On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 20:09:38 -0400, Steve Wedge wrote: >So, I took the three sorry-looking knobs I had out to the woodshop, chucked up >a 1/4" drill bit in the drill press, installed each knob on the bit and ran >the press at about 800 rpm. I took a piece of 2500-grit sandpaper and ran it >back and forth across the face. Voila! Knobs look almost as good as new!
I did a National knob using a hand drill once many years ago. It looked great, for a while, until the bare aluminum began to oxidize. One of these days I need to re-do it and treat the aluminum with something afterwards, 73 -Jim -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! "Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and he will learn for a lifetime." HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney http://www.nebraskaghosts.org _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
