[ICOM] Icom Case Screws

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

I have a seven-piece set of Xcelite and six-piece
set of Wiha screwdrivers that both work well.

eBay can be your friend. I have many tools
that I acquired via that route at good prices.


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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
* (Since 30 Nov 53) *
* Oklahoma City, OK *
* USAF, Ret (61-81) *
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Dear Santa,

All I wanted for Christmas was thick hair
and a thin body. You mixed them up again
in 2010, just as you did in 2009 year!




> From: wb4mle at bellsouth.net
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 08:59:47 -0500
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom Case Screws
> 
> 
> >I can confirm that. A Japanese (JIS) Phillips screwdriver fits the
> >screw-heads correctly and will not cam them out.
> >
> >JIS screws can often be identified by a dot indented into the screw-head.
> >They are used in all Japanese electronics. 
> >
> >"Hozan" or "Engineer" brand JIS screwdrivers in sizes P00, P0 P1, P2 and P3
> >may be available at major US tool supply houses. I purchased a set in Osaka
> >last November.
> >
> >US #1 and #2 Phillips magnetic hex tips manufactured by Black & Decker or
> >Vermont-American are a reasonably close fit, if used with care.
> >
> The WIHA 261 series phillips drivers fit the JIS screws very well.
> They have been equipment savers for me.
> Ames Supply office equipment tools also make a JIS phillips that fits
> the Japan standard screws well.
> -- 
> Eddie, WB4MLE
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