Here is my final keychain for the day. It is Keychain #9 and was made for a gentleman from my radio club. He got it with his call sign. I can do names, dates, Bible verses.
This was made using red oak. If you would like to order one, they are $15 each, just email me at Aaron@K5ATG.com
You can choose from the following wood species:
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Here are keychains 6, 7 & 8. I now have a new shape. The orginal shape is the small oval with the new shape being a large oval.
This was made using red oak. If you would like to order one, they are $15 each, just email me at Aaron@K5ATG.com
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Here is Keychain #4! It was made by my good friend Tim W5TAH
This was made using red oak. If you would like to order one, they are $15 each, just email me at Aaron@K5ATG.com
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I got my first order of keychains done. Not much to talk about but here are pics for keychains 1-4
These are all made using red oak. If you would like to order one, they are $15 each, just email me at Aaron@K5ATG.com
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Just wanted to give a huge shout out to the most perfect lady in the world, my wife Desiree. Here are a few pics of us over the years.
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I can't beleive that its been 29 years since we said "I Do". Funny story, everyone kept asking us when are we going to get married. Well Desi was still in High School so we told everyone that we are waiting until after she graduates. Didn't quite work out that way. The evening of the veray day that we got married, she graduated!. So when they called her name to walk across stage, that was the very last time that she would use her maiden name.
Words can't describe how I feel for you.
Love you
I tightend up the slack that I had in my 80-10 Meter Lucky 7 Antenna. Here are the new SWR measurements:
| Band | Frequency | SWR |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | 3.573 MHz | 2.0 |
| 40 | 4.074 MHz | 2.0 |
| 30 | 10.136 MHz | 3.0 |
| 20 | 14.074 MHz | 1.4 |
| 17 | 18.100 MHz | 3.0 |
| 15 | 21.074 MHz | 1.4 |
| 12 | 24.915 MHz | 2.0 |
| 10 | 28.074 MHz | 5.8 |
Strung up my 80-10 End-Fed Half Wave Antenna. The feed point is a 20 foot tall flagpole right outside my bedroom window. Then it travels west to another mast. From there it goes to the North West cornet of the house. After that it goes South East to the shed. It is 135 feet long, here are the first set of SWR measurements:
| Band | Frequency | SWR |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | 3.573 MHz | 3.0 |
| 40 | 4.074 MHz | 2.6 |
| 30 | 10.136 MHz | 5.8 |
| 20 | 14.074 MHz | 5.8 |
| 17 | 18.100 MHz | 1.9 |
| 15 | 21.074 MHz | 1.3 |
| 12 | 24.915 MHz | 2.6 |
| 10 | 28.074 MHz | 5.8 |
I tried to set it for all of the FT8 frequencies cause that is where I spend most of my time.
Here is a Google Maps vire of my antenna
That is all for now. If you have any comments please put them in the comment section below.
I ordered an 80-10 EFHW Antenna from Amazon. Here is the link:
JYR8010-150W End Fed Half Wave Antenna
Here are some pics of it
This here is a keychain for my friend Faith C. I have known Faith for several years is in my Small Goup Meeting on Monday Evenings. Small Group Meeting is just another name for Bible Study. She ordered two keychains from me but so far I only have hers finished. Her keychain says "FAITH" and is made from Purpleheart.
Purpleheart is the wood from the Peltogyne Purpleheart is a popular wood that is known by its natural vibrant color of it wood. It grows in South American and is classified as a heardwood. It takes its job as a hardwood very seriously as it is the hardest wood that I regularly work with. Wood is classified by the hardness of it wiid. The higher the number the harder the wood, this is called the Janka Hardness Scale. Here are some examples:
Wood: Southern Yellow Pine Hardness: 690
If you live in the south, then your house is probably made from this
Wood: Maple Hardness: 1450
This is used to make work benches, baseball bats etc
Wood: Purpleheart Hardness: 2520
This is used if you want to dull your saw blades and run through your stash of scroll saw blades. Its pretty heard.
First thing is I put the pattern on the piece of purpleheart and start cutting it out.
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Here the keychain is cut out. Notic the bottom edge of the keychain. Its all wonkey. This happens a lot when cutting purple heart because the hardness of the wood really wrecks the blade. I think that I used 3 blades to cut this out.
Here it is all sande and the finish on it.
I had fun making this keychain. Of course I love making stuff on the scrolll saw. If you have an idea for me the try to make just send me and email at: Aaron@gmail.com
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Until next time frienda
Aaron K5ATG
Here is my final keychain for the day. It is Keychain #9 and was made for a gentleman from my radio club. He got it with his call sign. I c...
