[TenTec] Corsair Knob Question

Gary Smith mandolinist@interlync.com
Mon, 20 May 2002 13:25:25 -0500


Greetings,

This may be an old trick & it may be something I came 
up with a long time ago when I remember doing it to the 
knob on my TR7 but regardless, here's what I  did  & it 
did work very well. (better than my memory it 
appears...)

remove the tuning knob. Fill the inside with lead shot. 
Use hot glue from a hot glue gun to seal in the shot or 
use rubber cement to do the same. (I experimented 
awhile till I found the right heft, removed the BB's & then 
mixed the bb's in rubber cement & then put the whole 
sticky mess inside the knob) I did the latter part to 
assure no future rattling of bb's as the knob turned. 

It's a nice easy fix and can be undone if wished with no 
damage to the outside of the knob. 

Gary
KA1J

P.S.  I personally like the  easy tuning feel on my 
Corsair II, I thought about doing the lead shot addition 
with this rig 10 years ago when I sold the TR-7 & got the 
Corsair but decided I liked it better the way it is. Since I 
like contesting & am always moving the knob; easier 
is... well, easier...

> Does anyone know of an off-the-shelf weighted tuning
> knob that will fit on the Corsair shaft?  I'd like to
> swap out the stock knob for something with more heft. 
> 
> 
> Tnx/73,
> 
> Barry  N1EU
> www.albany.net/~bg
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