SillyOctpuss
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What were the hfe and leakage like from your last one?
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What were the hfe and leakage like from your last one?
Always a good day.
A little white lithium on the sliders will help in the long run. Don't forget to put a very lite coating of oil on the drawers to avoid rust, if your going to be tossing metallic tools in there...
I got it apart and started trying to desolder but man, 60yo solder is some tough stuff. Tossed it on the bench and will circle back.
Erik S
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The radio I salvaged recently I did all with solder braid. I got a bunch of this old non-fluxed braid recently, but it works awesome if you put some flux on it. Bought that flux pen when I first started building pedals - never used it on a pedal, but it worked great on the braid.
SillyOctpuss
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The ones I've had have all had long leads so I just cut them free.
Feral Feline
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re SUNDAY deliveries
I've seen the CanPostal van cruising the neighbourhood on Sundays.
'Tis the season. Nuff said.
I've seen the CanPostal van cruising the neighbourhood on Sundays.
'Tis the season. Nuff said.
This is the way
GizzWizzKing
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Will get myself some white lithium then, thanks for the tip. Is the oil to go in the bottom of the drawers? or on the face of them? They came with drawer liners so hopefully that holds up okay. but I guess if I am practicing my fastball with my tools then nothing can hold up.
Feral Feline
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It'd be cool if you Raiders-of-the-Lost-Art-of-Radio found equivalent modern transistors and after culling the Ge for your pedals, made the radios operational again with modern Si trans.
Vintage radio restorers are cringing... (I have a friend who's into them ol' airwave-units)
Just like Hammond organs (not B3s, too valuable, but other lesser Hammonds and brands) getting raped of their guts for amps.
I've got nothing against any of it, just would be cool if stuff was made to work again.
Vintage radio restorers are cringing... (I have a friend who's into them ol' airwave-units)
Just like Hammond organs (not B3s, too valuable, but other lesser Hammonds and brands) getting raped of their guts for amps.
I've got nothing against any of it, just would be cool if stuff was made to work again.
Erik S
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Salvaging the transistors without disturbing any of the other components would have been a wild amount of work. I agree those old radios are cool though! I don’t know if I could have gone through with it if the radio was operational. Luckily mine had already been messed up pretty good by somebody else and was destined for the trash heap.
Fama
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FWIW I'm not sure if it's necessary for you, and I don't have any braid myself, but an interesting tip I picked up from a video was to use small pieces of the braid if you're having issues with the tip of the roll, because then the heat won't escape through the whole braid, but you can just heat that small part completely.
Erik S
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That’s a good tip! I haven’t tried that, but it makes sense that it would heat up/ work much faster.
SillyOctpuss
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So far none of the radios I've bought have been working. I've been thinking about trying to put a dab radio and Bluetooth into one for MrsOctPuss.
SillyOctpuss
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Annoyingly radio number 4 seems to have gone missing in the delivery network. Fingers crossed they find it but I've got radio number 5 on the way.
I've picked up some mullards and nkts from the first three, this one has some Japanese 2sb175 and 2sb172 in it. Fingers crossed they test well
I've picked up some mullards and nkts from the first three, this one has some Japanese 2sb175 and 2sb172 in it. Fingers crossed they test well
Harry Klippton
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I assumed it was you anyway
Erik S
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