[Hallicrafters] SX-88 & SX-101 Knob

[Roy Morgan]

On Nov 14, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
... If anyone could figure out a way
> to make a profit producting reproduction knobs, I figured Hank was  
> the man.

Reproduction parts of good quality are a problem to manufacture.  Take  
the belt used in the SX-88, for instance.  I've heard second hand that  
one collector tried to find these belts and talked with an engineer at  
the company that made the original ones.  The sad part is that the  
company had cleaned out not too long before and disposed of the molds  
needed to create more of the unique belt.  The even more sad part is  
that to recreate the mold and do a modest production run was going to  
cost many thousands of dollars.  With only one hundred fifty known  
radios, the market is very small and the price to produce per belt  
would  be very  high.

Roy

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