I'm curious - what is in the bowl that are you soaking the perspex slider in to clean it?

Kind Regards,

Martin.

Just ordinary citrus dish soap. Just let it stay in for a day and the acrylic will be bright again! 

Leslie wrote:

Just ordinary citrus dish soap. Just let it stay in for a day and the acrylic will be bright again! 

Good to know - thanks.

As my first vintage restoration project I have recently acquired a circa 1979 Beocentre 4000 which I understand shares most of it's components with the Beomaster 2200 so should be a really nice amplifier once I get it working.

This one will mostly be an electrical / mechanical project as the unit looks to be in good cosmetic condition but I'm keen that my next project will involve more woodwork and metalwork. I'm lucky in that I do a lot of electrical work for a company who specialise in bespoke metalwork and joinery so usually have someone I can turn to for advise regarding joinery, veneers, metal cutting etc.

I was speaking recently to the company that does their laser cutting of sheet metals as I wanted to know about the possibility of laser etching / engraving as I thought this might be a good alternative where the original parts have printed text. If I go down this route I'll be sure to post pictures of the result.

Kind Regards,

Martin.

Please do, quite curious how you do your restoration work!🤒 We can learn from each other, right?

Do you need a vintage driving license for recapping these old devices? 

pacificocean wrote:

Do you need a vintage driving license for recapping these old devices? 

I learnt to solder, at least to a reasonable standard, way before my legs were long enough to reach the pedals in a car... One of the advantages of repairing the older stuff is that it justifies not using lead-free solder which to my mind has never felt right - it just doesn't flow in the same way although I guess it just comes down to what you are used to.

If I ever reach Leslie's level of ability with the cosmetic repairs I'll feel more than justified in removing the learner plates 🙂

Martin.

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riverstyx wrote:

pacificocean wrote:

Do you need a vintage driving license for recapping these old devices? 

I learnt to solder, at least to a reasonable standard, way before my legs were long enough to reach the pedals in a car... One of the advantages of repairing the older stuff is that it justifies not using lead-free solder which to my mind has never felt right - it just doesn't flow in the same way although I guess it just comes down to what you are used to.

If I ever reach Leslie's level of ability with the cosmetic repairs I'll feel more than justified in removing the learner plates 🙂

Martin.

 

I was refering to the 5th picture of Leslie.

Actually, if you do this kind of "restoration work" a lot of times (and with lots of failures, which I don't show 😎) you become very handy. Again, I don't have skills in electronics repair but the Beomaster 5000 (caps replacement) was not that difficult to do. I did 3 masters now and they are all working😉

Now the Beolabs 5000's but I need some time to do that...

Ah, I see - I missed that one completely 😳 (although I wouldn't have recognised a .nl driving license)

If it is required I probably need to check with my insurer as they only offer 4 weeks european cover per year 😕

Martin.

Leslie wrote:

Actually, if you do this kind of "restoration work" a lot of times (and with lots of failures, which I don't show 😎) you become very handy.

Yep, and we all make mistakes, some justified, some very silly. I have lost count of the number of times I have spent hours trying to locate the source of a problem, only to come back at another time and instantly spot the cause (or my silly mistake) but this is all part of the learning process and you just try not to make the same mistake a second time.

Today I spent some time making some cabinets to sit in the alcoves either side of my fireplace to hold my set to boxes etc, one was a little deep so I disassembled it, carefully measured and marked how much I needed to trim off each panel, measured again just to make sure, cut the panels and then realised I'd cut the wrong edge off one panel (the finished front edge rather than the unfinished rear edge) 😠

Luckily I had enough offcuts left over to make a replacement panel.

Martin.