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Updates….
This is like the web developer’s conundrum. You get so busy doing other stuff, that you forget about your own stuff 😬 and it looks like garbage. So since Starfield…
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1968 Zenith R15W Transistor Radio
Here’s a cute little Zenith transistor radio I picked up at a local thrift store. It cleaned up real nice, and is perfect working condition!! AND It can be yours!…
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Video: A Pair of Early 1980’s Boomboxes! – Panasonic 5150 and Sears 57H2192
So you may (or may not) have seen the post where I introduced these two relics. Here’s the video where I open them up (ick!!) and ATTEMPT to get inside…
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RCA 16×3 Vintage Radio Restore: Testing vacuum tubes on my Jackson tube tester (Pt 3)
Hey, here’s part 3 of my series on this troublesome RCA 16×3. Honestly, if new tubes to replace the bad ones doesn’t result in some kind of progress… this old…
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Replacing the Fans in my OG Elegoo Saturn
Much like the title would imply, this is a video in which I replace the noisy growling screaming fans in my original gansta Elegoo Saturn resin 3d printer. They were…
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RCA 16×3 Restoration
Well yeah, I suppose I better start linking to my own videos, right? In this series I’ll be restoring an antique RCA 16×3 radio. When I got it, it was…
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Panasonic RX-5150 and Sears 2192: 1982-83 Boombox Score
Scored a couple of Boomboxes at auction the other night. Both for under $30, which is definitely a score in my book. The first is a Sears model 2192 from…
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Getting The Lead Out
Oh, Hi there. Yes, its been over 90 days since my last update. Life deals you a shit hand every now and then, and well, I was on a roll…
HARD PIVOT
Time for a HARD (and I mean hard) pivot. Like grab that emergency brake handle, do a full 720 and pick a new direction. The things that were working just…
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Infinite Scroll is The Devil™️
I just need to rant for a second. “Infinite Scroll”, or that thing when you get to the bottom of a webpage or app, like Amazon, or whatever, and it…