[Elecraft] Drilling an el-cheapo finger dimple into the K2 tunning knob

[WILLIS COOKE]

The main K3 knob is 1.75 in diameter, the second tuning knob is 1.00 in.  I do not find the dimple all that useful and rarely use it on the K3.  The tuning knob on my TS-850 is 1.875 in and does not have a dimple.  I never missed it.

Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ


--- On Mon, 7/13/09, dw <bw_dw at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> From: dw <bw_dw at fastmail.fm>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Drilling an el-cheapo finger dimple into the K2 tunning knob
> To: "WILLIS COOKE" <wrcooke at flash.net>
> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 9:41 AM
> Hi Willis,
> I'm not sure of the K3 know either.
> But I would assume that K2 users would have been purchasing
> them if
> interchangable
> 
> Duane
> 
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:36 -0700, "WILLIS COOKE" <wrcooke at flash.net>
> wrote:
> > 
> > I am not sure how big the K2 knob is.  Could you
> use a K3 knob that
> > already has the dimple?
> > 
> > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
> > K5EWJ
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Mon, 7/13/09, dw <bw_dw at fastmail.fm>
> wrote:
> > 
> > > From: dw <bw_dw at fastmail.fm>
> > > Subject: [Elecraft] Drilling an el-cheapo finger
> dimple into the K2 tunning knob
> > > To: "Elecraft_List" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> > > Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 9:21 AM
> > > I used a wood countersink with a
> > > rounded drill tip.
> > > Went down about 2/8 inch.
> > > I found that a metal strip is just below the
> plastic
> > > surface of the
> > > knob.
> > > I went through this.
> > > I made sure it was smooth, but it would have been
> better if
> > > I'd had a
> > > machine shop do this.
> > > 
> > > Of course it doesn't look professional.
> > > But it works smooth and is a functional
> improvement on the
> > > cheap.
> > > 
> > > Duane
> > > N1BBR
> > > -- 
> > >  Bw_dw at fastmail.net
> > > 
> > >
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