[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Control Box Mounts

[Mike Hanz]

Steve KB4DMF was making these for a while, but I'm not sure he is still 
in the business.

It might be worth a note to him at swkb4dmf at windstream.net

 From a fabrication standpoint, they aren't difficult (with the right 
tools - bar folder and small milling machine are the best combination) 
and one can actually fold the lip on a long piece of 5052 aluminum and 
then cut several sizes off the piece for final finishing, sort a like a 
cookie roll.  Oh, and a 1/4" counterbore is a nice thing to have to 
provide a relief for the snap slide stud that gets riveted in one to 
three places, depending on the mount.  As Michael mentioned, the 
dimensions are available pages 255 to 260 or so in the on-line ARC-5 
manual.  The only thing missing are the dimensions of the folded over 
portion, with the milled cutouts along the top, but those and the 
location of the snap slide stud can be inferred from an actual control box.

73,
Mike  KC4TOS

On 6/5/2010 1:48 AM, J. Forster wrote:
> Don't laugh.
>
> Does anybody have a source for the mounts for the ARC-5 or SCR-274-N
> control boxes (like the BC-450-A) or even have any that could be measured
> up in order to fabricate reproductions?
>
> Also, does anybody have a list of the mount numbers for the boxes. I can't
> access my books at the moment.
>