[HBR] Eddystone Three Section Variable Capacitor Question

[Whitebear1122]

Thanks Peter for the suggestion to check for oddball screw size.  I was thinking it was metric but I hadn't considered something odd like 4-32 or 6-40.  After measuring up a broken piece of mounting hardware I measured about 11 turns in it's 0.29" length so that comes out to be 37T/inch which must be 40T/inch, and a diameter like a #6 =  6-40.  Thanks. 73, Scott WA9WFA
On Mar 14, 2014, at 4:28 PM, Peter Bertini <radioconnection at gmail.com> wrote:

> A lot of pre-war equipment used 4-32 hardware.  I just ran into this on a
> SX-16 dial bezel.
> 
>