- 1. [Amps] Building a Mock Up (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Buller <k0wa@swbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:41:09 -0800 (PST)
- How many of you amp builders make a mock up of the chassis and layout in "cardboard" before you start cutting, bending and drilling metal? Lee - K0WA In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is
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- 2. Re: [Amps] Building a Mock Up (score: 1)
- Author: gdaught6@stanford.edu
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:07:52 -0800
- I do one in cardboard to try to 'optimize' layout (never knowing what will really be optimum) then I do one in thin aluminum, to get all of the holes where I want them. I try to visualize and then mo
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- 3. Re: [Amps] Building a Mock Up (score: 1)
- Author: "Edward Swynar" <gswynar@durham.net>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:08:02 -0500
- Hi Lee, I don't use cardboard, but I do make a drawing on an 8" x 10" sheet of paper showing all the parts, socket orientation, etc., of my HB creations... If you err at the drawing board, t'is far &
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- 4. Re: [Amps] Building a Mock Up (score: 1)
- Author: Colin Lamb <k7fm@teleport.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:21:28 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
- "Due to my inability to engineer the whole thing properly from beginning to end, I sometimes end up with 'one way' construction. That is to say I install a thing which prevents access to an underlyin
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- 5. Re: [Amps] Building a Mock Up (score: 1)
- Author: Vic K2VCO <vic@rakefet.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:36:37 -0800
- I made paper cutouts of parts and moved them around on the chassis. Just two-dimensional, though. -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ _______________________________________________ Amp
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- 6. Re: [Amps] Building a Mock Up (score: 1)
- Author: gdaught6@stanford.edu
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:39:29 -0800
- Colin asked... exactly the way you describe. Also, did you ever design cars, as I have had a number of cars built the same way. And, the RME 6900 receiver is another one. Did you work on that? Not gu
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- 7. Re: [Amps] Building a Mock Up (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Kraemer" <elespe@lisco.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:43:27 -0600
- Lee We always do a cad drawing and or place the parts without fastening before starting any significant project Paul K0UYA -- Original Message -- From: "Lee Buller" <k0wa@swbell.net> To: <amps@contes
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- 8. Re: [Amps] Building a Mock Up (score: 1)
- Author: Dan Levin <dan@andlev.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:49:23 -0800
- NB: I am in the middle of doing this for the first time! I started out with a cardboard box and blocks of foam - moving the pieces around until I had things the way that I wanted them. Then I designe
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- 9. Re: [Amps] Building a Mock Up (score: 1)
- Author: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:31:40 +0000
- Another use for a cardboard box prototype is to check the air flow through the blower and tube/socket. This can save a lot of grief later on! A simple method of measuring volume flow is to time how
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- 10. Re: [Amps] Building a Mock Up (score: 1)
- Author: Radio WC6W <wc6w_amps@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:30:12 -0800 (PST)
- Hi Lee et al, I used to use cardboard for mockups but, for the past couple years I've been using the corrugated plastic that's employed in temporary roadside advertising. It's stronger than cardboard
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- 11. Re: [Amps] Building a Mock Up (score: 1)
- Author: TexasRF@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:38:56 EST
- Both Lowes and Home Depot sell partial sheets of plywood of various thickness. Works well for mockup work. 73, Gerald K5GW In a message dated 11/18/2010 10:30:27 A.M. Central Standard Time, wc6w_amps
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- 12. Re: [Amps] Building a Mock Up (score: 1)
- Author: "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:33:55 -0500
- Ive been a big fan of foam for years and have even made dummy V-8 engines when doing an engine swap into a vintage vehicle. Its a lot easier to work out clearance issues, fabricate mounts, etc. A cou
- /archives//html/Amps/2010-11/msg00332.html (8,694 bytes)
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