[Hallicrafters] [Boatanchors] SX-42 base (B-42)

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Gary Pewitt <garypewitt at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Looks like about $6.00 to build if you have to buy all the material.
> Should be free if you have a good scrap pile.  One length of 1" square
> aluminum tubing, hacksaw two vee shapes, bend to shape, tig weld, cut
> rectangular piece of aluminum plate, tig onto middle of tubing, drill
> hole, turn adjuster on lathe or search junk box for suitable items.
> Looks like two rubber feet to finish.  Eight hundred bucks???   I'll
> make all you want for $300.00 each and laugh
> all the way to the bank.   73  Gary  N9ZSV

There's a bit more to it than that Gary, but not much. That's why I
figured someone would be knocking them out by now. The two 'feet'
you're seeing are actually bumpers that the back of the radio rests
on. The base has 4 feet beneath it.

The complicated part is the large knurled knob used to raise or lower
the radio. Not impossible, but more involved and requiring some blocks
of aluminum.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4