[R-390] Collins ARR-41/R-648 HELP????

[Roy Morgan]

On Dec 13, 2015, at 3:18 PM, John Saxon via R-390 <r-390 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> ...I also am missing one of the handles on the 648…. I recently got a 3D printer,..., it would be interesting to print another handle, paint it appropriately and see how it looks.

John,

I foresee a disaster.

You 3-D print such a handle, smooth it nicely and paint it to look original.
It looks just like the other one.
You forget that it’s plastic.
Then some time in the distant future, you need to move the radio.
You drag it off the edge of the table, and the handle breaks.
The radio plummets toward the floor and lands on your foot, breaking many of the small bones in there.
You go to the emergency room and get a cast put on your foot.
The orthopedic doctor has seen it all but is astounded at your story.
You heal enough in 6 weeks to get the cast off but you still limp.  Badly.
The radio is still on the floor where you left it.

You don’t want this to happen.
Don’t make a plastic handle for your radio.

Roy

PS: what is the series of TV ads this is meant to be a take-off of?


Roy Morgan
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