From: Jeff@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 16/01/2023 23:34, 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.   
      
   Have you got all the old bits from the dial cord? Is there a spring   
   missing which might have tensioned the cord?   
      
   Other than that, can you get a rubber band which fits tightly round the   
   pulley so the cord can grip that rather than the metal? Not sure how   
   long it would last, though, before it perished.   
      
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   Jeff   
      
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