<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I make the replacement knobs. They do not have a brass insert but are solid, not hollow, like the originals. Also, they do have a metal reinforcement for the set screw.<br><br>Details at<br><br>http://k9sth.com/uploads/Heath_knobs.JPG<br><br>Glen, K9STH<br>
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Website: http://k9sth.com<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 6/27/11, Robert Groh <i><rgroh@swbell.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Robert Groh <rgroh@swbell.net><br>Subject: [Heath] Need NEW replacement knobs for Heathkit VF-1<br>To: "Heathkit" <heath@puck.nether.net><br>Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 12:26 PM<br><br><div id="yiv70077060"><style type="text/css"><!--#yiv70077060 DIV {margin:0px;}--></style><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>I am prep'ing a VF-1 for sale and the two smaller knobs (the typical Heathkit knobs from that era) are both on their last legs - the plastic is just old and the stress from the set screw is just splitting them apart. I seem to remember something, from somebody on some forum, who was considering making replacement knobs (hopefully with a brass
insert or the like!). <br><br>So does anyone have any hints here for a possible source for a replacement knob? Or does anyone have any ideas on how I might go about making a replacement? All thoughts, ideas, etc most gratefully received.<br><br>As a side note, I don't just want a original knob which will probably have now (or later) the same problem - 40 year old plastic just giving up the ghost. <br><br>73<br>Bob Groh,
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