Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 64, Issue 27
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which brings me to repeat of last years question. Will matching empty k3
style boxes/empty p3 cases be available for housing matching custom accesories be made available? Dave ww2r Message: 29 Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:51:37 +1000 From: Andy <[hidden email]> Subject: [Elecraft] External speaker using P3 enclosure? To: [hidden email] Message-ID: <[hidden email]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi to the list. This is my first post here so I am hoping it works out right. Just my contribution - have the P3 on one side of the K3 and an external speaker (using the P3 enclosure) on the other. Which brings Andy VK4KY - K3 s/n 3017 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 64, Issue 27
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Not short term as the volume is much lower than our minimum sheet metel
purchase lot size. But we'll revisit this once the P3 is shipping. 73, Eric WA6HHQ --- ww2r2 wrote: > which brings me to repeat of last years question. Will matching empty k3 > style boxes/empty p3 cases be available for housing matching custom > accesories be made available? > > Dave > ww2r > _..._ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 64, Issue 27
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If you really wanted a P3-style chassis, maybe you could just order a
set of replacement P3 chassis parts. To cover up the holes in the front panel, order an extra side panel and cut it to the right size to cover the front panel. I was thinking it might be possible to do something similar with a K3 chassis along with an extra bottom cover to make the front-panel cover plate. You'd have to somehow use or hide the pre-drilled holes in the bottom cover. You could build a nice-looking station console with clock, power supply, antenna rotor, remote antenna switch, phone patch, etc. that matches the K3. Al N1AL On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 21:28 -0700, Eric Swartz -WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: > Not short term as the volume is much lower than our minimum sheet metel > purchase lot size. But we'll revisit this once the P3 is shipping. > > 73, Eric WA6HHQ > --- > > ww2r2 wrote: > > which brings me to repeat of last years question. Will matching empty k3 > > style boxes/empty p3 cases be available for housing matching custom > > accesories be made available? > > > > Dave > > ww2r > > > _..._ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 64, Issue 27
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Any machine shop with a brake can bend up a front U shaped panel
like what is used on the K3, then all you have to do is match some paint. Black should not be difficult. Same with all the other panels, just the correct aluminum thickness and have a shop shear and bend up what you want. I bet there are a lot of guys with access to a shop with brake and shears. 73 Merv KH7C > If you really wanted a P3-style chassis, maybe you could just order a > set of replacement P3 chassis parts. To cover up the holes in the front > panel, order an extra side panel and cut it to the right size to cover > the front panel. > > I was thinking it might be possible to do something similar with a K3 > chassis along with an extra bottom cover to make the front-panel cover > plate. You'd have to somehow use or hide the pre-drilled holes in the > bottom cover. You could build a nice-looking station console with > clock, power supply, antenna rotor, remote antenna switch, phone patch, > etc. that matches the K3. > > Al N1AL > > > > On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 21:28 -0700, Eric Swartz -WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: > >> Not short term as the volume is much lower than our minimum sheet metel >> purchase lot size. But we'll revisit this once the P3 is shipping. >> >> 73, Eric WA6HHQ >> --- >> >> ww2r2 wrote: >> >>> which brings me to repeat of last years question. Will matching empty k3 >>> style boxes/empty p3 cases be available for housing matching custom >>> accesories be made available? >>> >>> Dave >>> ww2r >>> >>> >> _..._ >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 64, Issue 27
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The Elecraft K3 and P3 use a textured paint that might be hard to
duplicate. Also I think it would not be easy to get the dimensions right with just a brake and shears. I doubt that hand-made sheet metal would fit as nicely as real parts. If the parts can be ordered from Elecraft it seems like that would be an easy way to get a nice-looking chassis that matches the K3 exactly. Al N1AL On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 19:05 -1000, Merv Schweigert wrote: > Any machine shop with a brake can bend up a front U shaped panel > like what is used on the K3, then all you have to do is match some > paint. Black should not be difficult. > Same with all the other panels, just the correct aluminum thickness > and > have a shop shear and bend up what you want. > I bet there are a lot of guys with access to a shop with brake and > shears. > 73 Merv KH7C > > If you really wanted a P3-style chassis, maybe you could just order a > > set of replacement P3 chassis parts. To cover up the holes in the front > > panel, order an extra side panel and cut it to the right size to cover > > the front panel. > > > > I was thinking it might be possible to do something similar with a K3 > > chassis along with an extra bottom cover to make the front-panel cover > > plate. You'd have to somehow use or hide the pre-drilled holes in the > > bottom cover. You could build a nice-looking station console with > > clock, power supply, antenna rotor, remote antenna switch, phone patch, > > etc. that matches the K3. > > > > Al N1AL > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 21:28 -0700, Eric Swartz -WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: > > > > > Not short term as the volume is much lower than our minimum sheet metel > > > purchase lot size. But we'll revisit this once the P3 is shipping. > > > > > > 73, Eric WA6HHQ > > > --- > > > > > > ww2r2 wrote: > > > > > > > which brings me to repeat of last years question. Will matching empty k3 > > > > style boxes/empty p3 cases be available for housing matching custom > > > > accesories be made available? > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > ww2r > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 64, Issue 27
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From: Alan Bloom <[hidden email]> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:49:50 -0700 The Elecraft K3 and P3 use a textured paint that might be hard to duplicate. Also I think it would not be easy to get the dimensions right with just a brake and shears. I doubt that hand-made sheet metal would fit as nicely as real parts. If the parts can be ordered from Elecraft it seems like that would be an easy way to get a nice-looking chassis that matches the K3 exactly. Al N1AL The K3 shares the K2 basic design (U front panel, flat top, bottom and side panels), and I made. from scratch, an enclosure matching the K2 in two dimensions to house a Clifton Labs panadapter. And I'm not that skilled nor do I have the best tools. I'll put up a photo late this afternoon, after I have a motorcycle ride up in Alan's part of the country. 73, doug another ex-HPer, where they actually let us use the machine shop for fun, many years ago. On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 19:05 -1000, Merv Schweigert wrote: > Any machine shop with a brake can bend up a front U shaped panel > like what is used on the K3, then all you have to do is match some > paint. Black should not be difficult. > Same with all the other panels, just the correct aluminum thickness > and > have a shop shear and bend up what you want. > I bet there are a lot of guys with access to a shop with brake and > shears. > 73 Merv KH7C > > If you really wanted a P3-style chassis, maybe you could just order a > > set of replacement P3 chassis parts. To cover up the holes in the front > > panel, order an extra side panel and cut it to the right size to cover > > the front panel. > > > > I was thinking it might be possible to do something similar with a K3 > > chassis along with an extra bottom cover to make the front-panel cover > > plate. You'd have to somehow use or hide the pre-drilled holes in the > > bottom cover. You could build a nice-looking station console with > > clock, power supply, antenna rotor, remote antenna switch, phone patch, > > etc. that matches the K3. > > > > Al N1AL > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 21:28 -0700, Eric Swartz -WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: > > > > > Not short term as the volume is much lower than our minimum sheet metel > > > purchase lot size. But we'll revisit this once the P3 is shipping. > > > > > > 73, Eric WA6HHQ > > > --- > > > > > > ww2r2 wrote: > > > > > > > which brings me to repeat of last years question. Will matching empty k3 > > > > style boxes/empty p3 cases be available for housing matching custom > > > > accesories be made available? > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > ww2r > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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