Hi Dick, As an owner of a 3 year old factory built K3 I kind of knew that they used "power screwdrivers" in the assembly. One day I plan to perform surgery on the one remaining front panel screw that I was unable to remove. Doing the DSP board swap was an adventure.
73, Mike K2MK Dick Dievendorff wrote > > I have assembled two, and I'd allocate about 8 hours in no fewer than two > sessions. inventory the small fasteners into some sort of containers and > watch out for minor screw size differences and use the one described in > the assembly instructions rather than the one just like the previous > screw. The instructions are excellent and complete. Pay attention to > details. > > I sat next to Cody Adams at the Watsonville factory and watched him build > a factory assembled unit. He does it a LOT quicker, with no compromises in > build quality. He has all the small fasteners in trays, power screwdriver > set for the right torque, and is really set up for mass production. > > Dick, K6KR > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/How-Long-will-it-take-to-assemble-a-K3-100-tp7142563p7142846.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
