Yoiks! A restorers worst nightmare

[Dick KF4NS]

 The responses were great! Thanks to all so very much. I have it solved. A
 gentleman is going to send me a 4 inch hex shaped spacer that is 6-32 
tapped
 each end and he will put some cut off 6-32 thread stock in each end. Voila!
 The groups comes through again.
Thanks again and 73, Dick KF4NS
St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
Keep The Glow!

> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:57:42 -0500
>> From: "Dick KF4NS" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
>> Subject: Yoiks! A restorers worst nightmare
>> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>, <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>,
>> <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
>>
>> 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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