[Elecraft] Blackwidow

[Donnie Garrett]

Where can info be found about the Black Widow paddle?

Don / WA9TGT

On 7/10/06, Darrell Bellerive <va7to at rac.ca> wrote:
> Keep the info on the Blackwidow coming. Until I can afford an Elecraft Hex
> Key, this will probably be my paddle.
>
> I don't do well with brass, as my perspiration tends to leave marks on it.
> Just wonder if you Blackwidow paddle owners treated the brass with Everbrite
> and how well that worked.
>
> Darrell
>
>
> On July 10, 2006 03:54 pm, Nick Waterman wrote:
> > John wrote:
> > > The Blackwidow paddle is a good addition for a kit built station. The
> > > kit went together well and operation is smooth.
> >
> > Niiiiiiice, and like your pics.
> >
> > My Black Widow kit turned up on Saturday.
> >
> > > The hardest part of the build was finishing the brass components.
> >
> > Yeeeeah, I started following Jerry's instructions, with the sandpaper on
> > a flat surface, spent hours and hours sanding it and barely making a
> > dent in the very visible machining marks. Then I attacked it with the
> > buzzy electric sander, and within a minute or two had the whole lot
> > clean and flat. It now has a matt finish, with millions of tiny spirals
> > and swirls on it. I can't decide whether to leave it as it is, or go
> > onto the much finer polishing next. Looks like you went for the mirror
> > effect - was it worth the effort?
>
> --
> Darrell Bellerive
> Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA
> Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
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WA9TGT / Don Garrett / Muncie, IN