Cleaning a record with glue!
Cleaning a record with PVA glue!Well I have seen this done before, so I thought that it would be a good idea to have a play myself.The sacrificial record was a well used and abused 7” 45 rpm. I had ...
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Nasty Ultrasonic Air Fresheners! Radio interference.
inglés y españolThere is nothing like coming home from a hard day`s work, repairing toot for people who don’t appreciate the immense skill and mental anguish that goes in to obtaining a positive ...
Power cuts or what??!!! Have a UPS
Power cuts or what??!!! Have a UPS We all like living in the countryside, small villages and towns etc. but the drawback is the angry electric pixies that we use to drive our electrical equipment are ...
Hacker Centurion Garrard SP25Mk5
In comes the chap carrying his treasured Hacker Centurion. “Stopped working” was the fault summary. On closer interrogation under the angle poise lamp, I learned that the deck didn’t work and the ...
Ferguson 3216 1960s reel to reel tape recorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfFTbRw5JZI Someone dropped this little machine in, wanting it no longer. I can remember being taken to the Ideal Home Exhibition in the late ‘60s, and one of these ...
Eaton Bray 12 2 mixing desk
Here is an old skool mixing desk. Customer was desperate to have this repaired, he loves pure analogue. Well, the desk had seen some service for true. I couldn’t find too much on this Eaton Bray 12 ...
Ferrograph RTS2 test set
Strange how things come around. When I moved to Spain, I thought I would be leaving tape recorder repairs behind me. But, after starting Zeta Services, I was proved quite wrong. With the rebirth of ...
BSR TD1 “Stuzzi” tape recorder refurbishment and tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH8Fk4WE_B0This little Stuzzi tape recorder came in via a customer, wanting it brought back to life. He had bought it from new in the late ‘50s, ‘60s with his first ...
Ferguson “Fortune” Collaro Record player
Ferguson Collaro 1950s record playerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfrqt5Aong8Customer came in with this little treasure today, along with an early 60s tape recorder. The record player belonged to ...
Pioneer MB-91 CD player
A very nice CD play in for a service. The machine has been looked after by the same owner from new and was in perfect condition. A check over, with the trusty service manual to hand. The problem with ...
Hacker Sovereign 2
Nice chunky portable turned up for repair. Hacker Sovereign 2. Mains and battery, LW, MW and VHF-FM. wow! Mr. Hacker was an engineer with Roberts Radio, making lovely radios. Mr. Hacker decided to ...
RCA WR-51A stereo test set
RCA WR-51AOne thing I hate, along with the 23,419 other things in my life, is having to repair my own test gear. You very rarely get asked to set up a FM VHF radio, tuner….. but when you do, a simple ...