[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 204, Issue 6
Louandzip
louandzip at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 13 22:11:59 EDT 2021
Oops. That link didn't work as intended, but it's very easy to drill down on the McMaster site and find what you need.
Lou W7HV
On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 8:10:15 PM MDT, Louandzip <louandzip at yahoo.com> wrote:
I usually go to McMaster for specific fasteners not easily found at hardware stores: Here's their 6-32 and 4-40 black oxide flat head philips stainless machine screws. Of course they have pan head, socket cap, and other styles as well.
https://www.mcmaster.com/fastening-joining/flat-head-screws/phillips-flat-head-screws/thread-size~6-32/finish~black-oxide/thread-size~4-40/
On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 5:31:57 PM MDT, Ray <wa6vab at gmail.com> wrote:
Ace Hardware has some screws in Black.
WA6VAB Ray K3 #3824
From: Don Wilhelm
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:49 PM
To: Tommy Judson; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 204, Issue 6
Tommy,
I highly recommend that you get the proper screws from Elecraft to be
certain they are the correct length.
Hardware store screw are normally not available in black, so why mess up
the appearance of your KX2 with zinc plated screws.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 4/13/2021 11:36 AM, Tommy Judson via Elecraft wrote:
> Make a bad purchase good?
> Bought a KX-2 off the internet and have found that it is missing several of the screws that held the end plates on. Asked about that and the seller said he tried to put some sort of protective end plates onto the radio but couldn’t do it so threw them away and put the original end plates back on. What concerns me about just going to the hardware store and getting more screws (that might not be the proper thread/length) is I think two of the screws held the final output transistors onto that end plate which I assume was for that end plate to act as a heatsink.
>
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