a site about old obsolete cars and computers.
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Macintosh Classic repairs
This time i bought 2 Macintosh Classics and a SE FDHD. The SE and one of the Classics worked perfect but they need a better recap. The previous owner did recap them but not very well. All the values are little off. For example 50v caps replaced with 63v or even 100v caps. Thats not…
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Insulate the attic
Originally this attic had no insulation at all as you can see on these early pictures when i started this project. So i started with metalstuds, never tried them before but them seem to be easier than with wood (and sadly cheaper). After i figured out howto mount this, i started to add the Rockwool.…
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New workbench in the rear of the garage
This one started in sketchup. A little idea of what i wanted to build in the rear of the garage. I wanted a place for the following tools: Compressor Lathe Ultrasonic cleaner Drillpres And storage for books and VHS tapes. So i made a cutlist for the steel parts. Cleanup of the old workbench… And…
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Vacation to Italy
A drive of about 1000km one-way. And the car held up perfectly.
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New roof on the garage
Well it was that time, the roof of my garage was leaking and rotten on the backside of the roof. So my nephew helped me, he started to tear out my oldroof and i asisted him with that. Within notime had the old roof off my garage. And started with the new underlayment for the…
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Buying a little Myford ML10 Lathe
A friend of me told me that his dad wanted to sell his little lathe but wanted it to go to a good home. Well let’s grab it and make sure it does 🙂 With all kinds of tooling and gears to cut threads. On my way 🙂 Some heavy lifting later…. Look at that…