Latest acquisition is a Beocord 8000.  Cosmetically very nice condition, was told it was bought in 79 (though I think only made from 81?) anyhow, nice example.  Came with a mint owners manual, and it looks like the motor was replaced as it's dated 89.  Capacitors and trim pots all look original, so I have some work to do.  Some mounting tabs in the plastic under the control panel are broken, so needs a bit of a repair.  I'm printing the first prototype now, so that might be something else for the commercial printers to look at when I finally get there.

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Sorry for the non-B&O content, but this old Bernina is just too awesome 😁

Lovely bit of engineering, Mika 

tournedos wrote:

Sorry for the non-B&O content, but this old Bernina is just too awesome

Serviced my wife's Singer embroidery machine a couple of weeks ago (cleaning and some drops of oil) 10-12 years old amazing engineering

Søren Mexico wrote:

Serviced my wife's Singer embroidery machine a couple of weeks ago (cleaning and some drops of oil) 10-12 years old amazing engineering

This Bernina 707 is from 1967 and the GF's now late mother had bought it new, that's why I'm trying to keep it in the family so to speak - and I actually need a sewing machine every now and then. It's a lovely piece of Swiss engineering. Aside some knobs, the machine has about 2 plastic parts in total (the gears) and both are split, causing it to jam. I've replaced the first one but still need to figure out how to get to the vertical shaft without disassembling everything.

Yesterday I was fixing my newly bought Beolink 7000. New capacitors for the two-way communication and a new battery. Today I´ve dismantled my uncles Beocord 2000 which has been standing still for a few years. The belt has turned into goo, so I´ve ordered a new set and brought out the IPA.

The red ROEs are not only ones break. My tester claims this is perfectly fine resistor.

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Filed under Beocenter 9500 RIAA

All black Roederstein capacitors are to be replaced on sight.
They are worse than the older red, grey and orange ones.
The black ones short! 

Martin

Decided to fix two old Beo4s. I took both apart for a good clean, sanded all of the coating of the bodies off and sprayed them with MoTip heat resistant black. This paint has a bit of texture and needs to be baked at 160 degrees for hardening (it smells a bit so I put it in the oven AFTER the lasagna). I combined the best parts to a now brand new looking and feeling Beo4. I hope the paint will be a bit durable.

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The other Beo4 got all the problems: worn letters on the keypad, a display with missing pixels, a damaged display bezel and a battery cover missing some hooks :-) It still works fine though.

Dillen wrote:

All black Roederstein capacitors are to be replaced on sight.
They are worse than the older red, grey and orange ones.
The black ones short! 

Martin

Wonder why they put it there, at quick look only ROE in unit. This was steady 0,5ohm.