[HBR] Chassis punches lack of

Tue, 6 Mar 2001 20:48:53 -0500

Use a spade bit backed by a piece of wood 2/4 or what ever is required.  If
you have a drill press that will cut the Al. muck cleaner.  Slowly feed the
bit into the Al. stock to prevent grabbing.  An adjustable drill  bill is
much better as you can use thin wood stock to adjust bit the down to a hair.
Harbor Freight sells the hole punches for electrical work, but these will
fit a lot of tube sockets.  CAUTION  Al. is soft and will grab sending your
chassis for a loop de loop - take care use eye protection and gloves.  Use a
drill vise while using  a press and the lowest speed your press can give
you.  You can trim using a sharp knife or a counter sink for the smaller
holes.  Hope this helps you.  My best regards es 73's jerry rego  KE7YG
----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy and Kees Talen <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:51 AM
Subject: Fw: Re: [HBR] Test


> Yep, you should have picked up the $10 scope if it worked, but
> there are usually plenty of older ones which show up at swapmeets
> at reasonable prices. Make sure you have a good DVM or VTVM.
> There is a little yellow DVM at Harbor Freight for less than $10
> which works fine.
>
> Hole punches are difficult to find, especially Greenlee which people
> are very proud of, according to the prices they ask. Lafayette also
> sold a set of perfectly good (for aluminum) punches in a small
> carrying case which should be much less expensive. With all the
> coil winders showing up on e-Bay, you would think there would be
> some cheaper chassis punch sets.
>
> I think I've gotten two people in the Williamson county ARC started
> on building a HBR Receiver with 85Khz IFs, etc. I also have a
> Boonton 160-A Q meter for parts ...good power transformer, lots
> of spring loaded no backlash gears on 1/4" shafts, etc. if anyone
> thinks they can use soem parts.
>
> 73s  Kees K5BCQ
>
>
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> From: "William L. Hopkins" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 09:21:47 -0500
> Subject: Re: [HBR] Test
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> References: <000601c1c4a3$82a43f00$80b78540@lgwujvnl>
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> Hello All,
>
> Bill Hopkins here, AA2YV in Rochester NY.  I have been collecting some
> parts from several of you over the last two years.  Since I teach during
> the winter, my only time to build is in the summer.  I hope to begin
> working on the rig this summer.  That means I will be sending out lots of
> SOS's to you as I go.  My trouble will be that I do not have much test
> equipment to test out certain circuits as I build them.  I would love to
> have an oscilliscope.  I saw one at the Buffalo hamfest last week for 10
> dollars. It went only up to 5 MhZ.  Guess I should have picked it up
> anyway.
> What I will need is a set of hole cutting tools.  Where could I get some
> that would not cost me an arm and a leg?
>
> 73's bill
>
>
> Darrell & Kay Brooks wrote:
>
> > So tell us about it.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Darrell,WA5VGO
> >
> > >Yes  Jerry Rego  KE7YG
> >
> > >> Anyone doing any HBR building ??
> > >>
> > >> 73s  Kees K5BCQ
> >
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