[Elecraft] [K3] Assembly

[Tom Childers, N5GE]

On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:39:31 EST, you wrote:

>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 screw drivers with the sharp tip are Reid & Prince screw drivers.  When you
buy a screw driver be sure you are getting a Philips screw driver.  The Philips
screw drivers can be recognized by the blunt or squared off tip. 

>The K3  
>flatheads are very shallow because of the type of head and they will slip easily  with 
>a #0 or 'sharp' #1. 
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