[Elecraft] Re: Hexkey waiting on bench, due to warning

[Mike B]

If this is the same stuff I'm thinking of, in addition to "Rug Gripper" as
another fellow posted, it's available in smaller rolls in the housewares section
of stores like Wal-Mart.  It's marketed as a type of drawer liner.  I've also
seen it in the hardware stores, and I also once saw a sleeping bag with a 12" or
so band of the material around the center - marketed as a way to keep your bag
from sliding around the tent floor at night.

There are different thicknesses and levels of how bumpy it is, for lack of a
better term.  I have one type (sold as a rug keeper), but it slides on my
varnished desk top with the HexKey.  I'm sure it's primarily me and excessive
hand movement, but it very well may work great for others.

One thing to keep in mind, too, is how much contact you have with the paddles.
If you just barely graze the outer edge of the paddles, you'll have a fair bit
more leverage than someone whose thumb tip rests on the paddles' screws.

AJSOENKE at aol.com wrote:
> I got a small swatch of a rubberized waffle like padding - you can see  
> through the mesh like a screen - and it stops the 'scoot' really great.

Just my ramblings...

73,

Mike KW1ND