uBitx - Home Brewed enclosure
From the first experience of making the case for Bitx40, I
thought of having a simple tool for folding the aluminium sheet. Made one with
Ply wood and hinges. See the picture below.
This tool did a decent job of folding sheet with less effort
and fast. All we need is to fix the sheet well aligned and clamped tightly
before folding. Here as well, used same 1.6mm Aluminium sheet.
Height reduction
I felt that the height of case can be reduced further as
lots of space available. Soldered a
separate connector below the PCB and also straightened the leads on Raduino
board.
SO239 Socket
Replaced the BNC connector with SO-239 since all the antenna
connectors in my shack are the same.
Speaker Grill
Front Panel
On the Air indicator
And the completed Case
Bitx40 and uBitx
73s
Sajeesh Pilakkat
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Excellent, Sajeesh. I always appreciate when someone is able to build entirely from scratch ! I'm going to use your idea for adding a connector to the main board to reduce raduino height. 73 Paul Zs2OE
ReplyDeleteFantastic build. In the U.S., where can I purchase aluminum sheet material?
ReplyDelete73
--walt
Thanks. May try in HomeDepot ?
Deletemany hardware stores and home improvement stores (ACE Hardware, Lowes, Home Depot etc) sell sheet aluminum.
ReplyDeleteYou will find better prices however if you go to a metal supply store. google or look it up in the yellow pages.
Excellent...!!
ReplyDeleteIt's cute, Sajeesh
ReplyDeleteSinosh VU2LN
Great job, sir, if possible, please try and make a video of how you make the box (bending) with your homebrew bender.
ReplyDeleteVery Good Case
ReplyDeleteRamkumar, SWL
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