"Airy R. Bean" wrote in message ...
Assuming that one could obtain a slab of marble for the
base of a home grown bug key, is it an easy thing to
polish and to drill?

Does one use ordinary masonry drills?

Any undertakers out there?

If you will stop by any trophy shop you can get all sorts of marble
,color,shape size etc. quite reasonable too. may already have holes
that you can use. Harold W4PQW

Good idea!

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Assuming that one could obtain a slab of marble for the
base of a home grown bug key, is it an easy thing to
polish and to drill?
Does one use ordinary masonry drills?
Any undertakers out there?

If you will stop by any trophy shop you can get all sorts of marble
,color,shape size etc. quite reasonable too. may already have holes
that you can use. Harold W4PQW

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"Airy R. Bean" wrote:

Good idea!

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"Airy R. Bean" wrote in message
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Assuming that one could obtain a slab of marble for the
base of a home grown bug key, is it an easy thing to
polish and to drill?
Does one use ordinary masonry drills?
Any undertakers out there?

If you will stop by any trophy shop you can get all sorts of marble
,color,shape size etc. quite reasonable too. may already have holes
that you can use. Harold W4PQW



I get my used marble from our town's recycling center. You'd be
surprised how many "trophies" are thrown out. I find the side I want and
disassemble it. I even use them for heat blocks when I am doing some
heavy duty soldering. If they crack, I toss them. And...the price is
right!

Al

Assuming that one could obtain a slab of marble for the
base of a home grown bug key, is it an easy thing to
polish and to drill?

Does one use ordinary masonry drills?

Any undertakers out there?
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Yes that will do . I drilled a slate base (similar to marble ) for a pump
key .
It might be helpful to drill with the marble immersed in water.
This method also enables drilling in glass , for example to fit a
feed-through for an antenna (single glazing of course)

Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH