Drive talkin'....

[Etienne MacGyver]

hehehe, it was fun haha

well, it was my pleasure, and i have started the process of vectoring by searching the font of the licence plate  

Also little helper enjoyed the trip, and Mario Kart on the Wii  

looking again at the first pic, that video pinball really screams for some TLC  

Hehehe, Etienne's mobile scanning service rules!
Can't wait for the results.

Thanks, the results need to be good since its part of a bigger plan, but i think that is a story for later 

[level42]

looking again at the first pic, that video pinball really screams for some TLC  

Yeah, for a long time it was hiding behind a number of monitor boxes so it wasn't visible but of course I had to rearrange the machines to get the HD to fit in....
It is a sore sight, if I had space elsewhere I'd store it there but...alas.
At least I will do some dusting and heck, it's about time I try and power it up to see what happens

[Superully]

love the setup, the documentation and the dedication - this forum really IS the best!

[TimePilot]

love the setup, the documentation and the dedication - this forum really IS the best!

+1 !

[Muerto]

looking again at the first pic, that video pinball really screams for some TLC  

Yeah, for a long time it was hiding behind a number of monitor boxes so it wasn't visible but of course I had to rearrange the machines to get the HD to fit in....
It is a sore sight, if I had space elsewhere I'd store it there but...alas.
At least I will do some dusting and heck, it's about time I try and power it up to see what happens

Looking forward to that as well, 1 in a million it works!!, never the less, its a great gab!!

[level42]

OK, rejuvenating service now available, 25 euro's per tube (at own risk)

aaarh - you Dutch people have to make money of everything!  

Whaha, read this manual, page 19:

http://andysarcade.de/data/electronics/testing/mueter/mueter_bmr_2005.pdf

and you will see what Muter advices to ask for rejuvenating a color tube (3 guns): 300 Deutsch Mark, which is about 150 Euro without inflation

So dont you complain my friend Im extremely cheap

[Etienne MacGyver]

Did you print out that garanty card on page 57 and added it to the tube ? 

[level42]

No, because I know the customer is very critical

In fact, Im a bit worried about the aquadag on this tube....part of it (see pic) was literarly blown off by a bit of wind when we moved it from the gameroom to the house....

Its just a small part so Im not too worried about that, but the condition of the rest worries me....

About rejuvenators: The Muter 95 and 2005 do a "computerized" regeneration of the guns, which is really nice because I am still a bit uncertain when to stop the process....

I have been looking at youtube videos about the Sencore CR7000 and that one seems to be the Rolls Royce of rejuventors...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW_st4hjoQg&sns=em

Pretty fool proof.

[speleo_de]

You can use the Graphit Spray from Kontakt Chemie to repair your aquadag ... remove the tube, then just remove the old/loose aquadag stuff, clean/degrease the surface of the tube where the aquadag shall go to, cover what needs no aquadag and then spray.

[level42]

Excellent tip, thanks Andreas ! Did you do that for an entire tube ?

I would love to fully clean the tube and make a total new layer, the dust on it now is ubelievable...

[level42]

This is the stuff that Andreas means:



http://www.crcind.com/csp/web/ProdDisp.csp?lng=3&idx=1582081&country=NL&product=GRAPHIT%2033&brand=KOC&CSPCHD=00300001000041gb1lRB0000007LkAthvvgfRNM_IS1I27Fg--

The Technical data sheet indeed specifically mentions the application for CRT's (although they misspelled it: cathode raG tubes...nice one ):
http://www.crcind.com/wwwcrc/tds/TKC3%20GRAPHIT33.PDF

Now, to prove once again that we in The Netherlands always get screwed regarding prices. Here a price I find in Germany:
€8,65 at http://www.watterott.com/en/Kontakt-Graphit-33-200ml

Cheapest price I found here:
€12,99 at http://www2.conrad.nl/goto.php?artikel=045750

Of course, ordering from Germany is not interesting because of shipping costs and I know it's only a couple of Euro's (although it is still about a difference of 50% !!!!), but this is just another indication that everything is overpriced in this country....

Anyway, gonna get me a tube. I find it interesting that after polishing it will have an even better electric conductivity, not sure if that's really needed.


I had some time to finally pick up the pots for the neck boards today and installed them. They were smaller than I had thought and it was a bit hard to solder them correctly because the leads are a bit short for the existing holes, but it worked out.
Since I was now soldering on the neck board anyway, I redid all the other solderings as well, some really needed it (like the one's of the largest resistors).

Hopefully I'll have some time tomorrow evening to test everything again...

[speleo_de]

@Level42

A friend of mine did some years ago - the whole 19" tube of an Asteroids ...

[Etienne MacGyver]

@Level42

A friend of mine did some years ago - the whole 19" tube of an Asteroids ...

and is that still working now ?

that is the question 

[level42]

Very likely. There is no doubt this stuff is useable for this goal, actually its the first application mentioned.
Another use for this is repairing Remote controls by creating a conductive layer on the underside of the buttons and fixing old computer keyboards. (Google around)

I will try clean the tube and see what happens. I can always do a full respray with this. From what I've read normally it should be washeable and still stay on, but in this case it doesnt really look like it...

[Etienne MacGyver]

Yeah, i know what you mean, Ully's canyon bomber tube is still in my little trailer waiting to go to the dumpster, and the aquadag is completely rained off