[Hallicrafters] cleaning rotary switches? where's that eraser?

[Dave Harmon]

It was probably bond paper.

Don't use any paper anyway....use a burnishing tool
Very small bits of paper will snag in between the contacts and actually
insulate them.

Regards

Dave Harmon
NSRCA 586
K6XYZ[at]valornet[dot]com
Broken Arrow, Ok.

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[mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of George KB2Z
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 1:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] cleaning rotary switches? where's that
eraser?

A new dollar bill works fairly well for burnishing relays and such.
Any eraser works well on board type contacts and other large open 
surfaces, as long as you don't rub to hard,
Many years ago I had some paperlike burnishing strips that were made for

the purpose, not crocus paper, something similar. May still be
available.
Good luck, George



Mike Everette wrote:
> As far as using paper for a burnishing tool -- on
> relays, at least -- the absolute best stuff is
> teletype paper; the kind that came on rolls or was
> fan-folded in boxes for the UPI and AP news machines. 
> Downright miraculous.  It has just the right amount of
> "roughness."
> 
> I'd hesitate to use it on a small rotary bandswitch
> though.  It's too thick and would just shred in the
> stator contact.
> 
> 73
> 
> Mike
> WA4DLF
> 
> 
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