I would never ship it with the front handles on, I would have thought the handles would be more robust than these side straps. I have no confidence in them handling the weight.?
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Feb 25, 2022, at 12:42 PM, Lothar baier <Lothar@...> wrote:
?
Unless you find a new set the handles are fairly hard to come by ,? most companies removed them to avoid people trying to lift the units of benches using the front handles and as a result either dropping and damaging the unit and/or hurting
themselves for the units that entered the used equipment market with handles the handles usually get bent up when the units were shipped and subsequently were removed by dealers ,? I fixed and calibrated hundrets of 8753D, E,ES units when I worked at tucker
and 90% of the units that came in the lab either came in with no handles or the handles were bad
?
Sent from for Windows
?
?
I smell a small amount OCD. But kidding aside, *beautiful* kit!
I too want my equipment as clean as possible. Which, eg for the 5342a took quite a bit of time to assemble the cosmetically best parts into my shack unit. The 2nd best looking 5342a is on loan to a ham friend, #3 is incomplete and lives in the cellar.
For those in EU, I have 2 sets of HP handles available, ex-HP 8642a, for sale/trade.
Wilko
?
