In my experiences repairing vintage test and telecom equipment I’ve into issues with dried out leather/rubber items, mainly belts, idlers, handles and straps. A really simple and inexpensive way to restore most all of these leathers involves cleaning with saddle soap to remove any surface dirt/oils and a few applications of conditioner to restore the moisture.
I have been really surprised at how much this works..
Here is what I used:
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Grass Inst. Photo Stimulator
I was able to mate the base with a genuine handheld flash head unit. It needed a bit of a clean up and a new Chinch-Jones plug connector, but it works!! Now I wonder what this external control and external monitor outputs are…
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I have this modded cassette player that skipping steps for some reason. In the end I replaced the modded cable with some HQ console cable. It fixed the problem.
I really like finding cassettes with odd sounds on them. Like these odd background audio tapes and the ones found in really old telephone answering machine outgoing loop tapes.
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Kit out.