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It cost me about $76.00 I'd have to try to find his address, but there's an older gentleman who will do it for $60 and I'm told he does an excellent job. I didn't find out about him until I had mine done.
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Progress update
I've broken the cabinet down as much as I can and have been gluing all the separated veneer.
The veneer has separated at virtually every edge. I wonder what happened to this cabinet - high humidity, heat, crappy glue ? Here's some of the original finish. I've ordered up some Dark Walnut Mohawk toner lacquer - should be a good match. I'll try golden oak for the center board. I also picked up some new speaker cloth from AES that is a perfect match to the old fragments. Here's a dry run. Here's the old filter capacitor. It's pre-electrolytic so that huge box just has a 2 MFD, 3 MFD, 3MFD and 0.05 MFD in there. The new ones are a little bit smaller I'd like to remove that old block of tar but it's being stubborn. I figure it will shave at least 5 pounds off the weight if I can get it out I've tried a heat gun and the oven. Only got the first layer of tar out so far. Last edited by bandersen; 01-07-2010 at 03:21 AM. |
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Maybe put that capacitor box in the oven for a while to soften up the tar?
Also I was watching some early episodes of 'Homicide: Life On the Streets' and noticed in the Lieutenant's office there was a what I think was a 'Columnaire'. Just caught a glimpse of it. Nice work for sure. |
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I've tried that. It did soften up the tar, but the guts just wouldn't slide out. It's tough to work with a big, heavy, hot box oozing tar! I'll give it another go soon.
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Turn it upside down pop it out. Sorta like a cake or loaf of bread. Another thought might be to insert a couple of long lag screws or screw eyes into the tar. Would give you something pull on. |
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Cool - any idea which episode?
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Not sure. It's early on season one or two. I have the DVD set so I'll go looking sometime.
From time to time there are appearances of other vintage electronics. Like the odd clock radio or old suitcase style record player. |
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I finally got it out
Thanks for the suggestions. I let it cook for about 30 minutes @ 300ºF while upside-down. Gravity finally took over. I like that idea about the screws - I'll try that next time Last edited by bandersen; 01-08-2010 at 02:28 PM. |
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My, that's unpleasant! I bet the house will smell of tar for a few days, Febreeze be damned.
Do you think there will be enough room in that box for the new caps? It looks kinda tight. ;-) |
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I keep a corkscrew around for such purposes-really works well on the more traditional multisectional lytics we love to restuff.
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Yeah, it kinda reeks in here. Too bad it's like 0 outside or I'd open a window.
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Yum, yum !! Do you know what the values of the damthaing were/are ? I'd wager you can put modern ones back up in the space vacated by that nasty mess & no one will be the wiser...I sure won't tell...(grin)
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0.05 MFD 2 MFD 3 MFD 3 MFD Yeah the new ones will fit with loads of room to spare Last edited by bandersen; 01-09-2010 at 12:36 AM. |
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You know you could make a 'secret compartment'. In high school I used to use a hollowed out metal case tube to hide contraband. The base would pop out with a twist. Not that I'm suggesting anything illicit.
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