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If +32 degrees is basically freezing, surely 32 degrees below that is quite sufficiant. I've measured my freezer and kept it at 0...

Thanks for the info, I've never heard a Sylvania, but it's great that the sounded good. Here's the console that my ex-wife ended up...

Didn't Magnavox handle the resonance thingy with their sealed Styrofoam speaker enclosures? Just wondering.

Hi all, does anyone know of a vintage appliance restoration / repair shop or person in (preferably South) Florida? I have a Frigidaire...

It's never a bad thing to replace a belt that has some years on it. I have heard replacing the belt on these models is quite a chore...

My city uses Republic Trash Collection services, and they are awesome. I live in sort of a rural edge of the city, and sometime critters...

TECHNOLOGY - SOME THINGS ARE GOOD! A few days ago I was working on one of my "projects", and the telephone rang. I usually don't...

For single-play professional turntables, I prefer linear tracking tonearms. Shopping around for a new one as I post this. Any suggestions?

Yes, it measures the record size when the tone arm scans backwards on the record, and the right-hand mini wheel drops off the edge.

Jesus! - in all the decades of servicing countless record changers, I never had a 1006 in the shop. That's just NUTS!

The stacking Dual 1006 is my favorite changer of all time. It was even more Rube Goldberg-ish than a Collaro. I don't think there are...

My only reel-to-reel is a 1980 Akai 4000D, and it's part of my main system. I rarely use it, but I did perform a complete servicing and...

I may have misspoken. I have a similar 3-ring book as well. It has the 600 series Collaro changers Service Manual in it and is dated...

It was an ingenious method for Maytag to induce needed slip until most all the water was out of the tub. Of course, the belt used and...

When I replaced the drive belt in my ex-wife's Maytag 806 with a 2-11125 2X, it spun up to speed much more quickly but water would come...