Rumor has it that QST featured an article in a January/1930 or
January/1935
issue on the subject of homebrew transmitter crystals - how cut, lap,
and
mount them. If anyone has QST on CDROM for those years, I'd sure
appreciate
if you could take a look.

Ah yes..the good 'ol days of grinding FT-243 Xtals with toothpaste(or
comet)to go up, and writing on the blank with #2 pencil lead to take them
down a few Kilocycles....Eddie