[Hallicrafters] SX101a

[Roger Halstead (K8RI)]

This is worst case?  <:-))


> Okay, Bill, you scoff at my worst case scenario, eh? Consider this:
>
> Tony said: "... BOOM! -- half a side of a Black Beauty was embedded in the 
> drywall about 6 ft away from the bench..."
>

Just a piece of plastic<:-))

> Well, what if this happened on a dry winter day while your pet cat was 
> sleeping on top of your nearby R-42 speaker? Let's say the capacitor 
> "flak" -- on its way to the the wall -- knocks over a can of naptha

Naptha?  I have *gallon cans* of Acetone, Mineral spirits, and a bunch of 
Methel Ethyl Keytone Peroxide catalyst.  I have to wear a gas mask when 
doing some of the work.

> you've been using to degrease dial assembly bushings? And, let's say at 
> the same time your cat is startled awake by the explosion and, in a panic, 
> leaps off the speaker. And, let's say that his furry tail brushes up 
> against the dial glass and a static spark ignites the oozing pool of

Streak would probaly do more damage then the ensuing fire, but he's too 
smart to spend time in my shop. He doesn't like all the noises out there.

> spilled naptha which, in turn, sets your shack's curtains ablaze? Huh? 
> Huh??

I do need curtains though... The sun shines in that south window and I can't 
read the computer screen out there.
OTOH they'd give the yellow jackets and other bugs a place to hide, but that 
might not be all bad as they'd be out of sight and I wouldn't have to clean 
the window or window sill so often.

The whole shop is insulated and has a white "barn metal" interior. HTs do 
not work at all well in there.  Any receiver requires an outside antenna. 
Some where I do have some photos up on the web.

>
> Obviously, you don't know my XYL. She actually imagines things like this.
>
I don't have to imagine.  Last time I was welding the sparks hit a towel 
soaked in mineral spiritsI had been using to clean up some steel.  I had 
flames over 3 feet high when I discovered it.  I thought I smelled smoke, so 
I raised the welding hood, but my shirt looked ok so I went back to welding. 
The smell got stronger so I turned around and sure enough...where there's 
smoke there's fire.  The probelm was trying to put it out.  Stepping on it 
caused the fumes to *squirt out* making a bigger fire.  I managed though. 
Actually I could have left it alone to burn out.  The floor is concrete with 
an epoxy finish and there was nothing else close that could easily burn.

You'd have to see my shop to gain an appreciation.
Things are segrated into areas, but in this case I had dropped and forgotten 
the towel.  Normally I'd not have any flamable stuff near the welding area.

I also do a lot of fiberglass work, which requires I keep a "whole shop" 
fan/filter running to collect the dust.  Powdered glass is not considered 
good for your breathing.

OTOH most likely the most dangerous thing out there would be the yellow 
jackets wintering in the ceiling.  If I get the temperature too comfortable 
they start showing up "down stairs".

I'm going to have to let the temperature drop to about 38 degrees and THEN 
go up in the overhead to clean them out.  I destroyed over 40 nests around 
the yard last Summer and about 5 or 6 were *big* nests.  They built one a 
bit larger than a football over the front door of the shop in just a couple 
of days.

Maybe I'll put up a few photos of the shop including the Hallicrafters 
station after I clean up the area<:-=))

73

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com

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