[CW] Beautiful W4PAL Micro Bug

[Joe Pontek Sr]

Hi, All.

I remembered talking to Bill, W4PAL, about a couple of his "one of" and 
that was
one of them.  I was more interest in his Magnavert, so I really don't 
remember
that much about that little key.  I do remember we discussed a miniature 
J-38
I wanted to make.  That was just before I came up here to the States and my
health issues.  In fact, I was just sorting through the brass pieces for 
that project.

Bill was a superb machinist and I sure miss being able to ask him 
questions like
my Uncle Stan, another master machinist.

I'm sure Bill had a large variety of shim stocks that we use for those 
springs to
play with.

73, Joe, K8JP/K5

On 3/2/2020 1:16 PM, David J. J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> It's a one-off key. At the end of his life he just wanted to see what he
> could do. He was a fine machinist and engineer. He made some beautiful 
> keys and clocks.
>
> I never saw this one except in this photo he sent me.
>
> I figured it would not work as well as a full sized key. The bigger 
> keys in my experience always worked better. The dots were cleaner and 
> more uniform.
>
> One bug that I predict is one of the best although I don't think I've 
> ever used one is the "TACo" Chicago McElroy bug, often they had a hole 
> in the base. It's a big long key.
>
> 73
> David

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