[CW] Speed-X 114-520 feet

[Joe Pontek Sr]

I have drilled out the rivets and replaced the feet using pop type 
rivets.  It was a pain.  It was easier to drill & tap the holes after
and use screws, sometimes with washers, depending on the feet. This 
route used for restoration, but for using, I changed
them over to three feet for better stability.

73, K8JP - V31JP

On 4/14/2018 10:01 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> Hello Grant,
>
> The bumpers - or rubber feet - are riveted on.
>
> 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
>
> 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
>
> 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.
>
>     Most all speed keys come with 3 feet since they are self leveling.
>
>     So its odd Les Logan never caught onto it..
>
>     And your correct, removing the 4 old feet is difficult due to the
>     rivets freezing up.
>
>     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..
>
>     You can find many sources for the self sticking feet off Ebay and
>     Amazon.
>
>     They have an adhesive on the bottom.
>
>     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!!!!
>
>
> I do what Frank does on my Les Logan key (same key).
>
> 73
> DR
> N1EA
>
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