[R-390] Gear Train Guru Wanted

Richard Biddle [email protected]
Sat, 3 Aug 2002 23:27:33 -0500


Once upon a time a few years ago, I was told by an old hand on the
pay-per-view boatanchors list "Don't mess with the gears.  They were
assembled by elves.  And all the elves are dead now."    Armed with a spare
RF deck from Fair Radio and a manual, I tore into the gear train and
scattered it all over the desk.  I found and fixed the broken hootus and put
it back together.   I didn't know any better - it looked like a motorcycle
transmission and I had already done some of those.  When done I could spin
the KC knob with my little finger.

For that I was named an honorary elf.  (A 6'2" 280 lb elf at that!)   So all
youse guys that tear into gear trains (and make them work) are or will be
honorary elves as well:)

Give it a try - a worst you can send all the pieces to one of the gurus to
reassemble.  Can't be any worse that some of the shoebox jobs my shade-tree
gunsmith friends have had me reassemble.  The best was the Colt revolver.
The guy removed the side plate to lube it and pulled the trigger to "spread
around the grease".  He found all the big pieces.

73 de Richard, W5SRB
Tinkerer and lover of boatanchors and other fine old things (married for 23
years so I'd better be)