[Elecraft] K3 Assembly Special Tools or Gotchas

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Sounds like yours wont fall out then - which is an issue SOME people  
have with APPs.
Lots of alternatives to using the pin, including not using anything  
(they stay together pretty well) - to using hot-melt glue in the hole,  
which quite easy to undo when you want to take the connectors apart  
for any reason
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
-- 
When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long  
and
so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which  
open
for us. -Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (1847-1922)

On 27 Aug 2008, at 12:25, Bob DeHaney wrote:

> I had never seen a Power Pole connector and there are no specific
> instructions except for soldering and contact alignment.
>
> My problem was inserting the small pin that holds the connector  
> together.
> At first I tried pressing it in using needle nose pliers and it  
> spoinged
> away in some direction.  I found it behind the couch 5 days later  
> when it
> refused to go into the vacuum cleaner.  The second time my lady  
> found it all
> the way across the room.
>
> My solution was to align the connector halves, hold the pin in place  
> with
> needle nose pliers, and whack it with a small hammer.  Perfect!!