[Milsurplus] ( FW ) Wehrmacht Feldfunk Radios Back In Production Shortly

[Hue Miller]

From: Hue Miller
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:39 PM
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net ; armyradios at yahoogroups.com
Subject: (Fwd) FeldFu b/c radios back into production shortly.

Forwarded from another list, Nachrichten  in Yahoo Groups, via Hue Miller.
A very interesting example of high craftsmanship in recreating the apparatus
of the past.
I wonder, will there be a kit for the B-2  out there somewhere?
-H M
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From:   Neil  Gillbanks

Subject: [Nachrichten] FeldFu b/c radios back into production shortly.


Recently I was given a heavy duty gear motor and speed
controller. I have had a mold for the Feldfu radio cases for
over a decade but no machine to cast them with. At the time
I had access to a large rotational casting machine. The
company closed right after my first production run and I
lost access to it The motor and controller is 75% of the
cost of the machine so I decided to build my own. I have
some final fine tuning to do on the mold but I should be
casting the first one this week. I posted a video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmjE20ueLZ4


The next step is to make a CNC program for the hinges and
other hardware bits. I still have the CAD drawings I made
for the first production run so it shouldn't take too long.

Is anyone still interested in getting these radios? I am
going to produce them as a kit.

Neil

(and: )

I made the first casting in the Feldfu mold today. I didn't
have any slower setting resin for rotocasters so I had to
use some old fast setting resin. The resin cooked off before
completely coating the mold but the casting looks pretty
good. (Old resin is very unpredictable) I will order some
rotocasting resin for the production run.

Here are the pictures:

http://s13.photobucket.com/user/SpookyDad/media/radios/Production%20radios/feldfucasejuly1301_zps0a1b0d06.jpg.html
http://s13.photobucket.com/user/SpookyDad/media/radios/Production%20radios/feldfucasejuly1302_zps6628071d.jpg.html
http://s13.photobucket.com/user/SpookyDad/media/radios/Production%20radios/feldfucasejuly1303_zpsce173e78.jpg.html
http://s13.photobucket.com/user/SpookyDad/media/radios/Production%20radios/feldfucasejuly1304_zpsd61f5264.jpg.html
http://s13.photobucket.com/user/SpookyDad/media/radios/Production%20radios/feldfucasejuly1305_zps96a3ed1a.jpg.html

I used 1.2 liters of resin for this pour so I will likely
need 1.4 liters for the final case. I am still figuring out
the cost of the resin so I can't give a kit price just yet.
I should have a price shortly

Neil

( H M adds: Feldfunk = manpack radio series in various frequency bands from 
27 MHz up to 110 MHz, short distance,
4 tube radio. Fusprech is vehicle voice radio 24-25 MHz. )