[R-390] ZM-3 photo needed

Tue, 17 Feb 2004 06:27:25 -0600

Howdy Tom,
ZM-3 is a pretty slick piece of gear to have on the bench.
I sure have got a lot of use out of mine. Colors are cool too .... Hi.
Have not had mine apart in quite some time since it was Gov NOS but
I don't seem to remember the drum being driven with a dial cord.
Hmmmmm .... I guess I always though it was a gear or direct drive
system of some sort. I always whiz the thing from one end to the other
slamming it into the stops. Hehehe .... if it's a cord system maybe
I need to take it a bit more easy on the "ol gal". Sure works good and
with a bit of creative operation makes a great electrolytic reformer.
Anyway just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in cause you may have a bit
more work to do than just re-string a dial cord. Still worth it for sure.
Have a good one and enjoy the new toy.
Skip
WB4GMQ
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Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 07:58 PM
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Subject: [R-390] ZM-3 photo needed

While I am waiting to download the manuals for my ZM-3A/U cap bridge,
does anyone have an actual photo of one of these critters? Reason
being, I just bought one, but the knobs that came with it are a willy-nilly
assortment and I wanna see what the thing is *supposed* to look like.

Got a pretty good deal on it, though it needs an alignment and the
dial "tags" don't track - the dial string has jumped the pulley, so
that will need fixing too. Works well otherwise, just the cap values
are more than a bit off.

I calibrate more complex things at work every day, so don't think
the alignment itself  should be much of a problem, especially since
I am aligning it to "hobby use" tolerances. :-)

Any special gotchas I need to be aware of on this thing?

thanks

Tom
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