Dow Key

This Dow Key was my first semi-serious restoration. This key came to me with missing parts, broken parts, bent pieces, old wiring and a basket of other problems that needed to be fix. The red plexiglass ring found on these keys was broken in this example. I needed to find replacement plexiglass, but couldn't find anything in the right color and the right thickness. I ended up using a piece of half inch clear plexiglass. I cut the part out on the mill, finished up the details on the lathe and then dyed the clear plexiglass to the shade of red that I needed. I didn't know you could dye plexiglass until a friend clued me in on that secret.