[Milsurplus] They ought to make a movie...

[hwhall at compuserve.com]

 Not to mention.... shrinking brass, shrinking & warping not-really-plastic plastics, cracking press-fits (e.g., our beloved trimmer caps), rotting rubber, oxidizing copper & solder, metal whiskers... 
Hamlet's "thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to" assails all materials, given enough time.

WayneWB4OGM
-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon Smith <gfsmith at cox.net>
To: CL in NC <mjcal77 at yahoo.com>; Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, Mar 28, 2021 9:35 pm
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] They ought to make a movie...

May I also respectfully add the S meter faces for the Hallicrafters 
S-27? The plastic in them shrinks slightly over the 80 years since 
they have been made, making all the meter faces crack at the mounting 
screws. Also, the late 1920's Fada Special Tuning condenser support 
arms are made out of pot metal, so they crystallize and eventually 
break with age.

73, Gordon KJ6IKT

At 09:12 PM 3/28/2021, CL in NC via Milsurplus wrote:
>And the name of that movie would be, "The Curse of the 
>Micamold".  I'm sure Micamold never intended their components to 
>last 80 years like just about everybody else's seem to do, but I 
>wonder how much old milsrup would run right out of the box if 
>Micamold made a quality part way back when.
>
>Charlie in NC

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