[simpits-tech] Using D-Type Connectors

[Rick Davis]

Sorry Gene,

(or was that Greg??) Bwahaha. Bad day in black rock there for me. Egg all 
over the house! ha.  And for some reason the cats have been going nuts, 
because there is a strong,  lingering odour of  Trout. Rainbow perhaps. 
Raccoons showing up too.

Anyway,

I'll try not to "top post" in the future. (especially "top-posting over my 
top-posting") I know how much you hate it. It's just what I'm used to. I can 
learn new things. Yes I can.

R



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Davis" <rd at ns.sympatico.ca>
To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Using D-Type Connectors


> Aaahhh!
>
> That's the spirit!
>
> I've built lots of custom tool bits over the years. No computer. No Cad, 
> and
> no CNC's
>
> A grinder, a file, a micrometer, a hacksaw, a chalk pencil and a bunch of
> brass stock & crap doing nothing else besides take up room.
>
> You must have access to a 5 ton press or something there Roy. Employ some
> hardwood blocks and you're good to go. Unless you want to do this 100 
> times.
> In that case, spring for the Greenlee. I have a few of them here as well.
> Don't remember what they cost, (bought them 20 years ago) but they are all
> square, and large.
>
> You will need this intuitive line of thinking to get into the FAA perhaps.
>
> :)
>
> Best,
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roy Coates" <roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk>
> To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Using D-Type Connectors
>
>
>> On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Rick Davis wrote:
>>
>>> How's about two pieces of rectangular iron tubing, one that slides 
>>> nicely
>>> into the other. If you could find such a thing. Or a piece of 
>>> rectangular
>>> tube, and a rectangular solid insert. You could probably do it with a
>>> bench
>>> clamp.
>>>
>>> Just scratching my inventive (mother of necessity) head. Make believe
>>> you're
>>> on the space Shuttle Roy. Look around. Your life depends upon it. You'll
>>> find a way.
>>
>> I guess it depends on the material you're cutting. A pair of steel
>> sections would work - could easily case-harden them too.
>>
>> Think I might have a rummage around our stores at work ;-)
>>
>> --
>>
>> Roy Coates.
>> Dept of Engineering.
>> Liverpool University.
>> E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk
>> Tel: 0151 794 4862
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>> Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs
>> meter.
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>>
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