[Elecraft] Elecraft Kit Assembly

[Drew AF2Z]

I can't speak to the KAT500 kit but for other Elecraft kits I have found 
that magnetized screwdrivers and/or nut drivers really help you breeze 
through the assembly.

73,
Drew
AF2Z


On 12/02/20 15:35, K9MA wrote:
> When assembling the KAT500 kit yesterday, I found it frustrating trying 
> to get the nuts started on the connector screws. Then I remembered 
> assembling Heathkits, like 50 years ago. Heathkit provided a little 
> plastic tube thingy for starting hex nuts. (I'm sure some of you other 
> OF's remember them. They were red.) I looked in the toolbox, and there 
> were two of them! (They're still red.) Given all the hex nuts in the 
> KAT500 kit, if I hadn't already had them, I'd have been glad to pay an 
> extra 10 cents or so if one were included with the kit.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Scott K9MA
>