[Elecraft] K2 Front Panel assembly question

[R Thompson]

Thanks Don,

     I installed the LCD last night and I used the remaining spacers
(that I hadn't lost) and stacked on top of one of them the spacer used
for the switches (so that the larger switch spacer would clear the cut
off leads.  It looks good to me, flat, level, and no visible gap, when
held up to a bright light, between the LED panel and the LCD panel.

     Ron VE8RT

On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 18:51 -0400, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Ron,
> 
> You need only some kind of spacers that are the thickness of 2 PC boards 
> stacked one upon the other.
> While it is convenient to have the proper spacers that fit over the 
> leads of the backlight assembly, that is not necessary.  Find two pieces 
> the thickness of the PC board material used by Elecraft - the switch 
> spacing tool is one thickness - find something (anything, even popsicle 
> sticks or matchsticks!) that matches it.  Use that to hold the backlight 
> assembly above the front panel board while you solder the leads on one 
> end of the backlight assembly, then move the same stack to the other end 
> and solder those leads - job done, remove the spacing tool and proceed 
> with the assembly.
> 
> Do be careful to obtain the correct size for whatever spacing tool you 
> improvise.  If the backlight assembly is not spaced the correct distance 
> from the board, then the LCD will not fit correctly, and you may have 
> interference problems when you attach the front panel metalwork.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 6/16/2011 11:47 PM, R Thompson wrote:
> >      While assembling my new K2, I've lost some of the LED backlight
> > spacers that are broken off of the Spacer Set PC board.  Ref. Figure 5-1
> > on page 23 of the assembly manual.
> >
> >      I don't see where the LED backlight spacers are used, are they?  If
> > so I should order a replacement.
> >
> >          Ron VE8RT
> >