You might mention the book you took that from. I am guessing you have never
done it yourself. I know the book, myself, and have had conversations with
Bill. The only ones I refinished were, as I wrote, badly damaged. To do it properly,
it is not for the lazy or weak of heart. Those numbers quoted are really estimates,
but good suggestions about the process. I used long screws in the feet holes
to stand it up, handle it and while it baked in the clear.

73, Joe, K8JP/K5

JAPANNING A KEY BASE

To Refinish Or Not To Refinish — Again I feel the need to remind the reader that it is not the intent of this book to encourage anyone to do any of the operations described. Rather, the purpose is to offer successful ways to accomplish those tasks if the reader how to refinish the badly damaged japanning of a speed key base such as shown in Fig-1. Speed Key Base Finishes — Before the advent of modern paints, japanning was used very often as

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