Yard sale find.

[w2amr]

I picked up this gem on Saturday for 2 bucks. An old Lafayette practice code oscillator , mounted on a piece of wood , with a straight key. It might make for an interesting project this winter.
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[PA5COR]

Nice, needs some TLC but then you have something good again ;)

[w2amr]

http://www.n4mw.com/cp080.pdf

[WX7P]

Work your magic, George.

Looks like they made it out of left over transistor radio cases.

[WØTKX]

IS there a spider in it? :shock:

[suddenseer]

I thought I read once that you were not a code guy. That is a cool find for the money.

[K7SGJ]

That would look nice in the box that nobody knows what the hell it was for, that you restored, and put on the wall in your garage. Yes, that was an awkward sentence.

[KG4CGC]

Cool find. Haven't done the yard sale thing myself this year.

[w2amr]

Work your magic, George.

Looks like they made it out of left over transistor radio cases.It looks like one of those project boxes radio shack used to sell.

[w2amr]

That would look nice in the box that nobody knows what the hell it was for, that you restored, and put on the wall in your garage. Yes, that was an awkward sentence.At least I know what this one is for.

[w2amr]

I thought I read once that you were not a code guy. True, I haven't made a CW contact in many years.

[w2amr]

IS there a spider in it? :shock:Geez, I hope not.

[wa6mhz]

Try some Novus #2 on that face plate and see if it takes off the oxidation and makes it look like NEW! Also works miracles on the Bakelite box.

[w2amr]

Try some Novus #2 on that face plate and see if it takes off the oxidation and makes it look like NEW! Also works miracles on the Bakelite box.
I have to be very careful, the lettering on the face plate is already coming off in spots.

[KG4NEL]

Gah, infernal beeping! :spin:

Kind of interesting how they didn't just reprint the dot-dash table like everywhere else, but used the sounds instead...almost like it was written by someone who knew what they were doing ;)

[wa6mhz]

I have to be very careful, the lettering on the face plate is already coming off in spots.
OK, then forget the Novus. If the lettering is poorly screened on, the Novus could take it off. Guess U will have to keep it AS-IS

[WØTKX]

Oh, I dunno. Clean it around the lettering as much as possible. Than take a very good picture, clean the hell out of it.

Re-etch the lettering on the panel, kinda like when we used to make circuit boards.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-etch-aluminum-panel-labelsdesigns-with-a-r/

Or, leave it alone, as it has an interesting patina, flyspecks, and all. ;)

[KG4CGC]

OK, then forget the Novus. If the lettering is poorly screened on, the Novus could take it off. Guess U will have to keep it AS-IS

George is a miracle worker with old stuff.

[K7SGJ]

George is a miracle worker with old stuff.

That's because he IS old stuff. :stickpoke:

[KG4CGC]

Yep. Usually in bed before Lawrence Welk is over.

[kb2vxa]

"It looks like one of those project boxes radio shack used to sell."

It is, back in the day Rat Shack, Laughing Yet, Burnedstein Crappleby and all the rest were the same store or hadn't you noticed?

[w2amr]

"It looks like one of those project boxes radio shack used to sell."

It is, back in the day Rat Shack, Laughing Yet, Burnedstein Crappleby and all the rest were the same store or hadn't you noticed?
WTF are you taking about? On 2nd thought, never mind.

[NQ6U]

WTF are you taking about? On 2nd thought, never mind.

Yeah, never mind. There's a reason I put that guy on "ignore."

[w2amr]

Oh, I dunno. Clean it around the lettering as much as possible. Than take a very good picture, clean the hell out of it.

Re-etch the lettering on the panel, kinda like when we used to make circuit boards.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-etch-aluminum-panel-labelsdesigns-with-a-r/

Or, leave it alone, as it has an interesting patina, flyspecks, and all. ;)
I think I'm gonna go the patina route. All of the plating is peeling off the key. I'll Just take it apart, clean it up, and knock the rust off with my trusty wire wheel.

[w2amr]

That's because he IS old stuff. :stickpoke:
Damn, the word is out.:mrgreen:

[n2ize]

WTF are you taking about? On 2nd thought, never mind.

He is saying that a laughing caldera tipped the wainscoting of a dilapidated friar with a dog chasing Chinese proverb from Woonsocket.

[w2amr]

He is saying that a laughing caldera tipped the wainscoting of a dilapidated friar with a dog chasing Chinese proverb from Woonsocket.
Easy for you to say.

[W3WN]

He is saying that a laughing caldera tipped the wainscoting of a dilapidated friar with a dog chasing Chinese proverb from Woonsocket.Quit smoking the cheap stuff. If you're going to do it, at least splurge on the good stuff.

[w2amr]

It cleaned up nicely
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[mw0uzo]

Looks great :D

[PA5COR]

What some elbow grease can do, nice ;)

[Bubba]

nice..

[K7SGJ]

It cleaned up nicely
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Well done, George.

[GM1TDU]

Looks like a shoe horn for someone with a club foot