Fixed a couple of wiring errors in a Heathkit SB-200 Ebay purchase. Now I have a 600 watt amp fpr my ham station. 2300 volts +b and 572b finals.
Don't give up! I've yet to truly brick anything. You can never power cycle enough or press reset enough. Some things respond to holding down reset for a LONG time.
In the middle of fixing the driver's side 2nd row seat fold down on my Ford Flex. Hard part is removing 2 screws never designed to be removed with the seat up. Need to go pick up long steel rivets to complete repair.
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Today was the culmination of a large number of Alfa Romeo projects; I recently completed a hot street motor, rebuilt the gearbox to very high standards (new everything but the mainshaft and gears), and more. Only have a couple of hundred miles on the motor/gearbox, but now just finished installing a rear diff pinion seal and pan seal, then the driveshafts I rebuilt and had re-balanced.
Need to move on next to a bunch of audio projects - repairs, preamp build, etc., then it's time to rebuild a Lotus Twin Cam engine and gearbox.
Need to move on next to a bunch of audio projects - repairs, preamp build, etc., then it's time to rebuild a Lotus Twin Cam engine and gearbox.
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I suggest you watch some youtube videos by Louis Rossman to learn about advanced SMD soldering techniques. He is a master in his trade and relies strongly on using the right SMD flux and above all, cleanliness.
An electronic wall stud finder. It's close to 20 years old at this point, and the little switch was working only intermittently. Removed two screws, worked in a little Deoxit to clean the contacts, then reassemled it. Five minutes, tops and it's ready for another twenty!
I'm pretty sure that most ARs leave the factory in need of repair.
I had a GT for a day, lovely to drive but the door seal came off simply getting out of the car. Still also test drove a SaaB 93 and tried the "hard accelerate from cold".. sure enough the engine cut out. So no point really - I didn't get on with that. Ended up getting a Ford Focus diesel.. went from A to B, seemed to have a lot more torque than you'd expect and I had that for a good 12 years.
Last thing I fixed.. hmm not sure.
Yesterday was finishing the 2nd row seat fold down mechanism on the car.
Today was replacing the crown gear on the KitchenAid 6qt mixer.
Today was replacing the crown gear on the KitchenAid 6qt mixer.
After doing a power loss and insertion test on a power amp, one channel sounded odd...
It ended up being an open control grid of all things!
The tube would flow 140mA with a 320V plate supply no matter how it was biased.
First 12AV5GA failure. It was also a tube that one ran away and glowed orange for a few seconds. Maybe that stressed it. It worked for 300 hours after that though.
It ended up being an open control grid of all things!
The tube would flow 140mA with a 320V plate supply no matter how it was biased.
First 12AV5GA failure. It was also a tube that one ran away and glowed orange for a few seconds. Maybe that stressed it. It worked for 300 hours after that though.
Repaired or/and serviced several ATX power supplies in a row. Three for my colleague (give him them avay) and two were mines. Two or three of them were I thought deadly dead, but I was lucky to repair them too. I had several ATX PS previously. So now I have 6 repaired and serviced old (and not so old) 250-400W ATX power supplies. I don't know what is it for me. What I will do with them?
Can't stand to repair one more ATX power supply... (Am I need to go to the doctor? 🙂 )
Can't stand to repair one more ATX power supply... (Am I need to go to the doctor? 🙂 )
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Vincent CD-S4, the centring hub came off the motor spindle, had to strip the transport down to get it back on, it is only a press fit, so expect to be doing this again some time in the future. Unless it was not pushed on far enough in the first place.
Lost the low beam on my KTM 690. I replaced that. Was harder than it should have been to replace a light bulb.
When the second pair of old work shorts lost it's button today, I could have added it to the collection waiting for Sherri's "proper" needle and thread repair.
Instead I chose to utilize the tools that I am most familiar with to do effect a repair that will outlive the fabric that these clothes are made from. The tools?
Wire, solder and a soldering iron.
Instead I chose to utilize the tools that I am most familiar with to do effect a repair that will outlive the fabric that these clothes are made from. The tools?
Wire, solder and a soldering iron.
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An iron frying pan. Not cast iron but heavy enogh to receive some tenderness.
First I cleaned it agressively with a rotary steel brush, after that it was still black but shiny and not crusted. I heated it to the max, put it in my garden and put in sunflower oil for the surface.
After cooling and cleaning I fried an egg in it and it floated around like an UFO so I created an non stick pan.
So the pan is worth the trouble to make a new handle.
First I cleaned it agressively with a rotary steel brush, after that it was still black but shiny and not crusted. I heated it to the max, put it in my garden and put in sunflower oil for the surface.
After cooling and cleaning I fried an egg in it and it floated around like an UFO so I created an non stick pan.
So the pan is worth the trouble to make a new handle.
I fixed my 6x4 speaker switch. Input 6 had a missing left channel. I expected it to be a relay but it was just a bad crimp connection. Replaced it and now it switches 6 amplifiers and 4 sets of speakers like I designed it to 🙂
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