We invite all ops to come help the North American QRP CW Club (NAQCC) celebrate its Fourth Anniversary. How? By working our special event station N3A which...
Hi gang, Hope to get some direction on using glue to laminate some plexiglass for a HB bug. The lamination is for part of the arm and finger knob pieces. Being...
Hey Walter and the gang; A *good* (well-stocked) hobby store should be able to offer advice and product to accomplish what you want. Often there will be...
Hi, All - When I have had to glue smooth (polished) surfaces of Lucite together, I have found chloroform to work very well. Even with clear lucite there is no...
GM Bob and Gang, Bob, thanks for the Hobby Shop idea. There are none close to me so next time I go in towards the city I will have a list of them to visit....
............................... .......top reply........... .............................. Hi Richard......Mr. RotoBug (great stuff) OK will look for some...
Left Hand Bug Wanted: I have Lightning Bugs, Originals, Blue Racers and SpeedX I'd be willing to trade, depending on what you have. Also will consider a...
I use shoe goo. It is like a clear rubber cement, but dries harder. I have used it on clear plastics before with no discoloration. This stuff has another...
Hello everyone! Holy cow! Is it the third Sunday in October already? Where's the time going to? The Flying Pig's monthly "Run For the Bacon" QRP CW contest...
This Months Straight Key Sprint will take place on Wednesday, 22 October, from oooo to 0200 UTC...Note that this is TUESDAY night in the Americas. Although it...
Hi Guys n' Gals, I found a really nice "Leftie". I had just ordered a left-hand Vibroplex 100th Anniversary Original when a friend emailed me a URL for a 1951...
Hello everyone! Hard to believe that it's the 3rd Sunday in November already! Before you know it, Thanksgiving will be upon us. So we have something for you...
NAQCC Sprint Wednesday night! This coming Wednesday evening will be the monthly NAQCC Sprint for November, 2008. I will refer you to the proper URL: ...
I'd like to replace the gold-plated brass plate on a Vibroplex Presentation bug. My question is, how difficult is it to replace the rivets which hold down the...
Hi, Jack - While I have not done the operation that you are describing, here is one suggestion. A very narrow punch is going to be hard to obtain, especially...
Hello Jack, Go to any hardware store and purchase a 1/16 inch pin punch. Take it home, and unassemble your bug - you might want to download the exploded...
I'd just like to add to what David has said. I have removed several of these pins. If you're lucky, it will cooperate with your pin punch as David described....
Thanks gentlemen, I appreciate the details in what to do, and what not to do. First I'll have to buy the pin punch. I'll punch the pins only as far as I ...
As I recall, all the Bug parts on top of the Gold Plated Brass Plate (GPBP) act like "nuts". Then the screws go into the Bug parts from the bottom of the...
Present day serial number Vibroplex aren't riveted, they're glued with Duco. That makes them much harder - if not impossible - to restore. Similarly, the "red...
Hi, Dave R. and all - I would like to tap into your expertise regarding maritime history. A group in Indianapolis is in the process of constructing a...
Richard, Here is my recommendation - get a WW2 Vibroplex Lightning Bug (or Original). It is unique as it has jeweled movement in the trunnion, but it has a...
No Glue - understood! First I'll have to flatten out the front lip of the plate (it was caught and bent up a bit by a previous owner), then decide if it will ...
David, May I add a correction: the standard "flameproof" i.e. xxx26003A type keys were not signal light keys, except for the one variant which can be...
Hello All, I was just emailing a friend of mine, Bill, W4HEX and he has a response to this topic. I am attaching it below. We are both bug nuts, along with...
Thank you for the correction, Meir. And indeed the xxx26912B is the one that I was thinking of, but I couldn't find a picture or a description of it anywhere!...
... There's one in the files section of this group -- <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs/files/> -- the actual file is at courtesy of DR himself. 7 3 Earl ...
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