Fabbing Up Mobile Brackets?

[2RT307]

Have any of you guys fabricated your own mobile brackets for your rig? I've been thinking about it, since most companies want an arm and a leg for one if they are even still available. Icom doesn't even offer one for the IC-718 anymore. Is it easier just to go to a machine shop and show them what you need, or can it be a do-it-yourself project?

73,
Brett

 

[GnG8d]

Get you some air nibblers and homebrew a cheap break, no problem.

The problem may be finding a fab shop to do the work for you. I tried to get a cainet broke up here a couple years ago and couldn't find a fab shop. I closed my machine shop in 2005 after some local plant closings and big layoffs, it would seem that the fab shops followed suit soon after.

 

[2RT307]

Get you some air nibblers and homebrew a cheap break, no problem.

The problem may be finding a fab shop to do the work for you. I tried to get a cainet broke up here a couple years ago and couldn't find a fab shop. I closed my machine shop in 2005 after some local plant closings and big layoffs, it would seem that the fab shops followed suit soon after.

Yeah, I need a friend that works at a fab shop. Too much work and not enough money in it for them. Unless maybe they made up a bunch of brackets for President Lincoln/HR2510's to sell on Ebay. Have you priced those silly things lately?

Here's a link to one that a guy did himself. The metal does not look thick enough to me, though.

President Lincoln Bracket in Radio pictures/videos Forum

73,
Brett

 

[Mudfoot]

Check out some heating/cooling places. most of them have breaks.

 

[GnG8d]

That one looks pretty flimsy ....... and a little ragged hehe. I'd probably use aluminum, clean the edges up with a belt sander, paint it and be done.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Yeah, I need a friend that works at a fab shop. Too much work and not enough money in it for them. Unless maybe they made up a bunch of brackets for President Lincoln/HR2510's to sell on Ebay. Have you priced those silly things lately?

Here's a link to one that a guy did himself. The metal does not look thick enough to me, though.

President Lincoln Bracket in Radio pictures/videos Forum

73,
Brett

Scary flimsy that one is.

I use some 1/8 inch thick aluminum plate and some aluminum angle stock and make up whatever I want for brackets of any kind whether they are mobile radio brackets or anything else.

 

[2RT307]

Scary flimsy that one is.

I use some 1/8 inch thick aluminum plate and some aluminum angle stock and make up whatever I want for brackets of any kind whether they are mobile radio brackets or anything else.

So are you using nuts/bolts to attach the angle stock to the plate, or are you welding? Do you have pics?

Thanks,
Brett

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

No pix. I use aluminum angle stock and drill holes. Sometimes I use thru holes with nuts and bolts other times I tap the holes. Just depends on how nice I want or need it to be.

 

[GnG8d]

Pop rivets work with the angle/sheet method of making a 90* corner too, and gives a finished look.