Alex728

I'm currently trialling 3D printing, having done a few bits myself, including a new drive cog to repair the record door on my 1980s Sharp Vertical Record Player. A few teeth had been chewed off the 35...

What is that saying about buses....... Oh, and the other one about a certain earthy law! A 1976 Reditune TP80 player only went and turned up on eBay, well I had to have it, sadly no cartridges with it...

Before any home tape formats, a system called EVR existed. Developed by CBS, players were made by CBS and a number of other Japanese companies including Mitsubishi who had a model of which I worked on...

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Just had a look at mothers 3yr old hob that blew the main trip, the three induction plates on the left are now dead with an error flashing a backwards 9. Anyway opening it up found left and right powe...

OK, I think this will be the final update to my workshop thread. The museum is all but finished, today I put the finishing touches to all the main exhibits, that being some "Top Selling" shop labels I...

@cathovisor Some of the pirate radio stations often taped old pennies to the pick up arms to keep them from jumping, but in rough conditions they had to play from a tape. Some of the sponsored materi...

Posted by: @alex728 I remember hearing about how all the music on the offshore station Laser 558 was copied onto carts (as vinyl records could be problematic on a vessel in the North Sea!) In the 19...

Background (Ooo.. excuse the pun) For a while now, I've been on the lookout for a period background music system for the museum. I know one simple solution would be just having the TV's running with t...

Ah, that's the telly with the "Cat Shelf" on the front! I saw one in a shop in York, once, where it was to be repaired, or failing that, it was a very similar set. The chap who ran the shop called it...