Bet you haven't checked with Cardwell! They still have the drives - here's
a link to one of them and they have at least one other:
http://www.cardwellcondenser.com/PAGES/nr12.html
Recently, I needed a couple of roller inductors made by Cardwell. Surplus
Sales had them for $175.00 each. Then I ran across the Cardwell website,
and found that I could buy the same inductor from them for only $95.00.
Cardwell responded to both telephone and email very quickly and shipped the
items promptly.
K8AC
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From: <qrp73@talk21.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 7:51 AM
Subject: [Amps] Cheap right angle drives
>
> I needed a couple of right angle drives for my vacuum variables but could
not find them anywhere. Nobody seems to stock the Cardwell units. I
researched the mechanical engineering shop option, they just wanted a lot of
money for simple bevel gears, plus i had to build the unit.
>
> Walking through a tool shop recently i discovered cheap drill right angle
drill chuck adapters. These are excellemt right angle drives for vacuum
variables. These units are made in the far east. The package is a completely
sealed plastic moulding. I simply remove the chuck and side handle and you
have a superb right angle drive. They are selling from $ 10 to $15 a piece.
Milwaukee tools have several in their catalogue. The shafts are not a 1/4
inch however. You could if you wanted too leave the chuck on this is a bit
heavy and bulky.
>
> Anyhows now we amp builders have very little excuse for not mounting vac
variables the right way up. I noticed a number of sources on the net
discounting this particular cheap chinese brand. This might be a futile post
since i never found out what a Cardwell right angle drive sold for. Compared
to what the Surplus Sales wants for a surplus unit this cheap unit is a
good bet.
>
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> Greg
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> Greg
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