[Milsurplus] fixing loose meter glass, the easy (lazy) way.

[J. Forster]

You can buy vacuum pickup tools with either Teflon or rubber suction cups
in various sizes for abou $10-$20 if you already have a vacuum pump, like
a Pace desoldering station.

-John

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>
> The guy fixing the RAK? wrote: "I only wanted to fix the meter glass."
>
> I've faced similar problems, most recently on my ARR 7 S meter.
>
> I use a toothpick to put some tiny dabs of clear RTV silicone adhesive on
> the periphery of the internal circle to which the glass was previously
> adhered. I do this with the meter facing up so that the glass falls away
> from the mounting circle and allows access. Usually the glass resting
> against the face does not permanently bend the meter pointer, rather just
> deflects it and it springs back when the glass is lifted off.
>
> I then turn the meter so that the glass is facing down and use gravity to
> my advantage. The RTV (before it sets up) allows slight movement of the
> glass to get good positioning. Any RTV slop over can be easily cleaned up
> with an Xacto knife once it has dried.
>
> I have pondered the idea of making a vacuum device (taking vacuum from my
> de soldering station) to hold the glass and allow it to be pulled around
> with positive control, but haven't done it yet. I think I'd use a very
> flexible (floppy) suction cup and feed a vacuum pipe into it.
>
> I ruined a couple of surplus meters trying to take them apart to fix
> things. That's how I was driven to this lazy method. I've also used it to
> re-attach glass tuning dial covers.
>
> 73
> Mark
> AF6IM
> www.parachutemobile.org
>
>
>
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