Agreed Ward! When you see an old piece of equipment, visualize it as an
amplifier cabinet. How easy is it to make a new front panel? New back
panel?
I've even bought old medical equipment for an amplifier cabinet (modern
stuff is all plastic and not suitable) at surplus houses.
I used only a hack-saw, and saber saw (and during later phases of the
project, a table saw with a aluminum cutting blade) to build this:
http://s900.photobucket.com/user/w7ry/library/8877%20Amplifier?sort=3&page=1
Metal Supermarkets cut all the aluminum sheet to size for me:
http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/
Its fun and you will learn ALLOT!! Get er' done!
73
Jim W7RY
I had the
On 1/17/2014 8:33 AM, Ward Silver wrote:
A good source of excellent cabinets is surplus or junked lab
instruments. Not necessarily electronic instruments - chemistry,
medical, or any large instrument enclosure will do the job. These are
made of superb materials and would cost hundreds of dollars if
purchased new in single quantities. You can find them at hamfests,
surplus sales outlets, sometimes even second-hand stores. Ask your
club members to see if one is sitting in a basement or garage. Strip
them to the metal (and save the various useful bits and pieces) and
you'll have a fine amplifier enclosure. Cover the front and back
panel with a sheet of aluminum from some other scrapped device - such
as microwave ovens (see Jan QST) - and you'll have a good looking
piece of equipment.
73, Ward N0AX
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