Variable Capacitor Repair

[Chris Trask]

On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, W2OKF wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a Johnson variable capacitor, the buffer control for a Viking II,
> that was damaged during shipment.  The ceramic material that holds the two
> stator pins was cracked into 3 pieces and this subsequently freed the
> stator.  Is there any material that anyone has used that might  be suitable
> to repair the capacitor?  Thanks for reading...
>

        I recently had the endplate of a rotary inductor shatter, and I
repaired it with a good epoxy cement.

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