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Alignment tool for Philco 70A trimmer capacitors
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Alignment Tool:
Here's another way to make an alignment tool for those pesky 1/4" nut compensator/trimmer  caps.  

Take a 1/2" wooden dowel and place a NYLON 5/16 - 18x1 Socket Head Cap Screw (Grainger item# 4FVF8 ) into one end of the dowel.  I just used epoxy to hold the screw into a hole drilled in the end of the dowel.   You also need to drill a few millimeters into the socket head with a 3/16" bit to allow room for driver to fit onto the nut.  Instead of a wooden dowel  you can also use some PVC tubing for the handle.  They are not pretty but it works.  Here are a few pics:

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[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bqbv7mu4r401u8....jpg?raw=1]
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Alignment tool for Philco 70A trimmer capacitors - by Guest - 01-30-2006, 02:00 PM
RE: Alignment tool for Philco 70A trimmer capacitors - by klondike98 - 11-05-2013, 01:57 PM
[No subject] - by Chuck Schwark - 01-30-2006, 03:26 PM
[No subject] - by Guest - 01-31-2006, 10:47 AM
[No subject] - by Chuck Schwark - 01-31-2006, 10:52 AM
[No subject] - by Guest - 01-31-2006, 05:30 PM
[No subject] - by n9vu - 02-06-2006, 11:25 PM
[No subject] - by Chuck Schwark - 02-06-2006, 11:36 PM



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