And what did we buy today?

That’s like my old blue F150. Seen in the background, long decommissioned as unfit for driving. Unless you like doors flying open as you drive down the highway. Ended up selling to the neighbor for parts after the house sold.

Just arriving today - 8 temporary lights, with cords. The more work I get done the darker it gets inside. And the house doesn’t have the three big garage doors to just open up. Todays job is to put them together and put them up.
 

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Yesterday, found a VPI HW-16 record vacuum at a Milwaukee antique mall for $61. Unit works, but there are some issues with plexiglas coming unglued and in one case, cracked. Easy to fix with a few drops of acetone. This is the earlier model with the pickup attached to the lid. I already turned an end plug from aluminum with an O-ring, since the plex end cap is one of the things that came unglued.

Happy to pick it up for next to nothing. Would never pay $1,000 for one.

Does anyone know if the narrow suction groove normally has some velvet on it? Right now there is a layer of soft plastic (polyethylene?) on either side of the groove.
 
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Score! Jammy you 🙂
from this site..(Japan)
https://www.old-and-new-shop.com/goods/vpi-hw-16-5-lp用吸引交換ノズル/
VPI HW-16.5 30cm Replacement Suction Nozzle for LP

This is a replacement suction nozzle for the VPI HW-16.5 30cm LP. With long-term use, the felt that comes into contact with the record surface will wear out. The acrylic transparent nozzle will also gradually become dirty and cloudy on the inside. Regardless of the cloudiness, the HW-16.5 has a stronger suction power than other vacuum cleaners, so it is safer to be more careful about the wear of the felt that comes into contact with the record than with other cleaners.

Wear and tear on the felt can make it difficult to remove dirt from the surface of the record and can even cause scratches on your precious record.



This is a replacement suction nozzle for a 30cm board
 
Computer parts. Oy. Stuff is crazy expensive these days. Last one I built was maybe 10 years back? But the real humor is in the assembly: on my backup machine I have five manuals open in tabs of my browser, one yout-oob video and four other tabs with references to mobo or something-else specific. Gosh, I remember throwing things together in a matter of hours!