[Boatanchors] 2013 myth

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Atkinson" <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
To: "HL" <zbyte at comcast.net>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 4:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] 2013 myth


>I know what you mean.  A few tools help.  Pickup one of 
>those 5x
> magnifier visors if you can't focus your eyes in close. 
> get a few
> different types of needle nose pliers and varying size 
> diagonal
> clippers.
> Saw this in a hint and kink in an old QST:  Fashion some 
> little lead
> handles by taking alligator clips and attaching stiff wire 
> handles to
> them so you can poke them into a tight space to hold two 
> leads
> together for soldering.
>
> Don't worry about some perfectionist with his nose in the 
> air--go
> ahead and clip out old caps and use the left over leads in 
> the rig to
> attach the new ones to, by taking the new cap leads and 
> wrapping them
> around jeweler screwdriver shafts to make quiggs then push 
> the quigs
> on to the left over lead fragments still in the rig and 
> solder.  It
> works and once the set is all put back together and 
> running who
> cares--tell the anal retentive types to get a new hobby.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
    I concur with this.  I recently restored an RCA AR-88. 
This has oil filled bathtub paper caps in it. The caps had 
leaked oil all over. Trying to restuff them was just 
impossible although others have done it. I found terminal 
strips that fit or could be made to fit the mounting holes 
and used plain film caps.  The underchassis may not look 
authentic but no one but me ever sees it and the set works 
fine.
    I was taught to clean up wiring when doing repairs and 
try to when possible but sometimes trying to be neat can 
cause damage.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com