[sdiy] Vernier Dials Question

[Tom Arnold]

On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 11:49:25AM -0700, Jay Schwichtenberg wrote:
> I think they are pretty neat looking but hate them for freq adj. Problem is
> it takes 5 minutes to turn them from one end of their range to the other.
> With a two control system (course/octive & fine tune) you can tune things
> real quick. Basicly you have a '2 turn' system.

This will make people on here cringe, but we used to chuck up suction cups off
toy arrows into small drills and use them to spin thru 50 and 100 turn Verniers.

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