
Depending on how long I'm likely to take I will SORN it, take it off cover and save some money...
Just as well as I have other things that need money spent on them...
CitroJim wrote: 07 Feb 2018, 14:36 Thanks Richard![]()
Depending on how long I'm likely to take I will SORN it, take it off cover and save some money...
Just as well as I have other things that need money spent on them...
just a quick mention about welding outside, in particular regarding Screens. Recently, for the first time ever, I noted someone else MIG Welding outside, in this case plating the front of a 20yard Demountable skip, near the top, close to the hook where is....
CitroJim wrote: 10 Feb 2018, 18:40 Now I'm on to another amp - a home built kit one from a magazine - and a very swish record deck
Plenty to keep me busy on a wet day ..
Wonderfulbobins wrote: 10 Feb 2018, 21:46 Jim - you might appreciate what a mate of mine has been working on. He's slowly bringing a huge old Army radio set back to life (you might even have heard of it). He tried to reform the caps in it - they were last reformed in 1964 !! but they all failed, so next best option was to replace them with identical ones to keep it authentic.... but he couldn't get any. When you see the size of them, that's not surprising...
...so next best option was to cut them in half, hollow them out, and put new ones inside with the tails coming out the original tag rivet locations...
Zelandeth wrote: 11 Feb 2018, 18:08First I knew of it (it had been on a lamp limiter for quite a while and seemed happy!) was when I heard an almighty bang and heard something zip past my left ear. Found later that the can and left a large dent in the ceiling...
Zelandeth wrote: 11 Feb 2018, 19:04 Wouldn't fancy trying to track down intermittent contacts in all those push buttons!