[Elecraft] [K3] Assembly question

[David Lankshear]

The fitting of the washer is indeed a trivial matter, Tom.  It's on the 
inside of the front panel, so if it had to be chiseled off, the marks 
wouldn't show and I'm sufficiently competent to use the minimum 
amount of adhesive to hold it in place.  I won't tighten down the nut 
on the front panel beyond finger tight because it would distort the 
panel and probably damage the panel coating, besides being quite 
unnecessary.  A gap of a few thou is irrelevant to the washer's fitting 
and function, but a large gap, such as would remain if the washer was 
not in place, would potentially stress the DSP board unreasonably, as 
pointed out by Don.  A rattling washer is a nuisance and stopping that 
by whatever means - adhesive, hotmelt, Blu-tak, chewing gum etc. is 
a positive contribution to the K3's usability.

This topic has gone beyond its sell by date and is now about as useful 
as QRM.

73  DaveL  G3TJP

Tom, N5GE wrote:
I presume you considered that if there was ever a reason to remove the
washer in the future, you may have to damage the front panel to remove
it, and decided that was not an important issue.