This had to be one of the most frustrating steps involved in building my K2/100! Even resort to uttering mighty oaths did not appreciably help, although, that did scare the cat out from under the work bench.
I finally reported to using a Quickgrip hand vise BUT . . . be VERY CAREFUL if you do that. It is very easy to use too much force and bend the bail to the point where it is too loose and then won't stay up. If you use this method, take it slowly, carefully and with only minimum increments of pressure until the ends of the bail will slip into the feet. I'm not suggesting this is the best way of doing it but after trying various other suggestions, it seemed to work best for me. Good luck. Bruce - W8FU -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MikeH Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 9:11 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K2: Tilt Bail Installation Question Hello All, I'm currently building my K2, and have come to the tilt bail installation part. I must be missing something, because the force required to compress the tilt bail between the two rubber feet seems very excessive. To make the bail fit between to feet will require A LOT of force. Is this normal? Whenever I have to really force something when building, my first thought is that something is not right....although I really don't see how anything could be wrong here. I appreciate any feedback. Mike Hagey/NR7F _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com __________________________________________________________ Message transport security by GatewayDefender.com 9:09:18 PM ET - 1/21/2005 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
