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This Group is mighty nice.? I have enjoyed it tremendously for a while now and have learned from others here.? I have a question now.? I have installed my xbitx in an old junked Repeater Case, no testing yet, but I would like to have better choices with the standoffs for the board and display.? The display is a little too far in for my total liking.? Maybe you can see with pics.? Not finished yet.? What are the threads per inch (maybe 4-40) and so on?? I ordered some from Mouser but were surely not what I wanted and expected.? Any help is surely and greatly appreciated.
Ron
KJ4FFG
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The threads are M3 × 0.5.? The standoffs I have are 11 mm long with a 6 mm male threaded part.? Lots of kits on ebay.
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They are metric 3 mm.?
So you have to use 3mm bolts those for the supplied spacers.
Most places have
plastic spacers too.? Get 4-40 size ones.? Un-threaded 0.096"
or 0.1" and you can use #4 sheet metal screws or self thread
4-40 screws.? Check Mouser.? Or mail order surplus, like All
Electronics.
Buy long ones and cut
them off to the length you need.?? The ACE and other local
hardware stores have brass and Al. tubing for model making.
K&M Metals or some
name like that.? Al. , Brass, or Copper is easier to work with
than steel.
You could cut up
spacer from them too.? Could even go to putting nuts at the
other end?
Our local ACE has a
whole section of hardware, including Metric.
73's Mike WA6ISP
On 2/28/2018 8:20 AM, R S via Groups.Io
wrote:
This Group is
mighty nice.? I have enjoyed it tremendously for a while now and
have learned from others here.? I have a question now.? I have
installed my xbitx in an old junked Repeater Case, no testing yet,
but I would like to have better choices with the standoffs for the
board and display.? The display is a little too far in for my
total liking.? Maybe you can see with pics.? Not finished yet.?
What are the threads per inch (maybe 4-40) and so on?? I ordered
some from Mouser but were surely not what I wanted and expected.?
Any help is surely and greatly appreciated.
Ron
KJ4FFG
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Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID "MotDog@..."
Mike@...
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Thanks for the good info. I’ll get going on the standoffs asap.
Thank you both,
On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 12:17, Michael Hagen <motdog@...> wrote:
They are metric 3 mm.?
So you have to use 3mm bolts those for the supplied spacers.
Most places have
plastic spacers too.? Get 4-40 size ones.? Un-threaded 0.096"
or 0.1" and you can use #4 sheet metal screws or self thread
4-40 screws.? Check Mouser.? Or mail order surplus, like All
Electronics.
Buy long ones and cut
them off to the length you need.?? The ACE and other local
hardware stores have brass and Al. tubing for model making.
K&M Metals or some
name like that.? Al. , Brass, or Copper is easier to work with
than steel.
You could cut up
spacer from them too.? Could even go to putting nuts at the
other end?
Our local ACE has a
whole section of hardware, including Metric.
73's Mike WA6ISP
On 2/28/2018 8:20 AM, R S via Groups.Io
wrote:
This Group is
mighty nice.? I have enjoyed it tremendously for a while now and
have learned from others here.? I have a question now.? I have
installed my xbitx in an old junked Repeater Case, no testing yet,
but I would like to have better choices with the standoffs for the
board and display.? The display is a little too far in for my
total liking.? Maybe you can see with pics.? Not finished yet.?
What are the threads per inch (maybe 4-40) and so on?? I ordered
some from Mouser but were surely not what I wanted and expected.?
Any help is surely and greatly appreciated.
Ron
KJ4FFG
--
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID "MotDog@..."
Mike@...
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Ron,?
I like a lot of the cases I see used for BitXes, I really like this one and your choice of knobs and layout
Craig KM4YEC
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On Feb 28, 2018, at 11:20 AM, R S via Groups.Io < rons8@...> wrote:
This Group is mighty nice.? I have enjoyed it tremendously for a while now and have learned from others here.? I have a question now.? I have installed my xbitx in an old junked Repeater Case, no testing yet, but I would like to have better choices with the standoffs for the board and display.? The display is a little too far in for my total liking.? Maybe you can see with pics.? Not finished yet.? What are the threads per inch (maybe 4-40) and so on?? I ordered some from Mouser but were surely not what I wanted and expected.? Any help is surely and greatly appreciated.
Ron
KJ4FFG
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I also trim spacers to length.? I bought a hundred ? inch aluminum 4-40 spacers which I cut a little longer than I need and then I chuck them in a drill press.? Using a file I can then trim them to within a couple of thousands of an inch.? Here’s a couple of photos of the display installation on my incomplete uBITX. 
I cut the spacers a little short to have the display flush with the front panel so I had to add some washers to compensate. Mike K5ESS ?
