Last I looked, $1500 for a two TEU from China to LA, on a no rush ship. I was looking up shipping costs. They are happy to just cover expenses going back. It is why buying a container here in the US
<snip> <snip> Of course there are always ways around things like this. My favorite story wasn't on pricing, but on ISO-9000. There was a shop up (if I remember right) in CT, and he mad a sonar part f
It was a 2000 dollar (or more) "hammer" and I put it in quotes, because I knew the guy who sold it to them. It was a impulse "hammer", which had a complete accelerometer kit with and had a specific s
Been using a few for a couple of years. In my case, I used them on an air conditioner that has a molded on GFI plug that can't be removed, so it fits through the middle -- 73 de KG2V Charlie ________
Not quite that bad, the ubiquitous HF horizontal bandsaws do a good job with a good blade -- 73 de KG2V Charlie _______________________________________________ _______________________________________
I actually make adaptor plates that bolt on the bottom of the Yaesu rotors, and fit the classic T2X (or Ham IV) hole pattern. And yes, the Yaesu pattern is Metric -- 73 de KG2V Charlie ______________
Or, as they are low speed, intermittent use, subject to vibration which can cause fretting on ball bearings, and out in the weather, the best would probably actually be a plastic sleeve bearing! (If
I don't know. The ARES group I used to belong to always had verticals ready to go and put up for HF. Heck, we actually had TWO entire spare repeaters (2m and 440) with antennas, generators, duplexer
<snip> <snip> If anyone wants to read a really interesting book on this, get a copy of Carroll Smith's "Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners and Plumbing" Probably more than you'd ever want to know about what actu
<snip> What I'd love to see is a battery category that allows 100 watts. I USED to do FD with a guy who had enough battery to run a 3A Battery at 100 watts all day - in fact, we usually ran 3A Batte
<snip> <snip> Don, Something I learned LONG ago when I USED to work on my cars (I'll give brakes as an example) used to go to replace my drum brake pads on my 1969 Catalina (I did say it was long ago
<snip> <snip> Yep, Nordlock, and "Jet Nuts" etc - see my other post. I have a few around the shop. All sorts of "good stuff" out there that is WAY beyond what we do every day Notice something interes
This whole thing brings me back to one of my hobby horses. Why are we using ball/roller/taper bearings for this use? A nice hat section (inverted) plastic bearing (cheap if molded, more expensive if
Didn't realize we were talking bottom, then look at torlon or rulon. Heck, it is what most cranes use as a pivot bearing today -- 73 de KG2V Charlie _______________________________________________ __
A local machine shop (Job shop type, not production machining) can change bearings easily, or find someone who does it for a hobby (hey, they are really small job shop machine shops). However, don't
Probably next to impossible to find .03125 shim stock, as I've never seen shim stock down in the .00001 range Most likely you will have to use .030 shim stock, which is everywhere, and deal with bein
The GE, Tyco, Ma/com, Harris radios all work well in high RF too -- 73 de KG2V Charlie _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailin
I keep seeing this said. I think we need to define braid When I was a kid, I used to hang out at a barn that had an extensive, and very very OLD "Lightning rod" system, and it had "braided cable" run
Shane, Does section 300 apply to low voltage wiring? I was under the impression that below 30 volts(?) the NEC was pretty much silent till the new 400 section(s) 73 de KG2V __________________________
You missed it, it was on the OLD QTH, that he was leaving anyway... -- 73 de KG2V Charlie _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mai