At 02:09 PM 12/26/2000 EST, Radio WC6W wrote:
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>>Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. If I can become equipped
>>and able to turn out a nice chassis I have considered making them =
>>available to fellow homebrewers.
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> If you are getting your aluminum surplus, it pays to run a few test
>bends on some scraps before trying to make a complete chassis. I've run
>across some aluminum, likely from the hulls of flying saucers, which will
>NOT bend at all -- it just breaks! Plus, you'll see what allowances
>need to be made for the bends.
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Note that there is good article from QST on bending metal. The article is
available for download in the "TIS" section (Technical Information Service)
on ARRL's website. I just downloaded it a few days ago and I think it is
in the "Homebrew" sub-category.
> When you get around to making a box, it helps to make a paper pattern
>to figure what needs to be cut out before bending and in what order the
>flaps must be formed.
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I've done this with poster board (aka "Bristol Board") and its worthwhile.
Having little experience with metal work, I found it was much better to
make all my mistakes first on the cheap poster board.
Phil
>73 & Happy Holidays,
> Marv WC6W
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