[R-390] Looking For Suggestions - Stuck Slug

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

> >The best bet is to try and find a replacement coil.  The coil form is
> >cardboard and will not take much abuse.
> 
>       I, too, would keep the lubes out of the coil.  I've had success drilling
> out the core with small drill bits and a pin vise.  This, of course, assumes
> that you have another core.  The actual ferrite core will break up rather easily
> and the pieces can be blown out of the coil and a replacement core installed.
> 
> 
> Thanks!!
> 
> Kim Herron

I have had excellent luck with saving the scraps of smashed slug, 
grinding them up with a mortar and pestle, mixing the resultant 
powder with epoxy glue, and putting the mix into a straw of the 
correct diameter.

YMMV.

Ken W7EKB