There's a pun here somewhere: John Kay? Heavy Metal? Anyone else see
it?
Sorry -
Mike N2MG
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John / NS1Z [SMTP:ns1z@agate.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 1999 4:39 PM
> To: Strohm, Jim; 'John Kay'; amps@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [AMPS] Metalworking Questions
>
>
> I'm sure there are more sophisticated sources but I purchased my metal
> brake from the J.C. Whitney automotive catalog. It is aluminum and
> quite
> simple. I have used it a bit (more than I wanted to as it appears I am
> a
> slow learner...) and it does a good job. Not for heavy metal (Led
> Zeppelin,
> Ozzy etc) but for cabinet metal it works for me...
>
> At 10:52 AM 2/5/99 -0600, Strohm, Jim wrote:
> >
> >Ah. Another potential victim.
> >
> >Try this:
> >
> > http://www.harborfreight.com
> >
> >
> >73
> >Jim N6OTQ
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: John Kay [mailto:kay@cig.mot.com]
> >Sent: Friday, February 05, 1999 6:17 AM
> >To: amps@contesting.com
> >Subject: [AMPS] Metalworking Questions
> >
> >
> >OK guys. While some of you were in metal shop, I was in band. I
> figure
> >it might be handy to learn how to make small brackets, maybe bend
> metal
> >for cabinets, chassis, covers, etc. (Especially for Amp projects)
> The
> >"construction techniques" chapter of the handbook seems lacking in
> this
> >area. Are there any good references for a late learner to pick up
> some
> >of this info/techniques/tools/jargon?
> >
> >I seem to remember back in the 80's (??) in the ham magazines a
> small,
> >simple (and cheap) metal brake for bending light guage steel and
> >aluminum just for this purpose. Anybody got any ideas if anything
> like
> >this is still available
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