DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-08 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Steven Malikoff > That's the first actual photo I've seen of the foot, and I see what you > mean. Oh, I can take more, then; let me know what you need. > Let's regard the inner vertical surface where it mates to the rack as > the normal surface. Right; that's our

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-07 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Noel said > I just took a quick glance at this, and noticed on major thing that's off: > you're showing the bottom side of the stabilizer foot as at right angles to > the vertical of the rack; it's not. See here: > > http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/jpg/StabilizerFoot.jpg > > in which I have

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-07 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Steven Malikoff > Using the new bolt info, it's refined a little more: I just took a quick glance at this, and noticed on major thing that's off: you're showing the bottom side of the stabilizer foot as at right angles to the vertical of the rack; it's not. See here:

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-07 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 07/01/2018 07:57, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: I can't find anything suitable on MMC (https://www.mcmaster.com/#countersunk-head-machine-screws/=1b0p4yz ) so Chuck's probably right, machine them up. Maybe start from a long 5/16" shank hex-head bolt and put the countersink and 1/4-20

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-06 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Pete said > On 07/01/2018 01:44, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> On 01/06/2018 04:54 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: >> >>> No, as would be obvious to anyone looking carefully at the photo (or the >>> real thing!), it's 1/4" x 20 UNC.  I really must learn to think before >>> putting finger to

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-06 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 01/06/2018 06:07 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: > On 07/01/2018 01:44, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> On 01/06/2018 04:54 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: >> >>> No, as would be obvious to anyone looking carefully at the photo (or the >>> real thing!), it's 1/4" x 20 UNC.  I really

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-06 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 07/01/2018 01:44, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 01/06/2018 04:54 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: No, as would be obvious to anyone looking carefully at the photo (or the real thing!), it's 1/4" x 20 UNC.  I really must learn to think before putting finger to keyboard. If it's

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-06 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 01/06/2018 04:54 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: > No, as would be obvious to anyone looking carefully at the photo (or the > real thing!), it's 1/4" x 20 UNC.  I really must learn to think before > putting finger to keyboard. If it's "quarter-twenty", that's a size shared by many

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-06 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
Sigh. Third time lucky. On 06/01/2018 16:11, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: Correction - it's 10-32.   I found one of the screws, photo at http://www.dunnington.cx/DEC/H960/kickplate/IMG_1006.JPG No, as would be obvious to anyone looking carefully at the photo (or the real thing!), it's

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-06 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 06/01/2018 15:45, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: On 06/01/2018 12:04, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: Using the measurements provided by Vince I've rejigged the drawing a bit and it ought to be closer. Looks good to me except... I had thought the hole in the front corner of the H960 was

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-06 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 06/01/2018 12:04, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: Using the measurements provided by Vince I've rejigged the drawing a bit and it ought to be closer. Looks good to me except... I had thought the hole in the front corner of the H960 was for a front panel pivot, but it seems the foot

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-06 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Using the measurements provided by Vince I've rejigged the drawing a bit and it ought to be closer. I hope this shows what was meant by the angled corner part, seems logical to have it like that. The radii 'too small to measure' without a gauge was entered as 1/16" and it looks acceptable.

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2018-01-03 Thread Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
From: Steve Malikoff via cctalk: Wednesday, January 03, 2018 3:26 PM Vince - thanks for the measurements, I will redraw a better 3-view using those. Not sure about how the extra bolt goes though. You're welcome, and thanks for your work on the drawing. One thing I forgot to mention -- on

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-03 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Excellent, that's a great start. Vince - thanks for the measurements, I will redraw a better 3-view using those. Not sure about how the extra bolt goes though. Ethan - thanks for confirming the different leg pad to frame pad. Noel - that is extremely useful info on the pads, I've now found them

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2018-01-03 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
I would be interested in a few dozen of the cabinet feet and maybe 18 for the stabilizer feet. I seem to recall looking at a few of the stabilizer feet a few months ago and noticing there were a few different versions. I will try to find my cabinet handbook and see what it says, and supply DEC

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-03 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Ethan Dicks > The rod is also smaller by quite a bit, but I don't have one in front > of me to measure. The two feet are quite different. The smaller one on the extender is 5/16"-18 (i.e. UNC Coarse thread); the larger one under the cabinet is 1/2"-13. Replacements can

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-03 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk wrote: > From: Steve Malikoff via cctalk: Tuesday, January 02, 2018 6:24 PM >> >> I'm in need of some feet for my H960s and am intending to make a few >> pairs, so I thought I might as well try and make them look

Re: DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-03 Thread Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
From: Steve Malikoff via cctalk: Tuesday, January 02, 2018 6:24 PM I'm in need of some feet for my H960s and am intending to make a few pairs, so I thought I might as well try and make them look close to the originals. I have some questions- Does the (optional?) sheetmetal kickplate play any

DEC H960 stabiliser feet. Have some questions.

2018-01-02 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
I'm in need of some feet for my H960s and am intending to make a few pairs, so I thought I might as well try and make them look close to the originals. I have a few ideas on construction, for instance 3mm steel plate laser-cut and folded jigsaw fashion then welded, or even simpler a basic welded