On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Doug Philips <douglas.philips@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My reaction was "wow, it'd be cool to be able to machine those kinds > of parts" and then my reaction was "ah, what about doing a > common-parts key design"... and then for fun a "found objects" key > (found objects are kind of opposite in philosophy to design up > front..." Hmmm... pie in the sky ideas for now though. Well not so pie in the sky. We have all the tools to machine parts like that. I'd love to build a set of mini paddles for my FT-817. The fantasy is finding time to do it :( Ed