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

[Gary Pewitt]

Actually the knob and screw are the -easiest- parts to build if you have 
-any- kind of metal lathe.  Even a little Unimat.  And building yourself 
you can make them really good looking ie.  stainless steel and brass all 
shined up, and knurled , fluted, and contoured.  73  Gary





On 7/14/2010 10:46 PM, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Gary Pewitt<garypewitt at centurytel.net>  wrote:
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>> 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
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