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Old 30-09-24, 02:06
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Originally Posted by David Dunlop View Post







A new ‘longshot’ idea is these cylinders are nothing more than a spacer, or guard, to protect the tuning gear drive from getting knocked out of alignment when the coil assembly is removed from its wooden case. I say ‘longshot’ because a 2-inch piece of 3/4-inch wooden dowel would have been a far cheaper and simpler solution for this type of problem.


David
Yes I believe they are just spacers that provide some mechanical stability to the rotary inductor frame and also prevent damage to the inductor unit mount which looks like a phenolic sheet material.
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