[HBR] Chassis punches lack of

Thu, 8 Mar 2001 04:09:25 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Rego <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 8:48 PM
Subject: [HBR] Chassis punches lack of


> 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
> >
> >
> > --------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: "William L. Hopkins" <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 09:21:47 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [HBR] Test
> > Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> > References: <000601c1c4a3$82a43f00$80b78540@lgwujvnl>
> >
> > 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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