[Heathkit] Heathkit Lever Knobs Wanted

[Jim Shorney]

That would be the way to do it, although I would re-design it so the lever arm was thicker. IMO this was a poor design and probably the most broken part on Heathkits. Back in the day I finally got fed up after I broke my third filter switch knob (back when you could still get them from Heathkit) on my HW-101 and adapted a chromed lever knob from a 70s vintage in-dash car radio. It never broke. Assuming that rig is still out there somewhere I would bet money that the knob is still intact.

IIRC the knob I used looked similar to these (it's been 40 years since I did this):

https://www.korehpazu.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=903064

I had to enlarge and round the hole a bit to fit the metal insert from the Heath knob but it worked like a charm.

73

-Jim
NU0C

On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 20:46:51 -0500
David Larson <wb0tsr at itctel.com> wrote:

> Maybe you could 3d print some, look here 
> https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1412639
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> Dave WB0TSR
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> On 7/6/21 1:10 PM, Gary H. Harmon, Jr. wrote:
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