06-05-2012, 04:39 PM
Well that stuck OK:-
The next job was filling the chips.
I rubbed some wood on rough glass-paper, across the grain so the resulting dust was quite fibrous. I then stained that and left it to dry:-
I then mixed that with epoxy and used this as a filler.
The colour-match isn't great but I'm hoping it will improve with polishing:-
There's now the crack along the bottom left edge to attend to.
On the electronic front, I've ruled out the rest of the valves. I changed the fixed tone corrector which, like the AF coupler was leaky but not too bad - the neon in my AVO bridge flashed whereas it usually just lights up and stays on. It's sensitive enough so I will direct my enquiries toward the AF stages - then get the scatter-gun out.
- Joe
The next job was filling the chips.
I rubbed some wood on rough glass-paper, across the grain so the resulting dust was quite fibrous. I then stained that and left it to dry:-
I then mixed that with epoxy and used this as a filler.
The colour-match isn't great but I'm hoping it will improve with polishing:-
There's now the crack along the bottom left edge to attend to.
On the electronic front, I've ruled out the rest of the valves. I changed the fixed tone corrector which, like the AF coupler was leaky but not too bad - the neon in my AVO bridge flashed whereas it usually just lights up and stays on. It's sensitive enough so I will direct my enquiries toward the AF stages - then get the scatter-gun out.
- Joe
