Feet for SB Heathkit Equipment

[W6CUX]

I bought a lot of 100 of one of those bumpers from McMaster-Carr to match my
SB100 type equipment and when they arrived I found most of them to be of
very poor quality. They apparently used a two-piece mold to make the part
and the mold parts were mismatched / misaligned.  I should have returned
them but decided it wasn't worth the trouble. I was able to sort out enough
good ones for my immediate need and threw the rest away.

I was really surprised since I had always heard that McMaster-Carr was a
responsibly vendor and, when I was working, used a lot of their parts in my
projects and they were always of good quality.

73, Stu W6CUX.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Seitz" <cseitz at ENTER.NET>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 8:06 AM
Subject: Feet for SB Heathkit Equipment


> For replacements of cabinet feet:
>
> http://www.mcmaster.com/
>
> Page 3457 (Recessed Bumpers)
>
> My older SB equipment has rubber bumpers with the
> top diameter being larger than the bottom of the riser.
>
> My SB-104 has what appears to be plastic bumpers that
> are more flush with the bottom of the risers.
>
> I have seen bumpers both with and without the metal
> washer.
>
> It's hard to which are correct because they may have been
> replaced by previous oweners but the style I descibed
> for the older equipment is very common.
>
>                   ---  CHAS  WA2DYA

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