[Elecraft] [K3] Assembly

[Paul at N4LCD.com]

>It may also be helpful to mention that using the correct size philips head
>is very important in maintaining the appearance of the rig. It's 
>worth the rip
>to the tool store with a screw in your pocket to get a new driver with a
>large  enough tip to fit snuggly.  There is such a wide variety of 
>screwdrivers
>available, that even the size number printed on the driver is not a good
>indication. I've had many a #1 driver with too sharp a tip to get a 
>tight fit,  the
>result is slippage and a damaged screw head and loose screw. The K3
>flatheads are very shallow because of the type of head and they will 
>slip easily  with
>a #0 or 'sharp' #1.

You can lightly touch the tip to a fine grinding wheel to fix that on 
a cheap screwdriver.


>I prefer the better brands like Craftsmen and Proto. OSH (Orchards) has a
>house brand that is good. I picked up a couple with 6" shank which 
>was helpful
>when I installed the kpa3 shield.

My favorite brand for high quality is Wiha www.WihaTools.com which 
are made in Germany.