Yeah, they help keep things in place while you're assembling it, but once the radio and screws are in, they don't really seem necessary.
On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 4:47 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wonder 9f the punch spec was to punch the other direction. Theres no > real reason for the tabs to be offset. I just broke those out since they > dont seem to serve any real purpose other than irritating a person on field > swaps > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2021, 4:42 PM Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Cutting of the metal tabs with something like an angle grinder with a >> cut-off wheel in it would probably work pretty well. I think I used a 3" >> cut-off tool last time, which didn't work too badly. I've tried just >> bending them out of the way, but that causes problems. >> >> It really annoys me, because all they would've needed to do is shift >> those tabs over like 1/8" and it would've worked just fine either way. It >> almost looks like they intentionally designed it to be able to flip over, >> and then changed it slightly so it couldn't. >> >> On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 4:28 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> You find a good way to grind out the punch? I didnt have an angle >>> grinder with me just a bench grinder, took forever and is rough. >>> >>> Its irritating because the punch is a viewing window for the LEDs and >>> the pins are set for rotation. But then a second engineer designer smoked >>> crack and finished up the design >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2021, 4:14 PM Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> been there, done that... >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 4:11 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> AF mailing list >>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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