[GreenKeys] ot: looking for knobs for Racal 17L

[Dave]

On 17/04/2014 07:27, Simon Claessen wrote:
> hello all,
>
> after tinkering with some 33's and a 43 besides flexowriters and 
> siemenses for a while, we finally got a Racal 17L. Unfortunately it is 
> missing some knobs and needs a overhaul (capacitors and resistors)
>
> I Have a picture of the front, so you can see what knobs are missing. 
> It seems that the knob in the middel should go below the meter and a 
> knob with a ridge in the center.
>
> and of course there are some missing screws, and living in a metric 
> world, these are hard to come by...
>
> Anyone in europe with some spares around?
>
> https://hack42.nl/gallery/v/Spacecam/DSCF7776.JPG.html

A nice receiver. I suspect that the screws are BA screws which are 
"Metric" in that they are defined in terms of MM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Association_screw_threads

and which were widely used in the UK whenever a small fine threaded 
screw was needed. If you can figure out which sizes you need, and the 
Wiki article will probably help you can then try searching 
"www.ebay.co.uk" for "BA bolts" or "BA Screws". There are plenty as they 
are used in model engineering.

A quick search also shows there is a dedicated RA17 forum on Yahoo

https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RacalRA17forum/info

probably worth joining that

Dave
G4UGM