[Amps] 8877 Homebrew Pictures

[k7fm]

"I  STILL USE A NIBILING TOOL, FILES, SMALL DRILL PRESS, SHEET AND ANGLE 
ALUMINUM,  SPRAY  PAINT, AND ETC"

Ten years ago, I visited a third world country where gasoline was $4.00 per 
gallon and annual incomes were almost nothing.  Yes, it was a socialist 
country.  I stayed with a family and after dinner, the husband took me to 
his workshop to show me his pride and joy - a 1954 Buick.  He could not 
afford gasoline and so took the 8 cylinder out and replaced it with an 
abandoned Romanian 4 cylinder tractor engine.  I was rather surprised that 
he could get an adapter plate machined and inquired about it.  I learned 
that there was no machine shop and he had made the adapter plate himself.  I 
asked him what tools he used.  He answered a file and a drill.  How long did 
it take?  He still had a bucketfull of shavings and replied "about 6 months, 
working every night."

Last year, a neighbor showed me a Native American granite hammer he found in 
a nearby stream in about 1948.  It looked like it was made with a CNC 
machine.

My first projects were made of wood.  I made a regenerative reeiver with a 
nice wood front panel.  However my hands changed frequency when I got near 
the dial.  I solved that easily with some aluminum foil behind the wood. 
Until I was able to do metal work, most of my cabinets were wood shielded 
with aluminum foil.

I am thinking about an inlaid wood art deco am rig one of these days - 
shielded, of course - this time with copper circuit board.

73,  Colin  K7FM.