3MSB

Dick KF4NS wrote:
> 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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