[ICOM] tuning knob skirt

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 12/13/2010 3:15 PM, Jim Hargrave wrote:
> Al,
>
> Have you tried using the double faced foam tape. It will usually stick
> pretty good to both surfaces.
But it is also thick.  The (I forgot the proper name for it but don't 
believe it's a skirt) rubber surface would have to have stretched a lot 
to be able to use the double sided foam tape between the nob and rubber 
cylinder used for finger traction. <:-))
I've had the much larger versions on OLD camera lenses do that as well.

The foam tape should be available at Lowe's, Home Depot, and most 
hardware stores.
They also have a much thinner version (not carpet tape) that is often 
used to stick sheet  plastic over windows.  That stuff really sticks.

BTW I use the double sided foam tape to hold the remote mount for the 
control head on my duoband mobile.

Icom is likely to have the knob complete even if it is an old transceiver.


73

Roger (K8RI)
>       73's Jim
>        W5IFP
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Alan Leith
>> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 1:41 PM
>> To: 'ICOM Reflector'
>> Subject: [ICOM] tuning knob skirt
>>
>>
>> The rubber skirt for the tuning knob on my '761 seems, over the years, to
>> have stretched.  It now sits loosely on the knob and this has become an
>> annoyance to me.
>>
>> Does anyone know where I might be able to beg, borrow or steal (or buy, if
>> I have to) a skirt that will fit more tightly on my tuning knob?
>>
>> Currently I have a tie wrap holding it in place and I have tried
>> double-faced tape that only gums things up and doesn't work well at all.
>> The tie wrap is both unsightly and uncomfortable when I tune.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Al, VE1AL
>>
>>
>>
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