[CW] Speed-X 114-520 feet

[GRANT YOUNGMAN]

Thanks … 

I probably have some appropriate stick-on feet in the trove.  I’ve owned lots of bugs over the years, but this is my first ever Speed-X.  I really like it.  The feet have gotten a bit hard and lost their “sticky” with age, so I have to use a non-slip pad under it.  At least this one doesn't wobble.

I checked out WA9TGT’s feet, and they apparently just press on over the existing rivet heads.  I’ll see if they work on this one.

Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091, KX3 #8342
SKCC #18434

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> The bumpers - or rubber feet - are riveted on.
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> Most people replace the wobbly four bumpers with THREE rubber stick-on  bumpers from Amazon <https://www.amazon.com/Self-Adhesive-Bumper-82-Piece-Spherical-Square/dp/B06XCLYL53/ref=sr_1_4>.
> https://www.amazon.com/Self-Adhesive-Bumper-82-Piece-Spherical-Square/dp/B06XCLYL53/ref=sr_1_4 <https://www.amazon.com/Self-Adhesive-Bumper-82-Piece-Spherical-Square/dp/B06XCLYL53/ref=sr_1_4>
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> 2B Radio Parts also sells bumpers for this - but I don't know how he mounts his.
> https://2bradioparts.com/Les%20Logan%20Key%20Parts%20page16.html <https://2bradioparts.com/Les%20Logan%20Key%20Parts%20page16.html>
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> Frank, W7IS is our resident expert on this bugs.  He usually chimes in with:
> Les Logan used 4 feet on his keys and the 4 feet can cause the key to wobble if they are not all perfectly level.
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> Most all speed keys come with 3 feet since they are self leveling.
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> So its odd Les Logan never caught onto it..
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> And your correct, removing the 4 old feet is difficult due to the rivets freezing up.
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> So what I do is simply leave the 4 old feet in place and instead use 3 self sticking on feet that are slightly higher..
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> You can find many sources for the self sticking feet off Ebay and Amazon.
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> They have an adhesive on the bottom.
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> I've done that on quite a few Les Logans and find its the best solution.
> Plus you can pick up an entire sheet of the self adhesive rubber feet and use them on other projects around the house!!!!
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> I do what Frank does on my Les Logan key (same key).
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> 73
> DR
> N1EA
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> On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 9:22 AM, GRANT YOUNGMAN <ghyoungman at gmail.com <mailto:ghyoungman at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I recently acquired a very nice E F Johnson114-520 Speed-X bug, which could benefit greatly from new feet.
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> I went to unscrew the old ones and replace them this morning in what I thought would be an easy 5 minute job, only to realize that they appear to be staked on instead of being easily removable.  In any case, what I expected would be screw heads holding them on, don’t look like screw heads.
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> Am I missing something simple?  Or is there no easy way to replace them other than to try and pop out the stakes.  I don’t want to damage anything.
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> Thanks … 

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