[Boatanchors] Fw: Re: Long Threaded Shafts

[manualman at juno.com]

Here's a picture of an ugly NC-173 front panel. Notice the enlarged holes
for some of the pots in the front panel. Controls actually secure to just
the chassis and not the front panel.
http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=36944.0;attach=
44428;image
Watch for link wrap-around to the second line.

Pete, wa2cwa

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From: <manualman at juno.com>
To: gharmon at idworld.net
Cc: heathkit at mailman.qth.net,boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:16:54 -0400
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Long Threaded Shafts

I assume you're talking about replacing the pot(s) which the bushing has
to go through the main panel and the escutcheon panel. If you can't find
a bushing on a pot long enough to go through both panels, you can remove
the escutcheon panel; enlarge the hole in question so that the nut will
tighten against the main panel. The knobs have a large enough skirt that
you can't see the hole enlargement.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:32:11 -0500 "Gary H. Harmon, Jr."
<gharmon at idworld.net> writes:
> The Apache and Mohawk and possibly other Heathkits use pots with a 
> 9/16
> threaded shaft.  The pots available now do not have that amount of 
> threaded
> length.  The original pot is not available.  Has anyone developed a 
> way to
> adapt a current pot to the required 9/16 length needed to get 
> through the
> chassis, panel, etc?
> 
>  
> 
> Hopefully my question is clear.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
>  
> 
> 73,
> 
>  
> 
> Gary H. Harmon, Jr. - K5JWK - HAM Radio Archaeologist
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