If it's a steel chassis, use neodymium magnets, possibly with electrical
tape to enhance friction. The two big problems that you have with these are
(a) getting them apart once they've attached themselves to a piece of iron,
and (b) keeping their fragile little selves from shattering when you fumble
them and they bonk into each other at great velocity.

You can do a web search on on the obvious and get a half-dozen or more
vendors. I just ordered some from Gaussboys (www.gaussboys.com); they were
very prompt, and the magnets seem to be good quality.

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Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com


"Mike Knudsen" wrote in message
...
In article . net, "Phil
Nelson" writes:

This is almost too dumb to mention, but after years of struggling to prop
up
heavy chassis on my workbench, it finally occurred to me to screw some
heavy
corner braces into the chassis mounting holes.

Great idea, but what about a chassis that has no holes in it for the bolts
to
go thru? Most readers of this newsgroup would not like to drill new holes
in a
vintage chassis.

For years I have put off repairing my Philco 38-116, because its huge
chassis
has projecting studs that prevent it from resting on its sides on the
bench. I
will probably sell this radio (console) as-is before building something to
hold
the chassis.
--Mike K.

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