[Elecraft] [K3] Elecraft Case Screws

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

This sounds like you are damaging the screws slightly when you loosen/ 
tighten them? Presumably, before they started rusting, the bare metal  
was shining through the black?
If that is the case (sorry, no pun intended), then I suggest you don't  
have a good Philips #1 screwdriver and its 'caming' out a little!  
Although the paint has come off my holes in places, the screws are  
just fine. The screw should be a real snug fit on the driver, I can  
pick screws up with mine and it's not magnetic.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
-- 
The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes a  
wrong one. The more active and swift the latter is, the further he  
will go astray.
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On 26 May 2009, at 03:25, <davidvk2nu at virginbroadband.com.au> wrote:

> Timely thread, I was just thinking last night that I should replace  
> mine,
> as they are all rusted.
>
> Ambient temp here varies from about 5ºC to 35ºC with potential high
> humidity, and we are only a couple of hundred metres from a salt water
> lake.
>
> If anyone comes up with a permanent fix, I'd be interested to hear  
> of it
> (I'd prefer not to have to colour them in every-time I opened up the
> radio!).