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Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 4:17 pm
by Ascender
Therefore all good turntables have a separate ground cable which can be connected to standard amplifiers or phono-stages, which usually have a ground terminal.
I have no earth cable (but can get one on eBay) but my turntable doesn't have a ground terminal.
Aaaaaaaaargh.
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 5:50 pm
by Jobbo
What make and model is your turntable? They often have a captive wire. Here are some pretty straightforward instructions even if it doesn't:
https://toprecordplayers.com/ground-tur ... rd-player/
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:35 pm
by Ascender
Turns out it doesn't but that's not a surprise as it was very much a budget one to see if I'd get back in to playing vinyl. So I guess I need a new/used one with a ground terminal....
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:01 pm
by Ascender
Its been a f*cking expensive week.
That is all.
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:37 pm
by mik
Have needed some general workspace for ages - some workies that were here last week had one of these that they reckoned was great. So I got myself one for, erm, Father’s Day.
£54 from B&Q. Takes 20secs to erect and the same to do the reverse job, comes with a couple of clamps and can hold upto 180kg. Pretty impressed tbh.
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 11:13 pm
by Simon
Ooh, that's neat. Got a link?
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 11:27 pm
by mik
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 11:39 pm
by Sundayjumper
Today, completely unplanned, a 1989 Overbury's frameset.
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Should arrive next week. Feck knows what I'm going to do with it
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 6:28 am
by Rich B
Sundayjumper wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 11:39 pm
Today, completely unplanned, a 1989 Overbury's frameset.
overburys.jpg
Should arrive next week. Feck knows what I'm going to do with it
relist it on eBay as a gravel bike frame and double your money.
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:33 am
by RobYob
A Pi4, assorted cords and memory cards, a new vertical stand for an old monitor and four retro gaming controllers.
Because I don't game enough already...
I'll build a cabinet for it but first I need some of @miks funky workbenches.
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:50 am
by Rich B
mik wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:37 pm
Have needed some general workspace for ages - some workies that were here last week had one of these that they reckoned was great. So I got myself one for, erm, Father’s Day.
£54 from B&Q. Takes 20secs to erect and the same to do the reverse job, comes with a couple of clamps and can hold upto 180kg. Pretty impressed tbh.
I had one of those - it was strong vertically, but not much strength in other directions - I think I broke it when I had something heavy leaning up into it. So long as you're careful it's a useful enough thing.
It ended up in the bin, but I still have the clamps from it!
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:08 am
by mik
Fair enough
@Rich B
@Simon @RobYob Keter do one that looks very similar. No idea which came first but online reviews seem to rate them similarly so I went with the B&Q version.
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:03 am
by Zonda_
I'm in the process of restoring my dad's Black and Decker Workmate, it's sat it a damp shed for years and the paint just falls off at the slightest touch to reveal a lot of rust! It must be one of the oldest ones as his grandmother bought it for him! It weighs a ton so should provide a solid work platform when done.
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:42 am
by RobYob
A slightly less manly restoration than @Zonda_s was i fixed a Kenwood mixer bought by my MiL in the 60s. No PCB just wired components that a soldering novice like me can work with. Gearsets that would run a small EV these days' very satisfying to get working.
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:48 am
by KiwiDave
RobYob wrote: Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:42 am
A slightly less manly restoration than @Zonda_s was i fixed a Kenwood mixer bought by my MiL in the 60s. No PCB just wired components that a soldering novice like me can work with. Gearsets that would run a small EV these days' very satisfying to get working.
Have you watched the episode of May's 'The Reassembler' where he rebuilds one of those? Awesome bloke in a shed telly.
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 12:02 pm
by RobYob
KiwiDave wrote: Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:48 am
RobYob wrote: Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:42 am
A slightly less manly restoration than @Zonda_s was i fixed a Kenwood mixer bought by my MiL in the 60s. No PCB just wired components that a soldering novice like me can work with. Gearsets that would run a small EV these days' very satisfying to get working.
Have you watched the episode of May's 'The Reassembler' where he rebuilds one of those? Awesome bloke in a shed telly.
Yes, Very much a fan of those, I have no interest in electric guitars but I've happily say and watched May put one together.
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:20 pm
by KiwiDave
RobYob wrote: Sat Jun 19, 2021 12:02 pm
Yes, Very much a fan of those, I have no interest in electric guitars but I've happily say and watched May put one together.
I binged watched the lot while recovering from surgery the past few weeks - great TV
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:23 pm
by Explosive Newt
Sony XM-4 headphones
Zero regrets. Makes noise go away, sometimes also makes colleagues go away.
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:59 pm
by DaveE
Explosive Newt wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:23 pm
Sony XM-4 headphones
Zero regrets. Makes noise go away, sometimes also makes colleagues go away.
They're really good aren't they...
Re: Your lockdown purchases.
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:45 pm
by Simon
Over the ear or buds?
