Oh yeah, in the old Debs car park. Well whaddya know! I haven't been in years.
Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])
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Oh yeah, in the old Debs car park. Well whaddya know! I haven't been in years.
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Everyone knows its the Traffic Centre
Nice car BTW, wish they and others would release estate versions
Thanks
And, oh, I know - I used to work in The Venus opposite and have far too much first hand experience if the traffic
What is the 'Tesla section' all about? I don't see any charging points, so is it just about elitism?
I don't miss the Tragic centre
It's where you collect the Tesla you've just purchased.
Bought some decent used 1/4" snap on shallow and deep sockets for a lot less than they should cost. Turns out most of them are as old as I am. Apart from the chrome not being a pristine mirror, they are in very good condition. I'm slowly working on filling in the gaps in my tool kit with decent stuff.
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Bought something else to go where the rug is. Needs a bit of work, but was always the aim to fill the space with this...
Plenty of work needed. I'll tart it up a bit and hope it plays OK as I'm giving the Korg electric piano to the ex. I like how it fills the space anyway. Hopefully the legs stay on it and it doesn't fall apart
that thing weighs a considerable amount I can tell you with much experience.
Is that a 4/5ft ("Baby") Klingmann? Guessing it's late 19th early 20th century?
Worth getting a proper service done (that keyboard/action looks like it needs fettling with) before you tackle the shell as it'll give you an idea if it's worth pumping money into it but it looks like it could be a decent project; have to keep us updated
Don't hold your breath. We're following @randomshenans 25 other projects stillIs that a 4/5ft ("Baby") Klingmann? Guessing it's late 19th early 20th century?
Worth getting a proper service done (that keyboard/action looks like it needs fettling with) before you tackle the shell as it'll give you an idea if it's worth pumping money into it but it looks like it could be a decent project; have to keep us updated
So dangerous, I wouldn't stop...2.25KG
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Damn. So accurate. I would be triggered but... it's just too true!!Don't hold your breath. We're following @randomshenans 25 other projects still
Worth getting a proper service done (that keyboard/action looks like it needs fettling with) before you tackle the shell as it'll give you an idea if it's worth pumping money into it but it looks like it could be a decent project; have to keep us updated
Saying that, he won't want to see what I've done to it lol as I painted it white
it has a crack in the cast iron frame but I don't think it'll effect the tuning of it, it looks like an impact as it's one of the centre braces on the cast iron. Either way, it was the reason I felt I could mess with it without feeling bad about it. I did take the entire key bed out, take each individual, key, hammer, felt and action off and clean them all by hand and all the base and put it back together again... sooo, technically I finished it? It actually plays now
albeit still out of tune, but before it wouldn't even do that. Can I say I "completed" that one? On to 2/25 project I have issues.
Books under as I don't trust the old brass casters, but have some new ones to replace them. I'll paint the pedal box at some point too. The legs need a couple more coats but the top is all done.
All going back together nice and clean. Keys seated properly, no sticking.
All ready to go back in and worked brilliantly. Good old YouTube. Binged about 25+ videos, learned a lot. Very satisfying.
Not bad for a 50EUR piano from leboncoin.
You'll love this one coming up @dLockers...
Arrived today
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That's two cracks
Don't forget to put a ground wire under your bridge, my preference is to drill to the corner of the bridge pickup cavity
Arrived today
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Thanks man. I actually bought this job lot of telecaster things today from eBay so hopefully it'll all go nicely.Don't forget to put a ground wire under your bridge, my preference is to drill to the corner of the bridge pickup cavity
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334245026423
Like 35 quid for all those parts, and picked up a replica neck for 40 delivered too. Will be fun to put it together. I haven't played since I was a teen. I have an issue with my left wrist (not related, and doesn't impact a hand shandy) that makes playing painful, so might get it operated on so I can play again. The kids really want to play, so I'm trying to just have instruments in the house so they can.
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Oo I like how they've done that. That looks very smart. Do they push open?
Six individual drawer units plus a tallboy cupboard and then a piece of MDF separating that to where the existing cupboard is. They are push to open and hold 75KG each IIRC.
One part of the plasterboard removed. It was just open space behind it.
Things used to get lost here, and access wasn't great due to the slope of the stairs, plus no light in there (rectifiable I know)
The drawer units themselves installed.
One drawer out:
The tallboy unit/door is also push to open.
Way more usable storage space plus the ability to sort it a lot better too. Very happy, we had the three drawer version in the old house and it's one of the things we miss the most.
Only thing is now we have to arrange a tip run as they don't have a commercial wasn't license so I have a load of plasterboard and other bits which have been removed to get rid off.
Understaffs drawers, plus cupboard, it was a pointless cupboard before with only the far door as access.
Looks good that! How much it cost?