*Hmmm..I do remember them, BUT, on the car I owned at that time, the switch was round, about 1" in diameter and if I was to use that in a contest I would need a new shoe/slipper/foot as they had a distinct resistant to pressure so as to not activate with a brush from your shoe when using the clutch.
Aaaaah...them was the good Ol daze eh?.......:-) 1955 FJ Holden 'Special', 6 cyclinder, carby, came complete with rattling tappets (what are those some will moan), spark plugs and a Generator....no alternator...wow...we have come a long way. Now you look under the hood and look at a sea of plastic.... OK, back under my rock I go and join the other dinosaurs :-) 73 Gary * On 16 July 2012 12:01, Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]> wrote: > Another source to consider is the local auto junk (er... 'used parts') yard > for an older car headlight dimmer foot switch. Most Hams today probably > weren't born when they were common, but one mashed a switch about 1" in > diameter on the floorboards next to the clutch (yes, that far back..) to > lower or dim the headlights. Those switches take huge abuse and have a nice > tactile feel with a solid "click" felt through your foot to prevent > accidentally tripping them. Make up a simple little wooden triangular > holder > and you are set for life. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > > Good timing. Ive been thinking about making one up using an old sewing > making foot control never though of checking out the local music shop. > > On 7/15/2012 7:42 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > *Jim, > > > > I went to the local musical instrument shop (Guitar Shop) and was > > shown a myriad of footswitches. A simple, all metal one cost me $19.00 > > AUD and has been in use for 2 years and no issues. It is even > > switchable NO/NC...:-) > > > > Figure I got my bucks worth by now. > > > > 73 > > Gary > > * > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- *Gary* *"If you don't know where you are going you will probably end up somewhere else."* ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
