[Hallicrafters] SR SERIES BEZEL SCRATCHES

[James Liles]

Hi Walt:

Good process you have here.

I have always simply removed all of the screws stood on a chair and shook 
the radio until it fell out of the case being very careful to have it land 
on an old discarded camping mattress.  The amount of dust and wild life 
discharged from the mattress would weigh heavily on the estimate for 
cosmetic repairs.  People stopped coming to me for repair work when I tried 
to explain that “it was only six feet from chair to mattress” and further, 
UPS and FEDX say to pack it for a drop of three feet at any angle.  Its 
impossible to please some folks.  Local body shop declared chapter 11 when I 
stopped bringing work to them.

Kidding aside Walt, that’s a great set of ideas.  I have scratched more of 
those edges than I can count, even being life and death careful.  thanks for 
the heads up.

Kindest regards Jim K9AXN


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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:26:27 -0500
From: "Walt Cates" <cateswa at msn.com>
Subject: [Hallicrafters] SR SERIES BEZEL SCRATCHES
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To The Group,



Almost all SR series transceiver that comes into my shop have scratches on 
the inside of the bezel lip. I am working on a SR-400A that has a pretty 
fair paint job. It is an obvious over spray, spray can paint job. But, the 
only real flaw in the paint job is the inside of the bezel is scratched, to 
bare metal, in two corners. So the owner wants a new paint job, not cheap. 
These scratches can be eliminated quite simply. They are caused by laying 
the rig flat on its bottom and sliding the rig out of the case.



Better Way.

On the 150, 400, and the 2000 remove the top and bottom covers. Then to 
remove the case you should stand the rig up on its knobs on a foam pad or a 
double fold of a terry cloth towel (remove the spinner from the main tuning 
knob if it has one). Next remove the screws from the bottom of the case. Now 
with your finger tips on the right and left side of the case bezel gently 
lift up and remove the case.



Some times the cases are out of square resulting in the bezel scratches. 
Pressure across diagonal corners of the bezel will cure this. Be sensible 
and gentle with the pressure. Don't use a hammer or mallet.


Best Regards, Walt Cates, WD0GOF, 
http://www.myhamshack.com/WD0GOF/<http://www.myhamshack.com/WD0GOF/>
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter That Tells What Kind Of Life 
You Have Lived!

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