[Elecraft] KXPD1 and Loctite 242

[Don Wilhelm]

  Moe,

I would shudder to think of locktite of any variety being used on the 
KXPD1 thumbscrew - you just might want to remove it someday.  Removable 
is just not that much "removable" - it works for things that need 
wrenches to remove, but the thumbscrew is a small diameter.
Newer KXPD1s come with an internal toothed lockwasher that can be 
optionally used instead of the normal flat lockwasher, so you might want 
to give that a try instead - use a #6 lockwasher, and beef it down with 
your strongest fingers, it should hold.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 2/12/2011 8:16 PM, Moe wrote:
> Being a connoisseur of the various grades of Loctite, frustration with the
> loosening of the KXPD1 thumbscrew tempts me to use a drop of #242, know as,
> and the color of, "blue."  This is the "removable" grade.  My question is,
> has anyone here (especially W3FPR) used this successfully?
>
> 73 de Moe
> AB8XA