tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post2834512171990033426..comments2024-03-25T13:20:22.146-04:00Comments on Retrotechnologist: WORKBENCHRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-80455758046897656742010-03-15T13:26:24.339-04:002010-03-15T13:26:24.339-04:00Just completed a bench upgrade. From metal desk
t...Just completed a bench upgrade. From metal desk<br />to wood and far larger.<br /><br />Now that Hallicrafters HT27 will get the once over and maybe on the air again.Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-74725739573074677502010-03-14T17:43:29.504-04:002010-03-14T17:43:29.504-04:00Looks very nice. Since I moved in with the gf, I&#...Looks very nice. Since I moved in with the gf, I've taken over a corner of the kitchen, where the 'Breakfast Nook' seating used to be. We moved one of the benches out to the patio, and I set up shop on the table. Not as efficient as at my old bachelor pad as I'm always dragging test gear to and fro, and most of my parts stock is in the garage, but it works, and she gets a kick out of seeing me bring old radios back to life. So far I've completed restored a Collins 75S-1 receiver, rebuilt an ICom IC-970H that I got as a basket case, and I just started on a 1950's Valco Supro guitar amp I found out in the garage.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-5133257027723499252010-03-14T12:19:34.152-04:002010-03-14T12:19:34.152-04:00That is a very nice compact workbench. The RCA sig...That is a very nice compact workbench. The RCA signal generator nicely matches the 260, and would fit in very well in a 1950's radio shop. Change the generator to a (much larger) Jackson or Precision and the 260 to a 1938 model with red banana jacks, and except for the Hakko your bench would not be anachronistic 1n a 1940 to 1946 radio repair shop.<br /><br />All it lacks are a few 1930's Philco Tombstones, Spartans, a Watterson or two, and perhaps a Majestic console awaiting the masterful hand of the "radio fixer," along with a working 1933 "radio keg" to go with the decor, to be perfect. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-64706395168326259512010-03-14T09:03:05.906-04:002010-03-14T09:03:05.906-04:00I bow before your magnificence.
Of course I aspire...I bow before your magnificence.<br />Of course I aspire to be you when I grow up.<br />the smart money is against it.<br />My growing up that is!<br /><br />But I may actually get my workbench cleaned up.John Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875185117306503147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-31432490975814120292010-03-14T08:56:21.214-04:002010-03-14T08:56:21.214-04:00Nice Simpson. And I could use a decent signal gene...Nice Simpson. And I could use a decent signal generator like that -- I'm envious. You need a product-advertising coffee mug, something that says RCA or Westinghouse. And an empty shot glass. (*Very* nice tool caddy!)Ed Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332424242231481277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-90325096344721073212010-03-14T08:53:55.471-04:002010-03-14T08:53:55.471-04:00You reminded me of something.
Long long ago, in a...You reminded me of something.<br /><br />Long long ago, in a former lifetime...<br /><br />I think I was about 18 years old. Working in a small car repair shop. I needed to bump some tires, and the valve core tool came up missing. Rather than gut the machine to find it, I cut off an old screw driver I had and reshaped it into a new valve core tool.<br /><br />The 'old guy' working there took it out of my hand and looked at it. Then he said something along the lines of "You'll be ok kid. A mechanic needs to be able to makes his own tools if he has to".<br /><br />Then he made me take the tire machine apart to find the real tool.Carteachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468700184940877315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-67373502590331184992010-03-14T01:57:23.821-05:002010-03-14T01:57:23.821-05:00Niiiiice!
You've been busy!Niiiiice!<br /><br />You've been busy!Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.com