Does anyone know the size and possibly a source for the small round headed brad pins used to secure the pendulum rod to the main levers flat spring on...
Tonight is RFTB! Thanks to KB9BVN for reminding me! Just got back from a week's vacation and the ol' brain is still on autopilot! For all pertinent details,...
Hi, All - The fully-automatic bug project is moving along, this time with a design that I call the QuadraBug. It is so-called because it uses a compound...
Im restoring a 1964 Vibroplex Original. I am in need of the "Red Knob" for the shorting lever switch for the same. Anyone have this part that they wish to...
Greeting to everyone! I just happened to run across this nice group and thought I would like to join, especially after reading some of the past postings. I...
I acquired a nice Universal Deluxe bug but the red circle is missing. Does anyone have an extra or know where I can get one?? 73, Gary H. Harmon, Jr. - K5JWK ...
Afternoon Folks A little question I've been wondering about: Did A-to-Z Electric Novelty co ever produce a Vibroplex #4 clone? I know they produced the...
No, I am not in London, I did not get mugged, I don't need your money. Â I just got hacked by a Nigerian and got robbed of my day to explain it to everyone....
Hi, I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,my family and I came down here to London, United Kingdom for a short vacation. unfortunately,we were mugged at the...
As I was looking over my restoration project, a question came to mind. I have seen these strips both nickel plated brass and just plain brass. As I wish this...
Good morning dear friend. I hope you forgive me by off topic, but it is through him that I come to ask your charity to disclose this Youtube link where we have...
Sunday night is the January 2012 edition of the Run For The Bacon. That friendly lil' ol' QRP Sprint sponsored by your friends at the Flying Pigs QRP Amateur...
Hi to all guys and happy new year to all of you and yours, I want to announce that I have received from the telecommunication authorities a new callsign YV5EN...
Hi gang, I recently purchases a 1919 blue racer that had a 1/4 inch hole drilled into the base on the dash side of the pendulum at the level of the dot spring....
Bob, label was in the mail, really nice job on the label and sure going to try and get some I need made up from the source you quoted. Have the need also...
Recently I picked up an old (1919) blue racer in serious need of some TLC. It was so rusty that I needed to lift up the name plate to discover that the base...
I recently picked up a Les Logan 515. While I was cleaning it up the dot return sping sprung off the table and was never seen again. I tried replacing it...
Bill, I checked my E.F. Johnson (cum Les Logan) Speed-X 114-510 semi-automatic key and did not find a spring in the location you mentioned. Perhaps a prior...
I now own another bug, an Australian made Simplex Auto, sadly the flat spring steel blade that has the dot contact on it has fractured near the mounting post...
Lately I have been looking at the vibroplexes for sale on ebay and I have noticed a large number of them are missing the vibroplex name plates. Most of these...
Must say, *DR*, that I don't think I know "*the correct*" way to do anything ;-) And i don't have a Dremel. I use a polishing cloth, thick, soft, and...
I have just uploaded a simple program I wrote to help me with my bug sending. After decades of squeeze keying, I had to teach myself to pump the dah side of...
To set the record straight, as there was an erroneous report out there that the Flight of the Bumblebees is THIS weekend - July 24th. The Flight of the...
