[Johnson] Viking White Knob Pins needed

[Chris Farley via Johnson]

I spent a fair bit of time looking at the options for these pointers a while back-  Glen, I wasn't aware you were offering them for sale.  
I will say this...  The Johnson knobs appear to have used at least two different sized pointers, presumably due to changes by whoever manufactured the knobs.  Some are .125", some are slightly smaller-  Enough smaller that a .125" rod will not fit no matter how hard you try to shove it in the hole.  I was going to order several different types of plastic welding rod and experiment with what the best material might be to manufacture them on a small scale, but that project got sidetracked.
Another homebrew answer is to use those little utility marker flags that use white plastic instead of a steel wire.  They are available in bundles at Menards for a couple of bucks.  The material is fairly soft and easy to cut and finish after insertion.  
Regards, Chris 


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-------- Original message --------
From: Glen Zook via Johnson <johnson at mailman.qth.net> 
Date: 07/08/2015  7:28 PM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: Whitebear1122 <whitebear1122 at comcast.net>, John Neeley <w6zkh at att.net> 
Cc: johnson at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: Re: [Johnson] Viking White Knob Pins needed 

NOT 0.1 - inch diameter!  It is 0.125 - inches in diameter.
Plastic rod is getting harder and harder to find, at least around here. Glen, K9STH

Website: http://k9sth.net
      From: Whitebear1122 <whitebear1122 at comcast.net>
 To: John Neeley <w6zkh at att.net> 
Cc: "johnson at mailman.qth.net" <johnson at mailman.qth.net> 
 Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 7:19 PM
 Subject: Re: [Johnson] Viking White Knob Pins needed
   
When I needed some several years ago I went to Hub Hobby store and bought some plastic styrene rod, 0.1" diameter, white, cut it.  Fit perfectly.
  
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