[Heathkit] Heathkit Digest, Vol 116, Issue 6
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Wed Sep 18 16:08:13 EDT 2013
made my own with nylon bushings from the local Boulder, Colorado mega-hardware store. Tapped for grub screws.
Daryle
WB7TNE
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> 1. SB SHAFT COUPLER WANTED!! (Alexander N. Gerli)
> 2. Re: [Heath] SB SHAFT COUPLER WANTED!! (G3OOU at aol.com)
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> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:39:23 -0400
> From: "Alexander N. Gerli" <ac1wye at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Heathkit] SB SHAFT COUPLER WANTED!!
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> Hi, folks,
>
> Darn it, just had to happen...the plastic shaft coupler for the Tune
> control on my SB-102 is shot. I need another one that isn't cracked or
> broken around the setscrew threads. Does anyone on the List have one I
> could buy? Don't need the setscrews (I saved the old ones, HI) but don't
> mind if they're there!
>
> Thanks, guys! 73,
>
> Sandy AC!Y
>
>
>
>
> Alexander N. Gerli, Sr.
> 548 Allred Mill Road
> Mount Airy, NC 27030-2202
>
> Scotsmen walk about 900 miles each year.
> A Scotsman drinks around 45 gallons of Whisky a year.
> Scotsmen get about 20 Miles Per Gallon.
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 03:37:29 -0400 (EDT)
> From: G3OOU at aol.com
> To: ac1wye at gmail.com, heathkit at mailman.qth.net, heath at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [Heathkit] [Heath] SB SHAFT COUPLER WANTED!!
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> Hi Sandy
>
> These couplers are usually over-tightened and they are not flexible so the
> strains on them over the years will cause fractures. If you can get any
> acrylic pr Perspex rod of the correct outer diameter and know someone with a
> small model makers lathe they are very easy to make. A small metal bush
> tightly fitted over each end with a clearance hole for the grub screw would
> significantly improve the strength.
>
> You may be able to repair your broken one if you can get any acrylic glue.
> That is easily available in the UK made by Revell but following an enquiry
> of mine, the manufacturer's US distributor confirmed that they do not
> import it into the States and our post office will not accept it in the post.
> Anyone visiting the UK may be able to take a 25g tube back with them in
> their hold luggage?
>
> 73
>
> Bob
>
> Bob F Burns G3OOU
> C Eng, FIET, MSE
> G-QRP 6907
> Secretary of Crystal Palace Radio & Electronics Club: www.g3oou.co.uk
> Technical web site: www.qsl.net/g3oou
> @BobFBurns on Twitter: http://twitter.com/BobFBurns
>
>
> In a message dated 17/09/2013 23:31:08 GMT Standard Time, ac1wye at gmail.com
> writes:
>
>
> Hi, folks,
>
>
> Darn it, just had to happen...the plastic shaft coupler for the Tune
> control on my SB-102 is shot. I need another one that isn't cracked or broken
> around the setscrew threads. Does anyone on the List have one I could buy?
> Don't need the setscrews (I saved the old ones, HI) but don't mind if they're
> there!
>
>
> Thanks, guys! 73,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sandy AC!Y
>
>
>
>
>
> Alexander N. Gerli, Sr.
>
> 548 Allred Mill Road
>
> Mount Airy, NC 27030-2202
>
>
> Scotsmen walk about 900 miles each year.
>
> A Scotsman drinks around 45 gallons of Whisky a year.
>
> Scotsmen get about 20 Miles Per Gallon.
>
>
>
>
>
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