I was going to ask if he had anything to do with
Steppenwolf. <G>
Mark WB8JKR
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 17:23:22 -0500 "Gilmer, Mike" <mgilmer@gnlp.com>
writes:
>
>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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