Phil, a big thanks to you for this information! I do have stainless screws in my K3, but the black coating on several of them wasn't good from the beginning, and now 18 months later they have a pure-stainless appearance, though the rig has never left my NJ QTH. It was mildly bothersome as a purely cosmetic issue, but not worth pestering Elecraft about, given their incomparable service to me on other items.
So I can now get 100 at a reasonable cost and replace those few and also stainless-ize my P3. I also discovered a number of other hard-to-find items at McMaster-Carr, too. My 1965-vintage home has some zinc/steel bridle rings on the siding that now route CATV coax, and I looked everywhere for these as I wanted more of them. These have a wood-screw end and a split ring that makes it easy to put coax into and take the coax out of them. Lo and behold, 1-inch bridle rings at McMaster-Carr, 3/16" X 1" Length Wood Screw Thread, 1" Ring ID, packs of 10, $4.68/pack, part number 1706T31. They have larger sizes too and are available with or without plastic inserts. I also found a constant-tension t-bolt hose clamp for my weedeater there, but that's another story. Add me to the list of those who agree that stainless hardware should become standard issue as is befitting of all of the fine Elecraft gear. 73 de Tyler, KC2LST ------------------------------------- FWIW - I bought #4x1/4" SS black-oxide covered screws from McMaster Carr. Price is $3.91/100. Part number 96640A054. I use them on my K3 and KPA500. Phil - AD5X ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
