[ARC5] Hole for octal socket ... Try Unibits

[AKLDGUY .]

Chassis punches are expensive. Back in the '60s and '70s I had two,
for octal socket and for (I think) 9-pin miniature socket (which also
did duty for 7-pin miniature sockets IIRC). I bought them when I was
young, working, and had tons of money.

Today those punches leave very little change out of NZ$100 - each!

I'd buy a couple for the current job - and then probably never use them
again 'till I turned 94 years old. Can't justify that kind of expenditure.

If I decide to go ahead with providing 210 V regulated for a receiver,
I'll probably drill a small strip of ordinary aluminium, ream the holes
out for 2 x octal and 2 x 7-pin sockets with my nibbler, and mount the
strip above the die-cast chassis on stand offs. Each octal in parallel
with a 7-pin so I can plug in two tubes (of either kind).

73 de Neil ZL1ANM


On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:11 AM, <mstangelo at comcast.net> wrote:

> Greeleee punches were always expensive. I wanted to buy some when I
> started out in the hobby as a teenager. They were out of my budget.
>
> Lafayette Radio sold a cheaper Japanese made set but quality was poor,
> even for my frugal budget. I decided to built solid start equipment; you
> had to be a metalworker to build vacuum tube equipment.
>
> I've picked up a couple of Greenlee punches over the years for 7 and 9 pin
> miniature and 8 pin octal sockets.
>
> Mike N2MS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian Carling <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>
> To: David C. Hallam <dhallam at knology.net>
> Cc: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:37:45 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Hole for octal socket ... Try Unibits
>
> That is true. You can go to a ham fest and buy a nice used transmitter or
> receiver for the same price as two of those Greenlee punches!
>
> Best regards - Brian Carling
> AF4K Crystals Co.
> 117 Sterling Pine St.
> Sanford, FL 32773
>
> Tel: +USA 321-262-5471
>
>
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