[Elecraft] One-more spinner mod...
James Fonte
[email protected]
Fri Nov 15 22:02:09 2002
...for the factory K1/K2 tuning knob -----
I like this mod <done to the original K2 tuning knob> so-much-better than my
FT100 knob, I have returned the factory-knob to service.
The "spinner" is an 11/16" <O.D.> round, black plastic bolt-cap purchased
from Ace Hardware for <drum roll>...eight cents --- WooooHoooo!
The 'inside' of the bolt-cap is 'spun' and looks pretty to the eye -- the
top-part of the cap is rounded, and requires about 30 seconds of rubbing on
semi-coarse sandpaper to flatten the roundness of the cap.
One drop of Duco Household Cement (good stuff -- allow 2 hours drying time
before using the spinner-knob!) on the sanded-part of the bolt-cap, and then
place the 'spinner' either just within the outer-diameter of the tuning knob
-or-
place the spinner, centered over the outside-diameter of the main tuning
knob -- voila -- offset spinner (this is what I did)!
Digital pictures are available if you wish
73!
Jim, K9FI