[CW] Better fingerpieces for the Vibroplex Vibrocube?
Danny Douglas
n7dc at comcast.net
Sat May 3 17:53:01 EDT 2014
Amen to the last there Whitey. Two of my grandkids live with us, and I
do most of my own repairs around here, and the day I retired I was on
the roof stripping it down and replacing both the shingles and the tar
paper. It was an awful lot of work and I declared NEVER AGAIN.
Here it is, almost 20 years later, and guess what- Yep gonna need a new
roof soon. Then about 4 years ago, I completely removed the old pressed
wood siding from the house, and put on new cement siding that looked
just like the wood - meanwhile I replaced all the windows, outside doors
and, of course, wrapped the whole house while doing it. The kids,
almost 13 and 15, are involved as much as I can get them to help.The
only thing I don't have them involved in, so far, is changing out wall
sockets, etc. The older cuts grass, and both help in the garden. The
older has also passed 5-8 WPM in code when I taught the whole Scout
troop the Signaling Merit Badge about 3 years ago, and the younger
learned some of it, by just sitting around as the old practiced on his
home brewed key/sounder, at the house. Both help me build/repair
dipoles and inverted L, etc. and lift them in the air. We are presently
laying out a new sidewalk from the kitchen porch, to the front of the
house, and down the front to the front door porch. Just framework of
1x6s and laying in 12 inch squares, but it is a tedious job, as the land
is slopped and it takes a bit of fiddling. They are learning. Both
are working, as we do different odd jobs, the Home Repair Merit Badge,
and it seems a bit harder to do than when I earned it lo 60 years ago.
Distraction is indeed the problem, not only with them, but every kid I
come across. All these electronics in the pockets need to go. I had a
whole lot less to do at those ages, and managed to do more.
> k1vv at comcast.net <mailto:k1vv at comcast.net>
> Friday, May 02, 2014 11:58 PM
> Joe ..... yes ... it is a different world .... we used to make
> "things" and use them ... today people BUY "things" and use them ...
> I guess I was very fortunate ... my farther could fix ANYTHING ... he
> was a plumber by trade ...When I was 8... I went out on jobs with him
> ... his brothers ... my uncles ... one was a sheet metal worker ......
> another a joiner ( finish carpenter .. cabinet maker) ... the third a
> painter ... I saw him do gold leaf work ... I never forgot how ....I
> learned a LOT....from all of them ... how to solder copper pipe ...
> mix cement ... plumb a wall with studs ... etc ....
> Today about half of all marriages end up in divorce ...We have a
> generation or more of boys and girls who grow up with a single parent
> ... most of the time it is a female because the women always get
> custody of the children ...many of the mothers do an excellent job
> raising their kids alone ... But the kids never saw their father
> change a washer in the kitchen sink faucet..... or change a tire on
> their car .....the kids have little or no "technical" exposure as they
> grow up ....But they could tell you what kind of wine goes with a fish
> dinner ....
> Almost every school here on Cape Cod has a STEM learning program ...
> Science ... Technology ... Engineering and Math .... it runs from about
> the 4th grade through the12 grade ... it teaches them how a flash
> light works ... or how to make crystal set ... things that most people
> my age did in the boy scouts or on our own .... add to this Twitter
> ... with 300 Twitter texts a day ..
> . and you have a LOST generation that is DISTRACTED .. How are they
> ever going be employed on a job that requires 6 to 8 hours
> every day of FOCUSED concentration ... in Medicine or Engineering
> .... God help this generation who will have to be treated by the doctors
> who are the products of this period .... or drive over bridges
> designed by the engineers ....
> Whitey K1VV ... 59 years on the bands... 99% CW ....
> *From: *"Joe V31JP" <v31jp1957 at gmail.com>
> *To: *"CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent: *Friday, May 2, 2014 11:24:59 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [CW] Better fingerpieces for the Vibroplex Vibrocube?
>
> I will partially agree with you, Whitey. But, it just isn't like days
> gone by.
> I do a lot of repair work and build things. When I got back into making
> different
> items, I was very disappointed at how difficult it is and/or expensive
> for what
> used be common items, parts and supplies. It causes some folks to choke
> when I quote them a repair. Sometimes I spend as much time locating the
> materials as I do in the job itself any more. Also, many folks did not
> grow up
> doing wood working as part of normal household chores, learning from
> fathers
> and uncles. That is a real shame. I have tried to pass the skills along
> to all
> my kids, that range from nearing 50 and down to 6 years old, boys and
> girls.
> And I cook and sew as well. ☺
>
> On 5/2/2014 9:08 PM, k1vv at comcast.net wrote:
> > Dave ..... did these guys ever think about making the wood or
> > plastic fingerpieces themselves ?
> > This is not brain surgery ...
> > This is ham radio ... have they forgotten that REAL hams used to do
> > this ....
