[time-nuts] WG mounting h/w (2)

[J. Forster]

I'm not so sure the alignment pins are "unobtanium". I think they are just
common Taper Pins:

http://www.reidsupply.com/GrpResults.aspx?st=TAPER+PIN&pid=0&aitm=GLH-503&apid=0&bi=

-John

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> Another mystery solved!
>
> My (late) father-in-law spent most of his career at Varian-Eimac, mostly
> working on TWTs, BWOs, and the occasional magnetron. In one batch of his
> goodies, along with the H&S SMA torque wrench, was a little box with some
> tapered metal pins! I've wondered what those were for, and now I know!
>
> He was very happy when his daughter brought home someone who knew what
> vacuum tubes were, even if he did think that the RF work I did as a ham,
> even the 144 and 440 MHz stuff, was still practically DC...
>
> Bob K6RTM
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> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:19:25 +0000
> From: Kit Scally <kScally at BYTECAN.com.au>
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> Hi,
>
>
> Well, still not strictly, strictly true !
> In Ku & K band earth stations I've worked in, I've never seen shoulder
> screws used, although the equipment used was mainnly from the USA.
> Next to you precision adaptors, SMA torque wrenches etc in your personal
> goodie box are sets of tapered pins, about 35-40mm long - that fit various
> diameter WG mounting holes (the old metric vvs Imperial issue again).
>
> You insert a pair of pins on diagonal corners then add bog-standard SS
> hardware to the opposite diagonals & tighten. The tapered pins are then
> removed and replaced with another pair of screws/nuts. This ensures
> absolute (?) internal WG slot alignment. There are a few variations on
> this theme if you must have absolutely minimum RL within that section of
> guide or if one guide face is threaded. Hex-headed bolts are usually used.
>
> That may explain why shouldered bolts are seldom seen.
>
> Tapered WG pins fall into the 99.9999% unobtainium class of materials.
>
>
> Kit
> VK2LL
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