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Mine banged against the stops hard for more than a hour of stress testing. And I do mean HARD. They're pretty tough. To tell the truth, if one broke I was going to install a set of much larger meters, NOS from about 1969. But the originals survived just fine. So I guess they'll stay until some winter day when all my broken test equipment and everything else is fixed and I'm looking for something to do. Should be easy to sell the original Dixson meters at that point.
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Never tried or actually held a nibbler. I know they are often used for automotive sheet metal work. My father has a very old and complete set of those Greenlee sheet metal punches like Sniff found, but I've never had occasion to borrow them. For holes I use hole saws and a drill press. I have a pretty good selection and pretty much every size is available at the big box store or online.
For IEC plug holes, it doesn't take much time to drill just inside the outline and file. If a nibbler would work, then cool. The chassis are aluminum, with the commercial amps being the exception, they're steel.
For IEC plug holes, it doesn't take much time to drill just inside the outline and file. If a nibbler would work, then cool. The chassis are aluminum, with the commercial amps being the exception, they're steel.
