Reply To: Hallicrafters TW600 dial cord issue

[Gary Albach]

Hi Peter – didn’t see your post until now but it looks like you’ve discovered a common problem with Hallicrafters portables, my friend. I had the same problem when restoring a TW-2000 last winter, the dial cord was tight but slipped when tuning upscale. A new dial cord didn’t help in my case. Folks use rosin, wax paper cups, Pliobond, and and a host of other stuff, but, like you, I found that wax from an old paper capacitor works great. And is always available. I cut the wire off one end of the cap and apply the wax directly to the length of the dial cord like a piece of chalk. Wonder how it would work on violin strings?
Gary