[Boatanchors] Groaning Bench

[David Harmon]

That reminds me......I got a hydraulic lift table from Harbor Freight last year to get these ground sniffers off the floor up to the bench height.
Then I slide them onto the Edsall table so I can do whatever is needed.
These lift tables come in 2 sizes...I got the smaller of them and should do the job for the foreseeable future.


73

David Harmon
K6XYZ
Sperry, OK


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From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 1:45 PM
To: David Harmon <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>; boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Groaning Bench

Reminds me of the first "bench" I had set up when we bought this mobile home.  Now, what with an 8 foot countertop in the closet (doors removed) for the operating table, guitar and Piano music equipment there wasn't exactly a lot of room left in this ~12x12 bedroom for a bench.  The 'bench' consisted of one of those small apartment size dining tables, the kind that pulls apart for a leaf insert.  Well, it served me well for several years, holding a number of SP-600's and R-390A's while I worked on them.

THEN. . .  One day it just plain collapsed under the weight of an R-390A.  As the set headed for the floor I grabbed at it, wrenching my back a bit and nearly dropping it on my foot.  I had already broken 4 metatarsals in my left foot in the AF when a metal switchbox we were taking off the wall fell on it (the other guy who was helping jumped faster than I did :(   It still pins me sometimes.

That was also the last true BA that I overhauled.  As much as I love them, I just can't wrestle them around all that much anymore.

Now, the sad thing is, the Harbor Fright Workbench I now have is well equipped with test gear and so forth, could easily hold the heaviest BA, but is mostly only used to work on sand-state stuff!

73 From "The Beaconeer's Lair"
Specializing in DXing NDBs (Longwave Beacons) Phil, KO6BB,  http://www.qsl.net/ko6bb/ KO6BB/B beacon, ~20W on 28.290 MHz, Ringo Vertical

On 9/28/2017 4:31 PM, David Harmon wrote:
> My bench DID cave in with a loud bang as is started to sag.
> Fortunately I was nearby and was able to get a sawhorse under it 
> before all the junk got dumped on the floor with a roar and shrapnel 
> tearing up the joint.
>
>
> 73
>
> David Harmon
> K6XYZ
> Sperry, OK
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David 
> Stinson
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 10:54 AM
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> Subject: [Boatanchors] Groaning Bench
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> I'm going to rename my bench "Atlas," because it
>
> groaned didn't fall down over this:
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