[Milsurplus] TCK-4

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 7 Feb 2017 at 21:00, Bob Camp wrote:

> HI
> 
> If you find a MG, check the bearings and brushes before you spin it up. Yes it´s a major pain in
> the tail to do the bearings. Yes you really want to hear it hummm along rather than tear it down. 
> Yes it´s 300 lb of nonsense to work with. No I´ve never run that specific set, I´ve just run similar 
> ones over the years. Much easier to rebuild one *before* the fire :) Even if it has ball bearings
> from the 1930´s you can still get them today, in town, cheap (at least that´s been what I´ve found). 

Ha ha! Yes. I am aware that one can find new bearings which will exactly replace most old 
ones from a long time ago.

Well, the TCK-4 normally had an AC supply, not an MG set. From my reading of the 
manual, one COULD use an MG set with the TCK-4, but there are some controls missing 
from the 4 (and 6) which were included with the others which DID use an MG set. Like 
contactors, etc.

Well, at this point, I have no access to an MG set, but we'll see what happens over the next 
two months... :-)

Ken W7EKB

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