[HBR] HBR Chassis Kit

[Ian Wilson]

Brian - your mailbox appears to be full.

73, ian

On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Brian Burns <brianburns1066 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> Received wisdom is to "build it like a battleship". I'm about to try a
> regen build on a chassis made from a sandwich of 1/4 inch plywood bonded to
> .012 inch (12 mil) aluminum from McMaster Carr using contact cement. The
> idea is to get the stiffness and mass of the plywood, and the conductivity
> of the aluminum.
>
> I want to build it like a battleship, without its costing like one.
>
> 73,
>
> Brian
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 6:11 PM, B. Smith <smithab11 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > The Heeger Omni kit construction looks very similar to the "Byers" kits
> > that I have used  in other projects but now are not available due to
> Fred's
> > passing.  One nice touch  with the Heeger kit is the holes are all ready
> > drilled for top and bottom covers.  As you stated the  .040 aluminum may
> > need some help.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> http://k4che.com/HBR/Chassis%20Construction/Main%20Chassis%20Construction.htm
> >
> > breck k4che
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/3/2015 2:25 PM, Martin Marris wrote:
> >
> >> I have ordered LH Heeger "omni" chassis several times.
> >>
> >> The quality is excellent. It is also quite useful sometimes to be able
> to
> >> mount components on a top plate for instance, prior to screwing on the
> >> sides.
> >>
> >> You can see some photos of one of my Heeger-chassis projects here:
> >>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/khckgdu
> >>
> >> and here:
> >>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/lrpkoya
> >>
> >> Please note however that I used a relatively small chassis in this case
> >> (10"
> >> x 5" x 3"). The aluminum is relatively thin. I don't know how this sort
> of
> >> construction would hold up for a large project such as an HBR -- perhaps
> >> it
> >> would work best if you used two or three smaller chassis bolted
> together,
> >> and you might have to add angle brackets for extra stiffness.
> >>
> >> 73 from Martin, KB1WSY
> >>
> >> ======================
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: HBR [mailto:hbr-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of B. Smith
> >> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 13:50
> >> To: HBR Receiver List
> >> Subject: [HBR] HBR Chassis Kit
> >>
> >> Several months ago someone mentioned  LM Heeger (link below) as a source
> >> of
> >> chassis "kits".
> >>
> >> Q. Has anyone ordered  a  chassis from this company and if so do you
> have
> >> any comments on quality good or bad?
> >>
> >>
> >> http://lmbheeger.com/omnichassiskit.aspx
> >>
> >> 73
> >> breck k4che
> >> http://k4che.com/HBR/HBR%20page%201.htm
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