[Elecraft] (no subject)

[Edward R Cole]

Just a guess:

But Elecraft probably does not manufacture the knobs (probably 
supplied by a vendor and it is they who selected "English" sized 
Allen screws.  This not particularly unique in products I have 
recently bought (though a little irritating when you are working on 
them).  Case in point: my wife and I decided to purchase some 
inexpensive ($200) bicycles for a little recreative exercise.  The 
handle bar was out of alignment and required a 5mm Allen wrench while 
the seat clamp was English sized (Schwinn Bike).  Fact of life in the 
USA, today, is the mix of the two standards.  Even ran into this on 
my "Toy Auto" Tundra pickup ;-)

73, Ed - KL7UW

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Message: 32
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 08:47:38 +0000
From: David Dunn <vk3dbd at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3} Help, hex key for split knob
To: "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
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I cannot imagine it would be hard to buy imperial measure Allen keys in USA
!
Even in VK land where "standards" of measure are very dubious. (officially
all metric)  Our signposts in Kilometres, goods sold by the Kilogram,
Timber by the metre,  - but they still talk about 4 x 2's and 6 x 8 ft
sheets of chipboard.....
Now, go in the ironmongers for nuts and bolts and the odds are you will find
them with BSW threads,    a size now very difficult to get in England where
they originated!
I wonder why Elecraft used  "inch" measure Allen screws??  when all the
other threads in the K3 are metric.- Perhaps they had similar problems!

73 to all from David VK3DBD



73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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