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Vintage Test Gear and Workshop Equipment For discussions about vintage test gear and workshop equipment such as coil winders. |
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6th Jan 2017, 10:35 pm | #21 |
Tetrode
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Isle of Man
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Re: AVO 7 sluggish
If I stumble across a cheap set on non magnetic tools I may buy them but I am hoping not to have to go near a meter movement again. More fun and easier swapping dead capacitors and bringing life to old radios. Thanks again to all.
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6th Jan 2017, 11:04 pm | #22 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Bewdley, Worcestershire, UK.
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Re: AVO 7 sluggish
Restoring life to dead and sticking Avometers can be just as rewarding!
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6th Jan 2017, 11:14 pm | #23 |
Tetrode
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Isle of Man
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Re: AVO 7 sluggish
I love it now it is fully working, a great companion to the DMM and Chinese component tester but The movement is too delicate for me to enjoy working on. I haven't ventured near SMDs either!
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7th Jan 2017, 3:08 pm | #24 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Colchester, Essex, UK.
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Re: AVO 7 sluggish
Spare blades included! Hmm! I have also seen ceramic ones advertised. I keep hoping to find old bronze tools (bomb disposal surplus!?) as i am not confident of even 'high tensile' aluminium being particularly tough.
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8th Jan 2017, 1:56 pm | #25 |
Octode
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Dundee, UK.
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Re: AVO 7 sluggish
For the cheese head screws which hold Avometer movements on their front panels, a serviceable non-magnetic screwdriver can be made from the brass rod salvaged from a cistern ball valve. The tip end can be hollow ground and the valve end modified to leave a wing to be pressed into a file handle.
For smaller screwdrivers, the larger sizes of brazing rods are suitable. With the increasing use of stainless steel, many grades of which are non-magnetic, there are probably common parts from which suitable rods can be salvaged. PMM |
8th Jan 2017, 2:03 pm | #26 | |
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Re: AVO 7 sluggish
Quote:
It takes longer to read about it than to do it!
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