[R-390] 390 Oldham coupler springs

[Bob Young]

I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions on using ball point pen springs for the Oldham coupler which worked great. I thought I'd read that somewhere but said no that can't be, haha!

Bob
KB1OKL

> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:57:02 -0500
> From: nryan at mchsi.com
> To: mikobrien at yahoo.com
> CC: bobyoung53 at hotmail.com; r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [R-390] 390 Oldham coupler springs
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> That's a super idea!  Much like the original spring -- you only have to bend loops on each end.  (Only one spring is to be found on the oldham coupler, BTW.)
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> 73 de Norman, KG4SWM
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael OBrien <mikobrien at yahoo.com>
> To: Bob Young <bobyoung53 at hotmail.com>
> Cc: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:13:15 -0500 (CDT)
> Subject: Re: [R-390] 390 Oldham coupler springs
> 
> Bob
> I have heard that the springs out of old ball point pens will work (Modified)
> Mike
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> ________________________________
>  From: Bob Young <bobyoung53 at hotmail.com>
> To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:10 PM
> Subject: [R-390] 390 Oldham coupler springs
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> 
> I just pulled a 390 I've had for a few years out of retirement and adjusted the end points and found that the springs on the Oldham coupler are missing. Does anyone have any spares or can anyone point me toward good substitutes for the real thing? Thanks,
> 
> Bob Young
> KB1OKL
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