Hi! Long time no see.
I have been relocating to a new place, and finally, my workbench is ready for restoration work. I have not been doing any restoration for about 2 months already.
To kickstart my work and videos at this new workbench, I decided to do a Q&A video.
There were many questions asked in both the comments of my videos and in direct emails. For this video, I picked three of them to answer.
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Q1) What kind of polishing cleaner did you use in your videos?
A1) I used polishing cleaners manufactured by the company "SOFT99 Corporation" based in Japan. One is made for plastic and the other is for stainless and silver color plating. Below are the links to the detail info of them.
www.soft99.co.jp/en/products/...
www.soft99.co.jp/en/products/...
(Additional Info)
Mothers Aluminum polish
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Goo Gone
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Various metal cleaner polisher
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Q2) What app did you use to adjust the tape speed of your cassettes?
A2) The app I use is called "Tuner T1," and you can find it on both on IOS and Android.
About the test tape, you can search the internet with the word "Speed calibration test cassette tape" and you will find many of them.
Below is a link to download the PDF of the Strobe Tape Loop.
goo.gl/0Ddlym
Original video is here.
60's LAFAYETTE RK-860 Reel to Reel Tape Recorder Speed Test
• 60's LAFAYETTE RK-860 ...
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Q3) Any recommended resources to improve on my restoration skills?
A3) I recommend three books in the video.
The first one and second one both still can be purchased on Amazon and/or Ebay, but I found out that the price became very high. On the other hand, the last one (PDF download ver.) became a half-price right now.
(1) Antique Radio Repair by Alfred Corbin
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(2)Troubleshooting & Repairing Audio Equipment by Homer L. Davidson
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(3)Basic Electronics Troubleshooting & Repair guide by Jastine Yong
bit.ly/basic_electronics_guide
Note: This book is purchasable as a PDF through Clickbank. If you use the above link to buy it, I will earn a small percentage of the affiliate fees in the transaction, which will help me in creating more videos on KZfaq. The book contains many pictures regarding how to properly test a variety of different electronic components, as well as guides on how to troubleshoot dysfunctional devices. Unlike the above two books which specifically teach how to repair musical devices, this book teaches only the essentials of general electronics and machinery. Additionally, customers can directly email the author with questions they might have about repairing, which to me is the most valuable part of buying the book. Once you buy it, make sure to keep it!
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I would appreciate it if you could fund me for the purchasing of a new camcorder and the production of more KZfaq projects.
www.paypal.me/teddyhashee358
Thank you! - Teddy Hashee