I have tried soaking one in sterilizing fluid overnight, the lens holder is much improved....but when compared with one of Martins replacements the lens is still quite opaque...….

Spent a little time on the damaged corners of the pre-amp/tone control board.....super glued the broken bits in place then gave them a liberal covering of epoxy resin.....

I'm optimistic that they will hold for some time....

And just for a change of pace did a little mindless sanding on the top, removed the old varnish....there are one or two dings that are too deep to sand out and will bave to be lived with. Bees wax and a good polish will finish it off.

Craig,

What's the temperature set point of your soldering pen?

I didnt know Frede provided cabinet parts too......as for my soldering iron, its not an expensive one so i'm not confident about the accuracy of the temperature setting but Ihave it around 450 degC.......

Craig

Which is definitely too much. I always use 370 Celsius.

chartz wrote:

Which is definitely too much. I always use 370 Celsius.

I use 350°C for soldering and up to 380°C for desoldering only on very big solder points (not on PCBs) I go higher

Fair enough....I have wound my temperature setting to 350°C......thanks for those words of wisdom ;¬)

At Jacques suggestion I have had a look at the DIN connectors...I don't think the condition warrants drilling out the rivets just yet......