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The question came up recently about how the Santa Claus airplane project has been going. Well, here is a quick view of the thing so far. Notice that we have the wings attached and the engine nacelles attached. We have to add the horizontal stabilizers, final coatings, propellers, landing gear, …
I have been thinking about a project for some time now and this summer has turned out to be the perfect time to get it underway. The photo on the right is that project about half-way completed. What you are seeing is a foam model of a toy airplane. With …
What we have here is a blast from the past. In this case we are flipping the MG Midget body that is mounted on a rotisserie that I built. Some folks have been confused in that they thought the body-work was done ON the rotisserie. That is not correct. The …
Every now and then one has to “come out of retirement”, sort of like those race car drivers that can’t quite stay off the track. In this case we have a special project that I think you will like. Visit Poems by Sharon Lougheed at poemssharonlougheed.com.
Well, you know, sometimes it is a little hard to stay totally retired. We have just finished putting up a little Web site for a friend. Check out our new site for Robert Sanders at robertesanderscommunication.com.
In the previous post I mentioned that this not a “how-to” serious of posts. This is merely a “what I have been up to in the pandemic” discussion. Shopping The first thing on the shopping list was a speaker foam surround kit. I went to my usual source, SimplySpeakers.com, and …
The Things you find … Just to be clear, this is not a “how to” post. This is a “what I have been doing during the pandemic” post. Anyway, under the heading of “the things you find” are these Band & Olufsen Beovox S2200 loudspeakers. It has been said that …
In our last episode we replaced the interior anti-reverb insulation in the speaker cabinets of our classic Tannoy PBM-8 studio speakers. After that step of the project I moved on to replace the deteriorated foam rings around the speaker cones. These rings are glued to the frame and to the …
In my last post you may recall that I talked about replacing the old insulation in my PBM-8 studio speakers. The reason for wanting to replace these speakers have a tuned port. Now, if you know speakers, you already know that a tuned port is a small tube in the …
In my last post I explained how I had acquired a pair of Tannoy PBM-8 studio speakers. I also discussed the condition of the speakers. Since then I have started the process of refurbishing the units, and the progress has been quite good so far. Speaker cabinets are almost always …
