K6ARK 3D Printed Paddle: Assembly and Review

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OK CW fans, here is a video on how to build this super small and quite effective portable morse code paddle. Adam ‪@K6ARK‬ did a great job designing this tiny little paddle and I show you how I put mine together and give my opinion on how it works.
K6ARK Paddle Files: www.printables.com/model/3326...
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14 мар 2023

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@K6ARK Год назад

Well heck, thanks so much for the kind words! Glad you like the paddle, and your improvement ideas are spot on. I will be posting the straight key version here very soon.

@houseofhamradio Год назад

Thanks Adam, it is a really cool little key. In fact, made one for my friend Dan K7NXL and he housed it today for a SOTA activation and he likes it as well.

@HamRadioDuo Месяц назад

I just built this paddle using your video. It made the text based instructions much easier to understand. Not sure I could have done it with just text. I don't have a 3D printer, but my local library does and printed it for me. I then ordered the parts from amazon and built it. It works better than my 3d morse 3d paddle even though my library doesn't have PETG filament. Thank you @houseofhamradio for the video. Thank you @k6ark for creating this and sharing it with the community. I'm going to volunteer at the library to see if they will let us teach a class on morse code and we can give a paddle to anyone who comes.

@raithjames860 Год назад

Picked up one from Adam awhile ago. Bottom line, it is awesome. Have all of his antennas as well. Well thought out and great execution. Thanks for this video. I will now consider building one for myself.

@houseofhamradio Год назад

yes, to be honest it is one of the best feeling portable paddles for me and I have tried quite a few. Really nice if you have a 3D printer. He also just came out with a portable straight key that has nice feel too. look for video on that soon.

@dadsrcworkbench1322 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the tips on assembly on this key. I know Adam has a list of build instructions but seeing it visually helps. Thanks @K6ARK for the files.

@houseofhamradio 11 месяцев назад

Glad you found it helpful. Adam is a great supporter of the ham community with some awesome designs.

@iowamv Год назад

Thanks for this great video! I wouldn't have found that 3rd hole in each lever without this. The tiny holes needed to be reamed out when I got them from the printer-- that's easily taken care of with a straight pin.

@houseofhamradio Год назад

Glad you found it useful. Adam does a great job with these models but each printer is different so some mods or adjustments may be necessary.

@iowamv Год назад

@@houseofhamradio I had mine printed for me, and my reaction was that I was surprised the printer could make such a small hole. This is one of those designs that makes you think "wow, that's clever!" I'm pretty sure I'll never come across a smaller set of paddles.

@allenfrme Год назад

Ok, it's taken me a bit to understand step 7. There are actually THREE holes., the two obvious larger ones, and a VERY SMAll little slot hole where the wire goes through. And doing this AFTER the ground post mounting screw is more than this old guy has the eyesight and tremor free to do. So the wire goes into the little slot hole until it is in the larger hole, and then goes back toward the center? Having fun still. Thanks for the fun. W1FRA

@houseofhamradio Год назад

Yeah, they are pretty small. That is why I kept my wires a little long so I could feed them in before mounting the jack.

@52Warlock Год назад

@@houseofhamradio I had to send my 3D printing out to a well known house for processing. When my order arrived , it really looked and felt perfect - however I did find that the two slanted slots were blocked by material. Easy fix - very small hand drill and opened 'em right up. I threaded my wire as you did with one exception - the nichrome 'felt' way to fine to take the kind of abuse I expected it to take and felt that it would eventually fail. My solution was to make a Crow's foot knot of the wire before soldering to the jack. That way I had two leads to feed and make contact. I left one a bit slacker than the other and finished up the job. Works fine. One modification: I took a small file to a couple of surfaces to allow me to more easily wedge a fine tip screwdriver between and allow me to disassemble the whole thing. Thanks for your review and THANK YOU ADAM!