[Elecraft] Broken core

[Alexandra Carter]

I'd NOT use super-glue, sheesh!! It amazes me how people think this 
stuff is a cure-all. It gets brittle, outgasses, and I'd not let it 
anywhere near any beautiful Elecraft product!  I'd use J-B Weld, which 
is a very strong epoxy glue and should make the core good as new. 2nd 
choice is just regular old 2-part epoxy glue. 73 de Alex NS6Y

On Mar 15, 2006, at 6:20 AM, recarter at adelphia.net wrote:

> While winding the cores on my KPA100, I pulled too hard on the wire 
> and broke one in the low pass filters.  I ordered a replacement from 
> Elecraft.  I continued assembly as far as I could.  After staring 
> sadly at the three core pieces, I thought of super-gluing the core 
> back together.  My thought was to replace the repaired core with the 
> replacement part when I receive it.  I fixed the broken core and 
> finished assembly.  Gluing it back together was easy, but getting my 
> fingers appart was a trick.  I think these things are just metal 
> filings glued together anyway.  Is there any reason that the repaired 
> core would have to be replaced?
>
> Rich - KE1EV