Hello All,
Progress temporarily halted by (who would ever guess)
a tilt bail. Somehow I've gone from great design and
instructions to something that reminds me of putting
toys together at Xmas Eve. Is this for real? Can
anyone tell me the secret. How many people does it
take to pull on the
IMO, the bail is the most difficult piece of the assembly.
I used longer screws while assembling the thing and then changed them
out, carefully!, one at a time to screws of the correct length.
There were some great discussions on the forum a few years ago about
the tilt bail. Lots of different
Oh, yes, I remember. That blasted bail!
We can buy pre-wound toroids - someone needs to sell a pre-mounted bail!
I think I put my bail in a vise and tried to squeeze it down a bit. I
also used some of the longer screws to get things started then swapped
them out once it was together.
- Keith
Jim:
The way I've successfully done it, and with NO(!) effort, is to
install the feet/bail using much longer (say 1) screws... TIGHTEN
things down and then, one at a time, replace the long screws with the
proper ones.
Using the longer screws makes it very easy to get everything in place
Jim,
Install the first foot and tighten it, and then either:
1) Install the second foot using 'builder provided' long screws - after
things are lined up and tightened with the long screws, remove the long
ones one at a time and replace them with the proper screws.
2) Use a clamp to compress
VISE - that is the trick. Just force some (SOME)
of the spring width out of the metal item.
It works fine, if you just squeeze it down a small
amount - do it in stages, as it would be hard to
make it wider again in a Vise.
Fred, N3CSY
Fred,
I believe you are advocating bending a permanent reduction in the bail
width with the vise (if not, I have misunderstood you).
I do NOT recommend doing that since it results in a loose fitting bail
which will be 'floppy'.
Using a vise or a clamp to squeeze the bail temporarily while
One of the most clever recommendations that I remember from those
discussions a few years ago was to wrap a few turns of wire from one
bail end to another and insert a short rod of some type and twist it
tourniquet style to slowly draw the ends inward until they are drawn
together enough to
Hi Jim,
I just put mine together last weekend. There is quite a bit of tension with
the bail. In fact, my aluminum plate is bowed slightly from trying to get the
other end of the bail fastened. It flattened when I attached it to the K2.
Gary, N7HTS
On Thu, 24 May 2007 20:25:58 -0700
To take a lead from my former ME associates back
at Kodak's CAD group - I think the Elecraft K2
bail, as designed, has too much K and is a tad
too long. Decreasing length, ever so little in
a vise - makes the whole job and final installation
work nicely. I think the idea of temporarily
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From: Dale Boresz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One of the most clever recommendations that I remember from those
discussions a few years ago was to wrap a few turns of wire from one
bail end to another and insert a short rod of some type and twist it
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