[Kenwood] Update.TS930/940/950 tuning knob rubber ring.

[John E.Cleeve]

Yes Rob, I will keep the group informed   73, John G3JVC.



On Wed May 10  3:22 , Rob Atkinson <k5uj at sbcglobal.net> sent:

>john,
>
>if you wind up fabricating your own ring following the method for the 
>model tires, please tell us how it comes out.  tnx vy much; 73
>
>rob / k5uj
>
>
>
>On Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at 07:12 AM, John E. Cleeve wrote:
>
>> I would like thank everyone that responded to my request for a 
>> possible source of the above.
>> The outcome of my enquiries is, that only Pacific Coast Parts, in 
the 
>> USA, still show the Kenwood part number, K29-0761-04 as being 
>> available, currently out of stock,  on "back order" but with no 
>> expected delivery date shown. Pacific Coast Parts are accepting 
orders 
>> for the item @ $14 per rubber ring. But, the order being acceptable 
>> only from a USA address.
>> If you live outside the USA, and do not have a friend in the USA 
who 
>> would be prepared to order the replacement rubber ring for you, 
then 
>> my own research offers a possible alternative, and that is, to make 
>> your own replacement, by following, and adapting, the advice given 
by 
>> a renown model car maker, Gerald A. Wingrove, on producing scale 
model 
>> car tyres in rubber....in his book "The Complete Car Modeller" ISBN 
1 
>> 86126 644 8. Published by The Crowood Press Ltd. www.crowood.com  
>> Chapter two "Tyres & Wheels" he gives comprehensive and detailed 
>> instructions, together with clear photographs, on the construction 
of 
>> patterns, moulds, and the use of Dow Corning Corp. silcone rubber, 
to 
>> reproduce "scale" model tyres, and his results are very impressive, 
>> and without the use of a full machine shop facility.....principles 
>> which could easily be applied "on the kitchen table" to the 
>> reproduction of the Kenwood tuning knob rubber ring, by using the 
>> original, if you still have it, as the "pattern". This will be my 
own 
>> "plan B" option, if my "back ordered" part, via a friend in the 
USA, 
>> eventually fails to appear....I hope this information has been of 
use 
>> to the group....sincerely, John G3JVC.
>>
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