Message	Date	From	Subject
2167	2008-10-02 23:15:36	jr_dakota	A Question On Cleaning Up A Variable Tuning Cap
A couple of months ago I obtained a really sweet precision gear head and variable capacitor from KE6F (Thanks Bob!) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220257089823 The cap has ceramic ends and is silver plated, the question I have is about cleaning up the cap, it's a bit tarnished but other wise in excellent shape. I was wondering if it would be acceptable to clean it in a water bath using an ultrasonic cleaner, oven dry the cap and re-lubricate the bearings This will eventually be used in a precision heterodyne LO and I want to get it as close to 'new' as possible

A couple of months ago I obtained a really sweet precision gear head
and variable capacitor from KE6F (Thanks Bob!)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220257089823

The cap has ceramic ends and is silver plated, the question I have is
about cleaning up the cap, it's a bit tarnished but other wise in
excellent shape. I was wondering if it would be acceptable to clean it
in a water bath using an ultrasonic cleaner, oven dry the cap and
re-lubricate the bearings

This will eventually be used in a precision heterodyne LO and I want
to get it as close to 'new' as possible