Timely thread, I was just thinking last night that I should replace mine,
as they are all rusted. Ambient temp here varies from about 5ºC to 35ºC with potential high humidity, and we are only a couple of hundred metres from a salt water lake. If anyone comes up with a permanent fix, I'd be interested to hear of it (I'd prefer not to have to colour them in every-time I opened up the radio!). Cheers David, VK2NU ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
This sounds like you are damaging the screws slightly when you loosen/
tighten them? Presumably, before they started rusting, the bare metal was shining through the black? If that is the case (sorry, no pun intended), then I suggest you don't have a good Philips #1 screwdriver and its 'caming' out a little! Although the paint has come off my holes in places, the screws are just fine. The screw should be a real snug fit on the driver, I can pick screws up with mine and it's not magnetic. 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 -- The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes a wrong one. The more active and swift the latter is, the further he will go astray. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) On 26 May 2009, at 03:25, <[hidden email]> wrote: > Timely thread, I was just thinking last night that I should replace > mine, > as they are all rusted. > > Ambient temp here varies from about 5ºC to 35ºC with potential high > humidity, and we are only a couple of hundred metres from a salt water > lake. > > If anyone comes up with a permanent fix, I'd be interested to hear > of it > (I'd prefer not to have to colour them in every-time I opened up the > radio!). ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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The case screws rusted as well in my K3. Elecraft has sent me replacement screws. The quality the case screws needed to be addressed. I trust good quality case screws would not cause Elecraft too much costs. 73 Johnny VR2XMC --- 2009年5月26日 星期二,[hidden email] <[hidden email]> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> 主題: [Elecraft] [K3] Elecraft Case Screws 收件人: [hidden email] 日期: 2009年5月26日,星期二,上午10:25 Timely thread, I was just thinking last night that I should replace mine, as they are all rusted. Ambient temp here varies from about 5繙C to 35繙C with potential high humidity, and we are only a couple of hundred metres from a salt water lake. If anyone comes up with a permanent fix, I'd be interested to hear of it (I'd prefer not to have to colour them in every-time I opened up the radio!). Cheers David, VK2NU Yahoo!香港提供網上安全攻略,教你如何防範黑客! 請前往 http://hk.promo.yahoo.com/security/ 了解更多! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
When I see as many posts about a single subject as I see on this one, with
as simple as answer as is available, IMHO it's time for Elecraft to step up, and use stainless steel screws. Not everyone operates in low humidity or air conditioned environments, and the cost, especially in the quantities Elecraft orders them, would be nominal to say the least. What about it, Eric? How about a "K3SS" ("SS" for stainless screws :-) ) model? 73, Steve NN4X (who may have a screw or two loose, but none are rusted...) On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Johnny Siu <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi, > > The case screws rusted as well in my K3. Elecraft has sent me replacement > screws. > [SNIP] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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73, Wayne N6KR S Sacco wrote: > What about it, Eric? How about a "K3SS" ("SS" for stainless screws > :-) ) > model? --- http://www.elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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