Well it's the end of April already and it's still busy here. Apart from lot's of medical appointments, the paid jobs keep coming in.
I've recently discovered that I'm at the top of the Google search for Ballarat, and the other companies here are getting not so glowing reviews. There are even people ringing from Melbourne who just can't get their equipment fixed because people are simply not interested in the work.
I've started to add a number of new pages relating to reel to reel tape recorders. I'm beginning to phase out "Divi" as a page builder and use native WordPress page layout, so bear with me.
The TC-630 from the deceased estate. We put a new motor run capacitor in it and freed up the dried solid grease. It came to life, so I gave it to a friend who is slowly restoring the electronics as it sounded far worse than mine.
The TC-230 simply needed a new motor run capacitor and de-grease.
The Akai I gave to the the person whose 1702 I was unsuccessfully repairing as all it needed was some grease replaced. It was in much better condition than his overall. One day I'll have another go at fixing his machine.
The Philips is an odd machine in that it takes 15cm (6 inch) reels. Europe must have had a different standard. It kinda works but is more of a novelty to me as it's not practical.
Furthermore, I picked up a Sony TC-730 at the the April auction, complete with 3 long dead mice. It's a monster of a machine. I've got it working mechanically, but the pre-amp and main amp electronics are flaky. A signal can be heard from monitor headphone socket, but it's only outputting in the right channel. I'm really hoping it's not the multi-pole switches that are known to go bad.
At the auction I also picked up a another TC-352 three head machine and a few other ultra-cheap things to muck around with, including a Democrat portable radio that I've started in the Live Streams on YouTube.
Bye until next time.
Andrew