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More progress, but my polishing wrist is starting to ache!
Only one more trim piece to go, but it has a dent. What's the best way to pop a dent out of these things? I'm tempted to leave it be, and install it up top where it will be less noticeable.
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Evolution... Last edited by miniman82; 12-16-2011 at 05:03 PM. |
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I don't know if it is just me. But I cannot see the dents!
Can you highlight them on your photo? |
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The dent is in the last piece, which is currently soaking in vinegar. I'll post the dents tomorrow, they are very noticable.
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Here's a shot of the trim, all polished up now! The dented (and bent) piece is up top, it's not so noticable now. It will be livable till I can find a better one. Also got a wild hair to polish the CTC-4 stuff, since I never did any clean up to it. Sure looks nice in it's new digs in the living room.
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Ugh ! That trim piece is AWFUL ! RUINS the whole thing ! For SHAME !! Box the ENTIRE set up & send it to me, & I promise I'll dispose of it so it'll NEVER defile anyone's eyes w/its hideous ugliness again...(grin) Lemme put it to ya this way-If someone offered me a brand-new, TOTL Mustang w/everything you could get on it, or one of your TVs, I wouldn't hesitate an instant. I'd grab the TV so quick it'd make yr head spin...
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Yeah well, who wants a Rustang anyway! lol
That's why I like sites like this, we can always live vicariously through each other.
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She-it, there's barely enuff metal on one of 'em anymore TO rust...(grin)
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I was able to almost completely remove 2 small dents with this methodology, and you have to look very closely now to find them. Good Luck!
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Nice! Nice! Nice!
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Thanks, Wayne! very soon, we may be watching Oz on it...
Digikey package arrived today, that means it's time for a peaking coil party!
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Operation 'I hate 21-CT-55 peaking coils' was a success, but it remains to be seen if the new ones will do what they are supposed to.
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Slowly powered the chassis on the variac (how did I ever troubleshoot without one?!?), and only got 20 volts of B+....
Predictably, both of the caps in the doubler are almost completely open leading to very low voltage. Jumpered one of them with a new cap, and got almost full voltage and a decent looking waveform out of the horizontal oscilator! Now the recapping begins... That leaves me with a lingering question though: why on God's green Earth would the PO have replaced almost all the caps in this thing, only to not replace the ones that matter most? I always begin with the power supply when it comes to caps, but it appears the opposite happened here.
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Evolution... Last edited by miniman82; 06-04-2011 at 12:13 AM. |
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It's alive!!!
Muhahaha, there are signs of life!
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Good news, keep at it!
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