[Elecraft] KX3 Bottom Cover - To Sand or not To Sand?

[Harry Yingst via Elecraft]

If I recall correctly when I built my K2 I had to sand off a spot.

I masked off the area with aluminum tape then used the small wire wheel brush on a Dremel tool



________________________________
 From: Vic Rosenthal K2VCO <k2vco.vic at gmail.com>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Bottom Cover - To Sand or not To Sand?
 

I've found that the neatest way to do this is to use a motor tool (in 
the US it's a 'Dremel tool') with a conical grinding cylinder.

On 4/30/2014 12:57 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Look at that area very carefully using a light held at an oblique angle.
> The masking tape may be there, but completely covered with paint.
> If it is not there, scrape with a knife and then sand a little. That
> paint is tough and it will take a while to sand through it. Sanding is
> OK, but scraping with the blade of a knife is much easier and faster.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 4/30/2014 3:44 PM, Dave Jewell wrote:
>> I’m having *HUGE* fun building the KX3 which I received yesterday.
>>
>> BUT… I’m now scratching my head on page 20 of the assembly manual.
>>
>> This page shows various views of the bottom cover and the need to
>> remove the paint masks, as I’ve already done for the top cover.  The
>> small leftmost illustration (immediately above “Figure 25” on the
>> page) indicates that there should be a small mask on the left end (as
>> viewed in the illustration) corresponding to a much larger mask on the
>> right end.
>>
>> On my bottom cover, this isn’t there.  I’ve removed all the other
>> masks - inside and out - but there is no mask to remove in the
>> indicated position.  And because there’s no mask, there’s paint where
>> there should be bare metal.

-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/


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