Re: [TenTec] Eagle Information

["Dave Edwards" <kd2e@comcast.net>]

You can buy sets of the sleeves made for just this purpose...with a small 
allen screw
to hold it wherever you want.
We used 'em at HP...then I got a set for myself. Probably now at the Harbor 
Freight place!
....Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@weather.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Eagle Information


> There are other ways to protect stuff inside. One is to use a short bit,
> I keep a few screw machine bits that are only about 1-1/2" long on hand.
> Another more versatile technique is to surround the drill bit with a
> sleeve letting only enough stick out to go through the metal. Sleeve can
> be brass or steel tubing, or a block of wood with a hole drilled through
> it. The nicest technique is to use a Whitney-Jensen hand punch, model No
> 5 Jr if only 1-3/4" reach is needed and there's no flange or the model
> XX if more reach and depth is needed. These were far more price
> effective when I bought them than they are now. At least they don't drop
> drillings in the radio. You can capture drillings with a pocket of duct
> or masking tap under the hole.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
> On 9/30/2010 11:34 AM, Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP wrote:
> > CAREFULL !!!   Long ago while drilling two holes in the back of my OM6 to
> > insert a preselector, the bit went through a few windings of a 2,5 mh 
> > choke.
> > This was just a few days before departing for 4U1VIC for a contest.  Of
> > course Ten-Tec got a spare choke to me in 4 days... and I was in Munich,
> > Germany.  CQ Kenwood: (try 4 months).
> >
> > Lesson learned.  I now use a small C-clamp and clamp a thin piece of 
> > plywood
> > to the inside of the chassis before drilling through.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > What's wrong with a ham drilling the back panel himself?
> >
> >
> > -Stuart
> > K5KVH
> >
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