Some replace parts that are not in need to replace others do it as part of a restoration, is it worth the money?
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What is restoration
- Thread starter kaos513
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That would depend on two things, the customer & the item getting restored.
If you ran an auto restoration shop & someone brought in a 50's era Dodge you could understand that getting restored.
NOW if someone brought you an 80's era Yugo, well you'd probably try to talk them out of that right?
NOW if the owner of said Yugo said he wanted it restored because it was his 1st car & he wanted to keep it & have it look good again you might just do the work.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that there are some strange birds out there & they are willing to spend $ on some odd restorations.
If you ran an auto restoration shop & someone brought in a 50's era Dodge you could understand that getting restored.
NOW if someone brought you an 80's era Yugo, well you'd probably try to talk them out of that right?
NOW if the owner of said Yugo said he wanted it restored because it was his 1st car & he wanted to keep it & have it look good again you might just do the work.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that there are some strange birds out there & they are willing to spend $ on some odd restorations.
I think it means different things to different people.
A thing that I enjoy doing is going to YouTube and watching videos put up by "mikesradiorepair".
For the most part, when he does a restoration:
a) it always includes a complete and total replacement of all electrolytic caps and often some of the tantalum caps. Then, generally removes mods that were done in a manner that hurts the operation of the radio (of course he DOES talk to the owner and tunes WHAT he does to WHAT they want). Essentially his goal is to get it back as close as possible "electronically" to the day it came out of the box. Then does an alignment to get it back in to spec. He is not one to push radios to a dangerous point to get that last .78 watt.... rather he is a believer that if you set them up the way the designer intended the radio will "work fine, last a long time, guaranteed not to rust, bust or collect dust"!
He is not against putting in something like a VFO based expander... he just does it neatly without destroying the radio. He doesn't go ape on the cabinet/enclosure but he does clean them up, face plates, knobs, cabinets...
I enjoy his videos and you can learn a range of things. He generally does not "do the work" on camera... but he discusses the troubleshooting and how he determines what needs fixing.
A thing that I enjoy doing is going to YouTube and watching videos put up by "mikesradiorepair".
For the most part, when he does a restoration:
a) it always includes a complete and total replacement of all electrolytic caps and often some of the tantalum caps. Then, generally removes mods that were done in a manner that hurts the operation of the radio (of course he DOES talk to the owner and tunes WHAT he does to WHAT they want). Essentially his goal is to get it back as close as possible "electronically" to the day it came out of the box. Then does an alignment to get it back in to spec. He is not one to push radios to a dangerous point to get that last .78 watt.... rather he is a believer that if you set them up the way the designer intended the radio will "work fine, last a long time, guaranteed not to rust, bust or collect dust"!
He is not against putting in something like a VFO based expander... he just does it neatly without destroying the radio. He doesn't go ape on the cabinet/enclosure but he does clean them up, face plates, knobs, cabinets...
I enjoy his videos and you can learn a range of things. He generally does not "do the work" on camera... but he discusses the troubleshooting and how he determines what needs fixing.