From: "jjbunn" <jul...@cacr.caltech.edu>
Subject: Bandspread Dial lettering - horror!
Date: February 17, 2005 7:26 PM

In the course of (not) carefully (enough) cleaning a recently acquired
Hallicrafters SX110, I made the big mistake of placing the bandspread
dial glass under some lightly running water, and watched in horror as
all the dial's white lettering collected in a puddle in the sink!

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No suggestions, but an experience to relate.  Years ago, I was repairing
marine equipment, and one particular British-made depth sounder had a
plastic motor with two mechanical governors inside, switch-selected.  One
governor was a little erratic, and I sprayed a contact-cleaner-lubricant
that I'd used previously on other motors into it.  Then, I watched in horror
as the whole motor dissolved in front of my eyes, just as if it had been
made of sugar and came in contact with water.   What a sinking feeling in my
stomach, as in the early 60's, ordering a part from a foreign country was an
ordeal.

Never did get that fixed, and I don't remember  what the outcome was with
the (former) customer.

Bill Miller