DX-100 Project

[Don]

Sorry to disagree, Dick. Heath always used the cheapest and usually the
lowest grade of any material available. I still miss them, but they were
most certainly the low grade components king at the time.

Don


Dick Blaney wrote:
>
> We all know that Heath, in the early days, at least, supplied only the
> best parts in their kits, with very few exceptions.  One that I ran
> into in my DX-100 restoration project was those "el-cheapo" knobs used
> for the gray open top Xtal/VFO switch, the red little Drive control,
> and in the original version, (pre MK-3), the identical two that were
> used for Course/Fine PA loading.  They had 8-32 set screws threaded
> into fairly soft plastic, and if you got them tight enough to not slip
> on the shaft, the knob would be  deformed and they would slip anyway.
> And many eventually split.  My solution was to machine aluminum
> inserts, (I'm blessed with a small lathe & machine shop at home), and
> epoxy them in place.  The original knob is now just a cosmetic shell
> over the metal knob, but all is well, since the metal cannot be seen,
> and the things work great.  I can give dimensions to anyone who wopuld
> like to try it them selves.  Hope it helps someone.
> 73 de
> Dick, WB8MHE
> wb8mhe at bright.net
>
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