The cabinet has a mint finish.
It has maybe 1.5 to 2.0 percent of the veneer
chipped, and a few pieces missing. The seller
included a couple of them, so I'll glue those
back on.
All in all, if this cabinet was a kid in
school, I'd grade it maybe 90 to 95 percent
good.
It's an "A" grade for sure, just not an "A+"
The drawers and everything inside, and under the lid looks brand new. That is definitely
"A+" in there.
Ordered genuine Edison original stylus bar
today fitted with one of those much-debated
"Expert" diamonds. Also ordered a gasket set.
The original bar will assure the proper fit
of the original .027 inch diameter stylus bar
pin. That was easy to get out by twisting
and pulling with a smooth pliers.
Also made a key that fits the retaining ring
on the reproducer and got the ring loosened and off, then blew out the diaphragm into my
hand, then took a small pocketknife blade and
scraped off all the old gunk from the casting
and off of the thin steel ring.
It's all ready for the new bar and gaskets
when they show up.
So, now we are up to $225 + $108 for a grand
total of $333 and 720 miles driven and 9 hours
work for 2 mechanics to fix the motor.
Do the math.
Oh, and as far as the museum visit is
concerned, that is 13 miles away in the
opposite direction from everything having
to do with the C-250 mission.
That was an extra 26 miles tacked on so that
Shawn could get his first-ever look at
an operating, live, Automatic Electric Co.
step-by-step telephone exchange doing its thing. By that next day, we were both kind
of "Diamond Disc'd" out and needed a bit
of good old fashioned phone phreaking to
relax and have some fun!
This is not all about the money, I am just saying that when one keeps accurate track of
it all, as I always do, then some interesting
numbers and scenarios come to light, that
wouldn't when one chooses not to think about
these details. Fun?? Keeping track of all
details, for me adds immensely to the fun of it all! It also helps keep the spending within reason. This episode just proves that
with some patience, you can hunt 'em in the
wild and come out ok.
Chuck