16, 116x Alignment tools - Printable Version

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16, 116x Alignment tools - SteveJB - 01-15-2012

What do you use to adjust the 1/4 inch nuts on the IF cans? Philco calls for a fiber nut driver.

All I have are the standard metal ones. I tried using that type, but it acts like an antenna and increases the signal making it hard to adjust and isn't as accurate.

Are there commercial tools I can buy for this purpose?

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Re: 16, 116x Alignment tools - etech - 01-15-2012

Hi Steve,

I think most people make their own. Here is a link to thread where I describe how I very easily made one out of an old ball point pen.

http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=1544

Here is a pic of the homemade alignment tool.

[Image: http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q136/etech_photos/PhilcoFibreWrench.jpg]

Ed

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Re: 16, 116x Alignment tools - SteveJB - 01-15-2012

Thanks. I tried it by heating up a1/4 inch hex bit and sticking it in the end of a pen blank. It held the shape well after I took it out and works well.
Steve

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