[CW] MAC Key

[Troy,w6hv]

Joe,

My Mac key (Deluxe Model, serial number 1784) weights measure 7/8" diameter by 1/4" thick.

Troy, W6HV

-----Original Message----- 
From: Joe V31JP 
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 11:35 AM 
To: Richard Knoppow ; CW Reflector 
Subject: Re: [CW] MAC Key 

Actually, they were probably made of 1/2 hard brass.  I lost the Mac Key 
weight diameter and mine are in Texas. Given the diameter of the weight
and thickness, I can order the brass and easily make them as well as 
nickel plate them.  I am still working on the rope knurling die to make the
thumb screws with rope knurling.

On 1/4/2014 1:14 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net>
> To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 8:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [CW] MAC Key
>
>    I could never find a Mac key that I could afford but have a couple 
> of TAC keys. These have weights that sound like the ones on the Mac 
> key and I wonder if they would fit. I don't know if they would be any 
> easier to find.  It seems to me that anyone with reasonable skill with 
> a lathe could make weights from brass stock and get them plated if 
> required. The originals are probably made of hard brass, the weight 
> would tell.
>
>

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