[Milsurplus] A Classic Example of the Homebrew Art

[Mike Feher]

I too built an HBR-14 in the early ‘60s and an HBR-16 a little later. I did not have an HRO dial or an Eddystone, so I used a Miller due to cost. 73 – Mike 

 

Mike B. Feher, N4FS

89 Arnold Blvd.

Howell NJ 07731

848-245-9115

 

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 I got obsessed with a 1957 QST project. Used basic hand tools -  even the cabinet is HB. The rat tail file is my favorite tool.
k4che
http://k4che.com/HBR/HBR%20page%201.htm




On 9/28/2020 2:11 PM, MICHAEL BITTNER wrote:

Sean,
I agree with Mike Feher that there is no "break even point".  You build stuff because you like to build stuff.  If you are only interested in operating, then buy an appliance and operate it.  Don't waste you time and money on building, and certainly don't buy expensive tools that you may use only once.
 
As indicated by Al Klase, there are many simple entry level projects that you can build with ordinary hand tools and scrounged parts.  If you build one of these, it shows that you are interested in building and you may want to advance to more serious homebrew projects. The subject transmitter/receiver is well above the entry level.  Here are some photos of one of my more complicated homebrew projects and below are listed the tools I used to to build it:
 
https://photos.app.goo.gl/KHoNsugHNHzBed6V9
 
https://photos.app.goo.gl/MiMHgyMZRe9Lvpra6
 
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UpYKJ34kQ5boxTNTA
 
https://photos.app.goo.gl/GwUbQARu7dq6rNcP6
 
In addition to the tools listed by Nick England (nibbler, rat-tail file, etc.) I used a toolbox full of hand tools plus some machinery including; drill press, sheet metal brake, sheet metal shear, rivet gun, table saw, router, jig saw, Greenlee chassis punches, bench vise, random orbit sander, and probably more that I can't think of at the moment.  I cut the large opening in the front panel for  dial illumination by drilling a series if interconnecting holes around its periphery and then smoothing it out with half-round files and sandpaper.
 
Mike, W6MAB
 
 
 
 
 

On September 28, 2020 at 12:27 AM Sean Kelly  <mailto:Captain.Kelly at outlook.com> <Captain.Kelly at outlook.com> wrote:
 
 
I love it! I've always wondered, since I didn't take metal shop, what tools one needs to build like that? I do know a person can have it done commercially, the question is where is the break-even point located?
 
Sean
 
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Subject: [Milsurplus] A Classic Example of the Homebrew Art
 
Gang,
 
Not really military, but I've been obsessing over an artifact from 1951
QST, *Take a look*
 <http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/homebrew/Homebrew_Projects.htm> <http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/homebrew/Homebrew_Projects.htm>.
 
Al
 
--
Al Klase – N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
 
 
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