[TenTec] hex set screw size for Century 22

[Garry Nichols]

Hello Andrew!  A pleasant surprise and "small world" (of us Ten-Tec
fans?).

I spoke to my local hardware store today and the smallest they had was --
0.05 inches!  So I think we have a "bingo".  I thought it unlikely that
Ten-Tec was using metric back in the first half of the 80s.

I tried to measure the set screw with a mm rule and a magnifying glass but
my ruler had fairly thick tick marks.  I see that 1mm converts to 0.04
inches so I'm in the ballpark.

TU ES 72!

Garry WA1GWH



On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 4:51 PM Andrew Moore <andrew.nv1b at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Garry -
>
> Not sure if the C22 uses the same size as the Corsair II, but it seems
> possible. The Corsair II uses a 0.050 inch hexagonal screw.
>
> Thanks for the QSO yesterday and for trying to pull my 2 watts out of the
> noise. I was using the K2, but hope to be on the Corsair II soon - it's
> currently on the bench with a TX issue to fix.
>
> 73/73,
> Andrew NV1B
> ..
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 3:47 PM Garry Nichols <garrnich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know what size the tiny set screws that hold the knobs on
> are?
> > They measure about 1 mm for the hex opening but that is an estimate.
> >
> > My rig is #666 in case there was a change across the production run.
> >
> > Are they metric or English?
> >
> > TU,
> >
> > Garry WA1GWH
> > near Syracuse, NY
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