From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/16/2023 3:57 PM, Bob F wrote:   
   > On 1/16/2023 3:34 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:   
   >> Anyone successfully done this? If so, what's the secret? I've been   
   >> f***-arsing around for 4 hours today trying to do one on a 1972   
   >> Grundig portable FM/AM radio and got nowhere. The design is most of   
   >> the problem. For some reason, the drive pully is completely smooth and   
   >> affords no grip to the cord whatsoever, so the thing just slips around   
   >> such that the pointer only moves when it can get a bit of traction.   
   >> What a f***ing joke.   
   >   
   >   Does it need a couple/few turns around the pulley?   
   >   
      
   I suppose a little bees wax rubbed on the cord could help.   
      
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