[ARC5] [Milsurplus] Control Box Mounts

[J. Forster]

I just looked at a similar type mount and the rear catchs were bent into a
"U" rotated 90 degrees CCW.

On the plus side, there are no "dished" areas on the mounts. They on on
the CB underside. This makes it easier.

Best,

-John

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> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:44 AM, Mike Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
> wrote:
>> Steve KB4DMF was making these for a while, but I'm not sure he is still
>> in the business.
>
>
> Isn't he the gentleman who was also making shock mounts?  Last I saw,
> that was all he was making.
>
>> manual. Â The only thing missing are the dimensions of the folded over
>> portion, with the milled cutouts along the top, but those and the
>> location of the snap slide stud can be inferred from an actual control
>> box.
>
> When I made 1:1 scale drawings using proportional dividers, I was able
> to dimension these fairly closely from the original drawings.  I can't
> say they were perfect but it did work and appeared correct.  One thing
> I did was to anneal the aluminum first (I'll be darned if I can
> remember what type I used but it wasn't 5052 nor was it anything like
> 2S.  2024?) to make the fold easier.  When I compared mine to a "real"
> set of mounts, I found my fold wasn't quite as it should have been but
> it did work.
>
> Those drawings got left behind when I moved here and I have to make a
> new set.  Darn it.  But then I left my metal shop behind too and
> that's slowly getting rebuilt now.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael, WH7HG
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