Re: [Elecraft] [KX3][2M] Assembly Advice - Going Nuts!
Hot melt glue might be more forgiving (glue on the threads) or double sided tape with a punched hole for the screw. When I built Heath Kits and "real work" I would use tape on my finger so that I could hold the nuts in place while I attached the screw... 73, steve WB3LGC On 21-Dec-14 1:42 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Chris, This is not supposed to happen (first case I've heard of), so you could just request a replacement 2-meter module. That said, you could probably re-glue the nut in place temporarily using a tiny bit of epoxy, avoiding the threads. Once the TO220 device tab is secured by the screw, the adhesive no longer serves any function. 73, Wayne N6KR On Dec 20, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Chris Johnson wrote: I am installing my third 2M module on a KX3 for a friend. On this particular unit, the nut that I guess was being held on by some adhesive I never noticed, fell off the back of the FET heat sink. I’m having a stickler of a time trying to figure out a clever way to hold the nut on there so I can re-insert the board and get the lock screw through the side of the case. (Figure 20, Page 27) Any wise men around have any sage advice? /ponder Chris K6OZY __ 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 Message delivered to n...@elecraft.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 Message delivered to wb3...@verizon.net __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [KX3][2M] Assembly Advice - Going Nuts!
Chris, This is not supposed to happen (first case I've heard of), so you could just request a replacement 2-meter module. That said, you could probably re-glue the nut in place temporarily using a tiny bit of epoxy, avoiding the threads. Once the TO220 device tab is secured by the screw, the adhesive no longer serves any function. 73, Wayne N6KR On Dec 20, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Chris Johnson wrote: > I am installing my third 2M module on a KX3 for a friend. On this > particular unit, the nut that I guess was being held on by some adhesive I > never noticed, fell off the back of the FET heat sink. I’m having a > stickler of a time trying to figure out a clever way to hold the nut on there > so I can re-insert the board and get the lock screw through the side of the > case. (Figure 20, Page 27) > > Any wise men around have any sage advice? > > /ponder > > Chris > K6OZY > __ > 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 > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] [KX3][2M] Assembly Advice - Going Nuts!
I am installing my third 2M module on a KX3 for a friend. On this particular unit, the nut that I guess was being held on by some adhesive I never noticed, fell off the back of the FET heat sink. I’m having a stickler of a time trying to figure out a clever way to hold the nut on there so I can re-insert the board and get the lock screw through the side of the case. (Figure 20, Page 27) Any wise men around have any sage advice? /ponder Chris K6OZY __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
