Oh I forgot one --- While disassembled for repair --- put all the parts
(including the tuning knob) into muffin tins - (I did good)!

Wife wanted to make muffins - so scooped it all up -- tossed em in the
garage and yep you guessed it -- the tuning knob and several other parts --
just vanished to the Bermuda triangle as some one noted. (She did bad)

Sidenote -- I once built a Heathkit color TV set with a zillion parts --
took 25 muffin tins -- hi hi
Bought two more tins for the wife in case she wanted to make muffins during
the two months it took to build the Heathkit.
Great set BTW.

Case closed


"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
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Answer to the missing knob
1. It cracked - tossed it out
2. While disassembled for repair the dog ate it (happened to me)
3. While disassembled for repair the kids stole it - disappeared forever
(happened to me)
4. No one ever disassembled a radio for repair -- and could find all the
parts (happened to me)
5. The wife got tired of that mess on the kitchen table -- scooped it all
up -- knob fell into heating vent. (happened to me)
6. Bought a used rig -- some idiot replaced the original with his favorite
spinner
7. Disassembled radio in garage -- delayed project -- came back a year
later and the knob walked away, never to be seen again
8. Oppps - hit it with the soldering iron
9. The set screw(s) got stripped -- need a new one
10. The shiny insert fell off - disappeared -- need a new one.
11. Bought a garage sale boatanchor -- knob missing -- need a new one


Guess Folks are just plain careless

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this is a serious question that I have wondered about for a while and
don't have a good answer.



How do people lose a knob on their radio ????????

many times on ebay you will see someone selling a radio with an
original knob missing. if the radio is a desktop unit, how did the knob
get lost ??????????