> > Whitey
>
> --
> Regards, Joe, Ronnie (Rowena), Marty & Sidney Pontek
> P.O. Box 280, Dangriga, Stann Creek District
> (Hopkins Village) Belize
> 011-501-666-3564 Belize (cellular)
> or
> 5204 Texas Highway 49 W
> Omaha, TX 75571-6474
> U.S.A.
> 903-434-9111 (My NEW cellular when in Texas)
> 903-884-5990 (Skype telephone number, Belize & TX)
> Also, K8JP, member FOC-1743, CWops-876, QCWA-LM21894, OOTC-4607, A1OP,
> SKCC-3171T, NAQCC-5798, Flying Pig-2819, FISTS-7625CC951, A1C-2299,
> PG1915841
> Skype: v31joepalooka
> Facebook: Joe Pontek
> I am looking for Vibroplex Model X, Double lever and prefer basket
> cases to restore.
> V3FOC, I am SKCC 10691
>
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> Joe V31JP <mailto:v31jp1957 at gmail.com>
> Friday, May 02, 2014 11:24 PM
> I will partially agree with you, Whitey. But, it just isn't like days
> gone by.
> I do a lot of repair work and build things. When I got back into
> making different
> items, I was very disappointed at how difficult it is and/or expensive
> for what
> used be common items, parts and supplies. It causes some folks to choke
> when I quote them a repair. Sometimes I spend as much time locating the
> materials as I do in the job itself any more. Also, many folks did
> not grow up
> doing wood working as part of normal household chores, learning from
> fathers
> and uncles. That is a real shame. I have tried to pass the skills
> along to all
> my kids, that range from nearing 50 and down to 6 years old, boys and
> girls.
> And I cook and sew as well. ☺
>
>
>
> k1vv at comcast.net <mailto:k1vv at comcast.net>
> Friday, May 02, 2014 11:08 PM
> Dave ..... did these guys ever think about making the wood or
> plastic fingerpieces themselves ?
> This is not brain surgery ...
> This is ham radio ... have they forgotten that REAL hams used to do
> this ....
> Whitey
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From: *"Joe V31JP" <v31jp1957 at gmail.com>
> *To: *"CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent: *Friday, May 2, 2014 11:01:41 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [CW] Better fingerpieces for the Vibroplex Vibrocube?
>
> Oh, I did not know Gregg stopped making them, Jim. Sorry.
> When I get home, Belize, I am in the hunt for a couple of woods.
> Dave knows my quest. One is a wood with contrasting light and dark
> sections and the other is a Rosewood burl. I want them for both key
> bases and, maybe, finger pieces. And, I hear good reports about
> 2B Radio Parts.
>
> On 5/2/2014 8:39 PM, Jim Lowman wrote:
> > Those do look very nice, Joe, but apparently he's no longer making the
> > wood fingerpieces.
> >
> > 72/73 de Jim - AD6CW
> >
> > On 5/2/2014 7:15 PM, Joe V31JP wrote:
> >> Try here, Jim.
> >>
> >> http://www.egr.msu.edu/~mulderg/
> >>
> >> Gregg does nice work.
> >>
> >> I did not see in a quick look of the "Cube", but maybe.
> >> I have the older Kent iambic and its paddles are a bit soft.
> >> On the newer model iambic, the brass goes out further,
> >> thus stiffens the paddles.
> >>
> >
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> --
> Regards, Joe, Ronnie (Rowena), Marty & Sidney Pontek
> P.O. Box 280, Dangriga, Stann Creek District
> (Hopkins Village) Belize
> 011-501-666-3564 Belize (cellular)
> or
> 5204 Texas Highway 49 W
> Omaha, TX 75571-6474
> U.S.A.
> 903-434-9111 (My NEW cellular when in Texas)
> 903-884-5990 (Skype telephone number, Belize & TX)
> Also, K8JP, member FOC-1743, CWops-876, QCWA-LM21894, OOTC-4607, A1OP,
> SKCC-3171T, NAQCC-5798, Flying Pig-2819, FISTS-7625CC951, A1C-2299,
> PG1915841
> Skype: v31joepalooka
> Facebook: Joe Pontek
> I am looking for Vibroplex Model X, Double lever and prefer basket
> cases to restore.
> V3FOC, I am SKCC 10691
>
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> Joe V31JP <mailto:v31jp1957 at gmail.com>
> Friday, May 02, 2014 11:01 PM
> Oh, I did not know Gregg stopped making them, Jim. Sorry.
> When I get home, Belize, I am in the hunt for a couple of woods.
> Dave knows my quest. One is a wood with contrasting light and dark
> sections and the other is a Rosewood burl. I want them for both key
> bases and, maybe, finger pieces. And, I hear good reports about
> 2B Radio Parts.
>
>
>
> Jim Lowman <mailto:jmlowman at sbcglobal.net>
> Friday, May 02, 2014 10:39 PM
> Those do look very nice, Joe, but apparently he's no longer making the
> wood fingerpieces.
>
> 72/73 de Jim - AD6CW
>
>
>
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