[Elecraft] W2 assembly

[Terry Schieler]

I have also used emery boards which are flexible enough to bow under
pressure and get a good flat surface attack on the paint around the hole.
The ones I use have course surface on one side and finer surface on the
other.  Some have a foam like middle layer and are a bit more flexible.
Usually I buy a pack of 10 for about a buck in the personal grooming section
at the supermarket or drug store.  Does a nice job and lasts quite a while.

73,

Terry, W0FM

-----Original Message-----
From: Radio Amateur N5GE [mailto:n5ge at n5ge.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:23 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] W2 assembly

On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:53:13 -0500, "Jim Spears" <n1nk at cox.net> wrote:

>I am assembling a W2 wattmeter.  So far so good.  Removing the baked on
>paint for electrical conductivity at the holes is turning out to be a real
>pain.  Does anyone have a tip for an efficient method for doing this?  So
>far the best I have found is scratching with the tip of a knife.  Perhaps
>Elecraft could have this area masked off during the paint process.
>
> 
>
>Jim/N1NK
>
>K3 2295

If you have a dremmal with a wire brush they work great.

Tom, N5GE

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