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Ralph Mowery

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For round holes, using chassis punches is painful. I have a heavy box
full of them, and rarely use them. Much better is a Rotex punch:
https://www.google.com/search?q=rotex+punch&tbm=isch
I have access to several when I need one.

It is nice to be able to have access to tools like that. One thing I
miss when I retired was access to some tools and a source of scrap
aluminum and stainless steel. Now I am back to just hand tools and a
small drill press at home. The ability to cut and bend metal parts came
in very handy.

I enjoy doing some simple projects, but would rather work with the
components than the mechanical part of construction.

While I do put the connectors on the coax and other cables, that is a
chore just to get signals from one place to another and time I could be
doing something more interisting to me.Spending several hours making up
cables for a duplexer is not fun, but tuning it and getting the repeater
to work is fun for me.