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Dial pointer removal without cutting string?

Lavane

Lavane

Lunatic Member
I swapped some old leftover hardwood in my shop for a 120 tuner. Its in very nice shape but the tip of the pointer that illuminates is snapped off. I have a replacement pointer from a receiver carcass, but looking at the pointer on the 120 there is what looks like factory red colored glue holding the pointer in place on the dial string. Is there any trick to getting the old pointer removed without damaging the string? I know the 120 isn't that great but it really didn't cost me anything but some leftover wood from a job several years back.
 
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Carefully cut the glue away with an exacto knife, that's how i've done it. The 120 is pretty decent actually fully up and running, I wouldn't get rid of one- you are talking scope tuner correct?
 
Yes, its scoped. Its very clean that's why I traded the maple planks for it. No burn on the scope ether. When I plugged it in it was picking up stations pretty well with an indoor dipole laying on the bench. I'll try the exacto knife. Thanks BK.
 
Oh, and I don't think it was used much its very clean inside and the dial is still nice and blue when lit up. Not greenish like the others I have. I'm guessing the pointer got broken when someone replaced a lamp.
 
Could be- don't believe what you read about the 120, how it's not that great- i've had mine for over 2 years and it is a good tuner. As I tell everyone, take some time and rebuild the power supply-high voltage units such as these operate at HIGH voltage, sooner or later something in the PS will go poof.
 
Thanks BK, will do. Honestly I was very surprised how well it did with the dipole just stung along my bench. Living in the hills like I do most stations are a ways out. Not to mention all the trees, mountains and such in the way. I'm ordering a new outdoor antenna, the old S shaped omni I've had for years is kind of lacking up here. I'm thinking of going with a vertical 1/2 wave. The horizontal directional antennas don't last too long with the snow, high winds and falling branches in the winter.
 
I epoxied a pointer that was snapped off. Plastics don't glue very well, but there is no stress on it other than gravity and it's been that way for a few years now.
 
DKirk said:
I epoxied a pointer that was snapped off. Plastics don't glue very well, but there is no stress on it other than gravity and it's been that way for a few years now.
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I took the face plate off and the broken end wasn't inside or I would have glued it back on. I was hoping, but its gone.
 
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