atkelar | Restoration Project #25: Wire Recorder, Part 3 @atkelar | Uploaded May 2021 | Updated October 2024, 51 minutes ago.
Finally! It took way longer than originally anticipated, but - as you can see in this edition - I did run into a few issues, especially those nasty "electrolytics in a can, get two for one!" packs.
The original plan was to have the caps replaced and keep "the rest"... but then the resistors also had quite a large drift. There was only a few that were "OK", so I said: skip it, I'll just get the lot replaced too... and that only left a few wires on the tube sockets... which I also changed because of... nastyness.
Overall, I replaced all components that are still around these days. The tubes, the head, transformers and the motor are original in the electrical part.
There were several minor issues too: like a loose wire that has never seen solder, center tap lines just mashed into the transformer core... well, general fun.
The first of the two spools I got had some... ahem... adult entertainment on it. Holy cow... That needed some beeps!
0:00 Intro / Capacitor Example / Power Transformer Case
1:36 Rivets / Electrolytic Gutting
2:37 Canned Cap #2 / Resistor Desoldering
3:50 Replacement Reasoning
4:45 Reassembly Audio and Mains Transformers
5:24 Mounting Tab Refabrication / Replacement Electrolytics
7:01 Repairing and Mounting Cans
8:06 Potentiometers / Power Switch
9:50 Selection Switches / Speaker / Front Panel Assembly
10:45 First Tube Connections / Rectifier Tube / Base and Front Mount
11:40 Schematic Details / Shielded Cap
12:25 Microphone Rebuild / Chassis Mount
13:22 Power on Tubes / Preparation for Listening
14:20 First Listening to Old... umm... Content... / Face Plate
15:52 Case! / Microphone Cover / Testrecording
16:30 Summary / Credits / Outtake
Music:
My Train's A Comin'
Unicorn Heads
(YouTube Audio Library)
You can support me on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/atkelar
Finally! It took way longer than originally anticipated, but - as you can see in this edition - I did run into a few issues, especially those nasty "electrolytics in a can, get two for one!" packs.
The original plan was to have the caps replaced and keep "the rest"... but then the resistors also had quite a large drift. There was only a few that were "OK", so I said: skip it, I'll just get the lot replaced too... and that only left a few wires on the tube sockets... which I also changed because of... nastyness.
Overall, I replaced all components that are still around these days. The tubes, the head, transformers and the motor are original in the electrical part.
There were several minor issues too: like a loose wire that has never seen solder, center tap lines just mashed into the transformer core... well, general fun.
The first of the two spools I got had some... ahem... adult entertainment on it. Holy cow... That needed some beeps!
0:00 Intro / Capacitor Example / Power Transformer Case
1:36 Rivets / Electrolytic Gutting
2:37 Canned Cap #2 / Resistor Desoldering
3:50 Replacement Reasoning
4:45 Reassembly Audio and Mains Transformers
5:24 Mounting Tab Refabrication / Replacement Electrolytics
7:01 Repairing and Mounting Cans
8:06 Potentiometers / Power Switch
9:50 Selection Switches / Speaker / Front Panel Assembly
10:45 First Tube Connections / Rectifier Tube / Base and Front Mount
11:40 Schematic Details / Shielded Cap
12:25 Microphone Rebuild / Chassis Mount
13:22 Power on Tubes / Preparation for Listening
14:20 First Listening to Old... umm... Content... / Face Plate
15:52 Case! / Microphone Cover / Testrecording
16:30 Summary / Credits / Outtake
Music:
My Train's A Comin'
Unicorn Heads
(YouTube Audio Library)
You can support me on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/atkelar
