[TenTec] Eagle Information

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

There are other ways to protect stuff inside. One is to use a short bit, 
I keep a few screw machine bits that are only about 1-1/2" long on hand. 
Another more versatile technique is to surround the drill bit with a 
sleeve letting only enough stick out to go through the metal. Sleeve can 
be brass or steel tubing, or a block of wood with a hole drilled through 
it. The nicest technique is to use a Whitney-Jensen hand punch, model No 
5 Jr if only 1-3/4" reach is needed and there's no flange or the model 
XX if more reach and depth is needed. These were far more price 
effective when I bought them than they are now. At least they don't drop 
drillings in the radio. You can capture drillings with a pocket of duct 
or masking tap under the hole.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 9/30/2010 11:34 AM, Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP wrote:
> CAREFULL !!!   Long ago while drilling two holes in the back of my OM6 to
> insert a preselector, the bit went through a few windings of a 2,5 mh choke.
> This was just a few days before departing for 4U1VIC for a contest.  Of
> course Ten-Tec got a spare choke to me in 4 days... and I was in Munich,
> Germany.  CQ Kenwood: (try 4 months).
>
> Lesson learned.  I now use a small C-clamp and clamp a thin piece of plywood
> to the inside of the chassis before drilling through.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> What's wrong with a ham drilling the back panel himself?
>
>
> -Stuart
> K5KVH
>
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