Hi Steve,
This is *sorta* related to your parts dilemma, & may well be worth remembering
for possible future use...I only just discovered it myself a coupla weeks ago!
Do you ever find yourself in need of panel bushings for your 1/4" shafts...? I
have. And after using 1/4" phone jacks for years in such applications as a
"...reasonable facsimile thereof" (on a tip I read from Bill Orr, W6SAI), I
discovered that home improvement places selling ceiling lamps have, in their
hardware parts bins, absolutely wonderful threaded, hollow "extensions"---the
things used to mount the fixtures to ceilings---for practically peanuts. Just
cut off what you might need, & attach it to your front panel with nuts & lock
washers (yes, the stores carry those items, too!).
Loews even sells pre-packaged "assemblies" of these in blister packs for a
coupla bucks...neat stuff!
~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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On 2011-08-26, at 8:16 PM, K1SG@aol.com wrote:
> Thanks to all who came up with suggestions for me, including K1FK, N7CXI,
> K5AND, and others whose calls weren't obvious from their email addresses. I
> think I could build a small intergalactic cruiser with what I've found!
>
> Among the suggested sources were:
> McMaster Carr
> Surplus Sales of Nebraska
> Small Parts
> Dan's Small Parts (I'd never heard of them, but they have some cool stuff
> cheap!)
> Grainger
> Keystone (carried by Mouser, Digi-Key and others)
> and Jameco.com.
>
> Thanks to all!
>
> Steve Gilbert
> K1SG
> K1SG@AOL.com
> 508-435-9133
>
>
> In a message dated 8/26/2011 3:00:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> amps-request@contesting.com writes:
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:33:33 -0400 (EDT)
> From: K1SG@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] shaft couplers and extensions
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Message-ID: <9945.7e5c7874.3b8932ed@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
> Oddball stuff is getting harder to find these days!
> I'm looking for a few shaft extensions, couplers, flexible couplers,
> right
> angle shaft couplers and the like for my current kluge amp project. I
> used to have a variety of them, but they've been used or given away or
> grown
> up and left home or been lost in moves. I've looked in the Grainger and
> small parts online catalogs, but I'm not seeing anything for what used to
> be
> standard 1/4" shafts, just big stuff. Any suggestions for?
>
> Steve Gilbert
> K1SG
> K1SG@AOL.com
> 508-435-9133
>
>
>
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