[Boatanchors] Re: Breadboard construction

[Mark Foltarz]

Also, if you look in the vintage ham  and ARRL manuals you will find chapters
associated with "construction practices." 

Methods of making holes for tubes, transmformers etc are described that do not
use punches.

Of course punches are very quick and clean. But some homebrew gear built with a
great deal of patience  can look great.

Look at the tools described in those chapters about building. The tools listed
are few and very simple . 

But it does take patience and practice. So work on  putting tube socket holes
in baking tins etc.  You will undoubtedly make a mess the first couple of
times. 

Like any skill it just takes practice.

de KA4JVY
Mark

--- shoppa_boatanchors at trailing-edge.com wrote:

> jhhaynes at earthlink.net wrote:
> > I have rather the opposite of your problem - I have the tools and stuff
> > to do aluminum chassis, if only they were still available
> 
> What's unavailable about them?
> 
> All the mail-order catalog houses (Digikey, Mouser, Allied, etc.)
> have lots of aluminum and steel chassis in them from Bud and Hammond.
> 
> Allied and Mouser sell a couple of tube-oriented Hammond transformers
> too. Allied has a couple of "Allied brand" tube transformers that I swear
> must really be made by Hammond.
> 
> Antique Electronic Supply has the best prices but a limited
> selection on chassis, BTW.
> 
> Tim.
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