This is is another YUH fun project, as
you can see its a BIG brass key over 22cm long, the trick was to change
it into a working Morse key, the idea came from a friend of mine who passed
on some pictures of an Elvira Spookey from the October 2003 CQ "Keys
Special" column, its another real Ham Key, the bearing holders are old
brass water pipe fittings and the huge 22mm ballrace bearings are from
an old child's scooter donated by the feisty young lady next door who has
now grown up and has other things on her mind than scooters :() and the added
advantage of this particular key is the handle, which also doubles as a bottle
opener!! ideal for NFD's when some idiot has forgotten to bring one :) The
Black stone base also adds a touch to the "Spookey" and carefully
balancing the weight against the hard spring it has a very nice action
indeed, I've enjoyed making this key :()
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