Gary,
I didn't mean to disrespect fine craftsmanship. If I have the time, money
and patience - that's the road I would take.
Rather here I wanted to give an alternative to guys who may be thinking "I
can't do the needed basic metal work with my simple tools" - an alternative
to doing it in a higher end and more true professional sense - is to use the
equivalent of veneer. Where the trim makes it look externally pretty
decent.
73/jeff/ac0c
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From: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:15 AM
To: <Amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] HB amps - what you can build with no tools
> I was visiting a friend in MA who was doing some repair work to his
> house which was built by shakers over 200 years ago. There was a part
> of the inner wall removed showing the infrastructure. He pointed out
> the detail the craftsmen had done to the innermost parts of the
> woodwork where no one would ever see them. He explained that to them,
> that to leave even the inner parts of the construction as less than
> perfect would be to disrespect the higher power and with that, every
> piece of wood behind the inner wall was smoothed as if it were sanded
> with fine grit paper. It was quite beautiful to see.
>
> Bet they would have made some beautiful radio gear.
>
> Gary
> KA1J
>
>> My amp building elmer told me once...
>>
>> A hole that you cannot see is a perfectly drilled hole. And a jagged
>> hole
>> with trim covering the jagged hole is also a perfectly formed hole.
>>
>> A guy can cover up a lot of rough cut sins with this philosophy and only
>> when a guy takes the thing apart physically would he see it.
>>
>> 73/jeff/ac0c
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Ryan Foster" <foster.ryan@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:32 PM
>> To: <amps@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] HB amps - what you can build with no tools
>>
>> > I second this question!
>> >
>> > Also what gauge steel is that?
>> >
>> > --Ryan w8cya
>> >
>> > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Roger <sub1@rogerhalstead.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Very nice job of construction.
>> >>
>> >> How did you fold the edges of the channel across the top, just in
>> >> front
>> >> of the tube?
>> >> And...for the record, with all the anti, this and that I have on here,
>> >> I
>> >> saw no warnings of any problems.
>> >>
>> >> 73
>> >>
>> >> Roger (K8RI)
>> >>
>> >>
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