The Key

OK, you have an old retired audio mixer with more buttons than you know what to do with, and a bunch of old holdup buttons you saved from a dumpster for "that unknown project", what do you do with the parts? More to the point, what do you do on a rainy day with nothing else to do?

First, the key	A bit closer
Very close showing button cap which was a knob off an audio mixer	Inside, showing the weight and how button cap was notched for leaf spring mounting
Side view showing leaf switch	Under button cap, showing epoxy for stiffness and bounce reduction
View of entire interior showing liberal epoxy use to hold weight in place

Over all, it seems to work fairly well. I had to debounce the contacts with epoxy. If I ever get a bakelite strip of the correct size, I may put it under the lower contact. However, since all dits and dahs sound alike after a few seconds, CW is not a high priority. I was hoping the project would spark a bit more interest in CW for me. I did have fun putting it together, though!!