[Boatanchors] Yoiks! A restorers worst nightmare

[Al Parker]

Hi Dick,
    You won't be able to solder the aluminum at all unless you're using
something very special to do it.
    I'm having a little trouble visualizing the part, but I'd suggest
butting the broken parts together & using an epoxy to surround the joint,
and hold it tight until set.  JB Weld, or some such.
    Is it an aluminum rod or shape that has tapped holes at each end?
Might not be hard to duplicate.
73,
Al, W8UT
New Bern, NC
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick KF4NS" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>;
<heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 9:57 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Yoiks! A restorers worst nightmare


> HELP! I was restoring my Heathkit LG-1 RF Laboratory Generator,
replacing
> all caps and out of tolerance resistors, etc., and had just finished the
> last step when I noticed that the aluminum spacer in the oscillator
> compartment had fallen off. The upside down unit was resting on it and
> apparently snapped it off at the threads.
>
> Why couldn't I have broken a part that was easily replaceable? It is
Heath
> part number 255-8 and is an aluminum spacer 4 inches long with 7/16 inch
of
> 6-32 threads on each end. Please check your parts boxes and see if you
have
> something like that. The only alternative is to try to jury rig it with
> solder or maybe even a metal based filler compound. I already tried to
> solder it with the 140W gun but not enough heat to hold the aluminum to
the
> copper enclosure. Hate to use a torch because, well you know why.
> 73, Dick KF4NS
> St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> Keep The Glow!
>
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