[Elecraft] K3S Build Progress: 1st power-on

[Don Wilhelm]

Jer,

Congratulations on the work you have reported so far.  I hope the rest 
of the assembly goes well and you find no problems.
Is there a chance that your TCXO is already mounted on the KREF3 board?

My only comment is that I do not like to have any magnetic tools or 
trays (or anything else magnetic) on my workbench.
They pick up bits and pieces that I do not intend and can sometimes 
inadvertently operate relays when not wanted.  Of course, I am working 
with a variety of equipment, so my situation is different than only 
assembling a K3S, and I do have little bits and pieces (cutoff leads, 
etc) laying around on my workbench.  Speaker magnets are an irritation 
that I can do little about, so I place them away from my work area.

I do keep an old Weller soldering gun next to the workbench and its only 
task is to demagnetize my tools when they begin picking up bits.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/17/2015 8:30 AM, ae4pb at carolinaheli.com wrote:
> 2.   Use a magnetic parts tray - even for the SS hardware it helps as they
> have some slight carbon content.
>
> 3.   Use a magnetic tipped screwdriver.
>