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A New Hope... "I knew you could do it!"
Level42:
--- Quote from: RetroACTIVE on June 08, 2009, 07:23:01 am ---My yoke does not have a 3rd hole as shown in Level42's pic. It only has the two larger ones for the set screws.
The funny thing is the axle does not even have an indent or a hole to receive the pin... and the documentation illustrates at least one set screw and one pin.
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Just to be clear: That's not my handle on that picture. My handles only has the two holes. Quite incidentally the same question came up on a thread on Jamma+ forum and I stole the picture from there.
http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=14688&PN=1
It also has the answer what is in that third hole:
A slotted spring pin...
RetroACTIVE:
--- Quote from: Level42 on June 09, 2009, 01:44:08 am ---Just to be clear: That's not my handle on that picture. My handles only has the two holes. Quite incidentally the same question came up on a thread on Jamma+ forum and I stole the picture from there.
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... never thought it was your pic specifically... your pics are far too fancy! ;)
RetroACTIVE:
Ok... I had Rich at TOG print me up the back door sheet... It came from http://vectorlib2.free.fr/BackDoorSheet/ which is not perfect but it printed very well and its on good heavy stock... it looks great! I did not have one to begin with and as with most of these things they are usually missing or just messed up... so I'll take the defects in the scan just fine ;)
JeffC:
Man!!! I just stubled on this thread from your sig at KLOV. What a fantastic resto job and documentation. I read every post and really enjoyed it. I love how it starts off...."I'm taking a minimalist approach to this resto" or something similar. It seemed an all out resto to me. One thing I was glad to see....and another I'll be awaiting updates on:
The masking up to your art and the painting: I'm currently restoring a Quantum and am doing something similar. The cab had some strange bumpiness along the edges of the sides...almost all the way around. It was like very slight water damage, but all the way around all edges of the particle board. I almost thought it might have been stored somewhere very humid and absorbed moisture. Anyway, it was very slight but bothered me enought that I sanded all of the edges to flatten the bumps. I'm trying to preserve the art of course, and am going to mask around it, and just spray the white. And like you, I did some touch up to my Star Wars side art, but mostly left the small dings. That specific art is one of the most forgiving, as any small ding looks like all of the other stars and dots on the art.
The monitor replacement: I have all of the amp set-up that I need, but my tube has a small burn hole. I've also got one of the extremely well packed amp tubes from Canada. I've read enough about converging to be frightened...so I'll be keeping an eye on your progress before diving in myself.
Anyway, I digressed a bit... I really appreciate this thread. Excellent job on the Star Wars.
Level42:
Please tell me that Rich did a couple of those backdoor sheets.....I need one ! (Are the upright and cockpit the same actually ?)....
JeffC, as long as you follow the steps in the Amplifone manual, you'll be fine with the converging. It's one of those things you can only learn by trying it.
I still intend to make a video how to converge an Amplifone........one day........
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