Anyone know where I can get me a trimmer adjuster, which is a 1/4" socket made out of plastic or some non-metal non-magnetic stuff?
Regular socket won't do, and I am trying to tune my Philco 80 backside trimmer caps.
Morzh, I made mine and showed details in the first forum on Philco radio discussions. The last page I believe of my thread on my 111 rebuild. Seems to work.
Jerry
Agree, will probably have to make one, or maybe luck out and find one where someone is selling old test equipment/tools.
While I was waiting for answers, I simply took a 'large plastic wall anchor, heated it with a Milwaukee gun and stuck the appropriate size nut inside, and let it cool off. Then I used it as the socket.
Long term, I think I will trake a piece of plastick stick, will heat the same nut, and jam it in the end of it, and then will use that. May be drill a hole across and insert a metak rod to make it easier to rotate.
What I found, I was able top use my metal socket, but then I had to rotater and retract to see the real effect.
The rotate - retract was only needed at the high end of scale adjustment and IF adjustmentl at the low end of scale the effect did not change whether I kept the socket in or removed it.
It is doable, just not convenient.
Mortz, certainly more than one way to skin a cat.
Jerry
Jerry
Can you give the link, I can't find it in that thread.
Yes, the metal driver will give a false reading until you pull it back out.