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Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 11:18 AM
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Subject: Re: [BITX20] ubitx standoffs #parts? They are metric 3 mm.? So you have to use 3mm bolts those for the supplied spacers. Most places have plastic spacers too.? Get 4-40 size ones.? Un-threaded 0.096" or 0.1" and you can use #4 sheet metal screws or self thread 4-40 screws.? Check Mouser.? Or mail order surplus, like All Electronics. Buy long ones and cut them off to the length you need.?? The ACE and other local hardware stores have brass and Al. tubing for model making. K&M Metals or some name like that.? Al. , Brass, or Copper is easier to work with than steel. You could cut up spacer from them too.? Could even go to putting nuts at the other end? Our local ACE has a whole section of hardware, including Metric. ? 73's Mike WA6ISP ? ? On 2/28/2018 8:20 AM, R S via Groups.Io wrote: This Group is mighty nice.? I have enjoyed it tremendously for a while now and have learned from others here.? I have a question now.? I have installed my xbitx in an old junked Repeater Case, no testing yet, but I would like to have better choices with the standoffs for the board and display.? The display is a little too far in for my total liking.? Maybe you can see with pics.? Not finished yet.? What are the threads per inch (maybe 4-40) and so on?? I ordered some from Mouser but were surely not what I wanted and expected.? Any help is surely and greatly appreciated.
Ron
KJ4FFG
-- Mike Hagen, WA6ISP 10917 Bryant Street Yucaipa, Ca. 92399 (909) 918-0058 PayPal ID? "MotDog@..." Mike@...
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Thank you very much for your comment Craig.
Mike, I intend to at least get the display mounted recessed back at a minimum of the thickness of the panel material.? Some good thoughts about what to use.
Thanks all,
Ron ? KJ4FFG
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Mike, I left out the statement:? very clean lines and sweet looking in and out.? Good work.
Ron ? KJ4FFG
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Here is my BitX..
3D printed spacers, Knobs, and Bezel.?
It is like cheating to make exactly the spacer you need!? Since
they are ABS, I can heat a 4-40 bolt on the stove and TAP them
with treads too.?? The LCD Backlight has a bump at one end,? so
to get the LCD parallel you need an inside spacer about 1/8".
Mike, WA6ISP
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They are metric 3 mm.? So you have to use 3mm
bolts those for the supplied spacers.
Most places have plastic spacers too.? Get 4-40
size ones.? Un-threaded 0.096" or 0.1" and you can use #4
sheet metal screws or self thread 4-40 screws.? Check
Mouser.? Or mail order surplus, like All Electronics.
Buy long ones and cut them off to the length you
need.?? The ACE and other local hardware stores have brass
and Al. tubing for model making.
K&M Metals or some name like that.? Al. ,
Brass, or Copper is easier to work with than steel.
You could cut up spacer from them too.? Could even
go to putting nuts at the other end?
Our local ACE has a whole section of hardware,
including Metric.
?
73's Mike WA6ISP
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On 2/28/2018 8:20 AM, R S via Groups.Io
wrote:
This Group is mighty nice.? I have
enjoyed it tremendously for a while now and have learned
from others here.? I have a question now.? I have installed
my xbitx in an old junked Repeater Case, no testing yet, but
I would like to have better choices with the standoffs for
the board and display.? The display is a little too far in
for my total liking.? Maybe you can see with pics.? Not
finished yet.? What are the threads per inch (maybe 4-40)
and so on?? I ordered some from Mouser but were surely not
what I wanted and expected.? Any help is surely and greatly
appreciated.
Ron
KJ4FFG
--
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID? "MotDog@..."
Mike@...
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Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID "MotDog@..."
Mike@...
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For those in the US, bereft of a 3D printer, our local ACE Hardware store has an amazing
collection of nuts and bolts and spacers, nylon and brass and steel, imperial and metric.
Including some nice generic knobs for electronics.? ?
Nylon spacers are easily cut to size with an Xacto knife.
Jerry, KE7ER
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On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 12:10 pm, Michael Hagen wrote:
3D printed spacers, Knobs, and Bezel.? It is like cheating to make exactly the spacer you need!? Since they are ABS, I can heat a 4-40 bolt on the stove and TAP them with treads too.?? The LCD Backlight has a bump at one end,? so to get the LCD parallel you need an inside spacer about 1/8".
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On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 01:38 pm, Jerry Gaffke wrote:
ACE Hardware store has an amazing
collection of nuts and bolts and spacers, nylon and brass and steel, imperial and metric.
Including some nice generic knobs for electronics.?
I was just there last Saturday to get some M3 screws.? I didn't even think to look for knobs!? I'll pay more attention next time, and maybe have some coffee before I go.
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Mike, would you share the STL files for your knobs? I've been printing knobs by the bucket loads and can't quite get any to fit the way I want.
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Yes, I have to look
for the files.? I use 6-32 set screws.? You can clean out the
holes, and heat up a long 6-32 bolt on the stove to tap them
if you don't have a tap.?? I spent days making knobs, so I
have lots of files I need to look through.? Last year I
switched to ABS because some of my parts melted in the car!
I finally made one for
the small shafted volume too, after trying the shrink wrap
trick.
It may take me a day.
73's
Mike, WA6ISP
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Mike, would you
share the STL files for your knobs? I've been printing knobs by
the bucket loads and can't quite get any to fit the way I want.
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Dan Reynolds -- KB9JLO
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Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID "MotDog@..."
Mike@...
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Thanks Mike. I have an old PrinterBot Simple Makers Edition (last of the laser cut wood kits). I've mod'd it to have a larger print volume and those parts are printed in PLA so if I add a heated bed it would melt! LOL!
I want to try that ProtoPasta HTPLA - you can 'bake' it in the oven to make it more temperature resistant. Going to try some samples from them.?
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Dan Reynolds -- KB9JLO
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