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Comet and Cyclone full restorations

By Tomass

5 years ago


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#85 5 years ago
Quoted from Tomass:

After running down the whole chip you can see I still have some cleaning up to do and this is where I lose traces if I am going to.

Pull chip leads first then solder suck pads clean. The trick for the chip leads is to heat the lead until it moves then grab with pliers and remove. If you hold leads with pliers while heating the pliers will be a heat sink and cause you to have to apply a lot of heat and may damage the trace.

2 months later
#183 5 years ago
Quoted from Tomass:

I am not restoring this for you, so Don't worry about it. It will be perfect for my use and much better than when I started.

And much better than myself and 90% of pinsiders can do!

2 months later
#194 5 years ago

You can never be rid of all assholes in your life, I'm still here!

3 months later
#256 4 years ago
Quoted from Tomass:

I have a bunch of 25v caps, would be nice if I could use them.

You can use them. The caps are for the 3 voltages coming in the board, 5 12 and neg 12. Normally a caps rated voltage should be 3x higher than the operating voltage for longevity. Sometimes manufactures use 2x voltage to save some money.

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#268 4 years ago
Quoted from Tomass:

Bubbles smoothed out nicely but when I tried to glue the edges it came up. Need to use another glue type. I will get some epoxy and try again.[quoted image][quoted image]

Throw that crap away and cut a new one from oak and paint. It will out live the machine.

#270 4 years ago
Quoted from Tomass:

Should I replace all 3 or just the bad one?

All of them.

#274 4 years ago

Buy a used table saw and build a wooden rotisserie and rip some rails. It's a tool you will have for life.

#281 4 years ago

It should be a Phillips head screw and a nut on the other side. And you should use low strength lock Tite on the screw threads when installing the bushing. Once installed and tight then lock Tite the nuts onto the screws.

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#290 4 years ago
Quoted from Tomass:

Seems like they ground the rivets against the grain.

Those are spot welds, not rivets.

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