Unusual Scrapyard Finds! Repair-A-Thon!

[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

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[@premaji4520]

Suggestion : At the end of the video put a ebay auction for a interesting item and some normal rescued items with pictures (at Scrapyard pic & after restored pic) and link. It can become and interesting way to raise money for videos. Also please open a community website/chat online. So we can learn from each other and share our knowledge.

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

That amplifier is pretty awesome. I think I might have some 4 channel pots in storage. What value do you need?

[@Dirtyharry70585]

Wait until the monster solar cme, it will wipe the electrical grid in seconds

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

@@Dirtyharry70585 unlikely event but if one does occure we wouldn't have to worry about our electronics because any clear with enough energy to do that would kill all life on the planet.

[@zumbazumba1]

What was the music name u used for bluetooth speaker testing? on on 11:35???

[@fighterguy4561]

Honestly this is my favorite series on KZbin and I never miss an episode for idk how many years now

[@tnt123skeleton9]

Same here. Always a good day when a new repairathon

[@Dr_V]

Same, but I also follow another great restorations channel called "my mechanics", it's well worth a look if you like this kind of stuff.

[@sirpado]

Same

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

same

[@asabagerald6837]

Catoon

[@BigTubz]

You won't be too far away from Stamford, home of Colin Furze, when you're in England. That would be an awesome collaboration.

[@thexstreetfr8648]

Oh yeah 🤘

[@djamelhamdia134]

"Planned obsolescence", it is when manufacturers make their product perform well for a known period of time, that's to keep us buying replacement products for the rest of our lives.

[@lmhernandez1077]

Awesome fixes, I work for Siemens here in the US and I now notice Siemens does a lot of things.

[@Husky825]

If you replace the filter caps on a vintage amp that has a large grill on the top and you don't it looking empty, a trick is to empty out the original caps and hide the new ones inside. They often have tabs to remove the bottom. Bend em up and pull the bottom out along with the innards, then cut the connections between the windings and the terminals. Solder on leads from the terminals to those on your replacements, mount the new caps on the bottom piece, and put it back inside the old can. Viola! Looks like a vintage amp again, complete with chunky filter caps!

[@Flying0Dismount]

Don't know if you can get it locally in Germany, but there's a product called Deoxit that basically fixes 99% of dirty crackling potentiometers.. Just spray it in, work the potentiometer around a few times, spray again to flush, then let the part dry and in the vast majority of cases, the pot works fine again. The only thing it can't fix is where the carbon has literally been worn off.. The stuff is very economical to use and I've had the same can for over 10 years and it has fixed many slide switches and noisy potentiometers...

[@wgroenewold]

When you want to clean them I always use a shoe lace to easily spin them a few times.

[@el_micha]

Yes you can get it here in Germany. Music Store and Thomann (big online sellers of musical instruments and audio gear) got in in stock. Caig DeOxit D5 or maybe the Fader F5 might be even better for the job. 25€/can is very steep - but as you said - it's very economical in use!

[@robhoug3724]

Nice how you incorporated one of the most known items in a dental office into your own work space. The fact you gave the back story makes it even more beautiful.

[@vladislavstanimirovic9650]

That dental chair is a Siemens Sirona M1. After my graduation as a DMD, I had a mandatory 6 month apprenticeship, which I finished at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade. The dental clinic there had many of those M1s which were installed when the hospital opened in 1984. They still work today, and judging by the words of the repairmen, they are quite easy to maintain and repair, should they stop working. I remember them being quite comfortable too, much more so than modern Chinese dental chairs. Yugoslavian, and later Serbian factory of dental equipment "Jugodent" used to make those same lamps under the Siemens licence for their Elektra 2000 chairs.

[@NotJustBikes]

I always love these scrapyard videos, but this one was particularly good. It was such a great variety of repairs. Have a good time in the UK!

[@intensejerking]

mr bikes give me money.

[@frankcurley]

I have built countless dental offices in my career, those Siemens E1 dental chairs were some of my earliest that I worked upon at the beginning of my work life.

[@mrtoby2804]

Hello! Is there any way I can ask for an advice? E-mail maybe?

[@frankcurley]

@@mrtoby2804 What advice are you seeking?

[@sonorex]

I doubt this will be valuable information for my life in general but it assures me how precious it is to see that this series brings together people who can relate to the content one way or another. Thank you Frank

[@stormtrooper88]

@@sonorex i agree. and 2nd that. its pretty great. thanks frank! have a good one sonorex!

[@aserta]

8:49 i have a set of screwdrivers just for that. Made from the tips of a common Bosch set that i brazed to rods salvaged from defunct printers and toner ink cartridges. I have a metric ton of those rods, always good for project, quality steel.

[@gutsngorrrr]

Always love the scrapyard finds and fixes. Where possible, I use the older equipment, as it's so much better made and as you said less complicated, so less to go wrong.

[@gutsngorrrr]

@Repair Wins I've been doing the same for a while, it's great to see the happy faces of people when you repair something. I also get brought the more complicated things or stuff that needs welding etc to my home, as they know I'll give anything a go at repairing.

[@repapeti98]

22:43 Hats off to anyone who can decipher whatever the hell is going on in there. The last time I've learned about circuits was in physics class in 5th grade so the only thing I can confidently say is "It seems to be running on some sort of electricity".

[@Ckay2552]

You sure need some time to understand whats going on in these plans but if you got the basics, its doable. Especially if you got an old plan like this, where the function of each part of the circuit is named. Especially in radios and such you can do it by normally just by following the signal. But i guess it is easy for me to say that as I work in developing measuring equipment, even when its more in "testing and bug fixing" than designing the circuits.

[@nobuckle40]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 That's about the extent of my electronics knowledge as well.

[@lucasc5622]

To be fair that schematic is really dense. They must’ve had to squeeze it on one page

[@stormtrooper88]

@@Ckay2552 i hear you there. love to find out which little bugger is causing the problem. but don't tell everyone we know the secerets... i need my job. =o) just tell them the magic smoke just came out of it. lol

[@SeanHodgins]

Its really awesome that you are able to put that lamp to continued use.

[@guerrilla118]

When he whips out that surgical lamp you know shits about to go down. Its crazy to think how many teeth were fixed over all those years from the light that one lamp provided.

[@msotil]

You found a Luxman 309 integrated amplifier, 75 watt RMS per channel. What a great find. I wonder if the person who threw ii away knew its value.

[@b4by_dr1v3r4]

Please know that these videos being me great joy and satisfaction - the ethic and outlook you put towards the videos and the simple but engaging script is just great. Hope you are well and am excited for your next video!

[@charlesross9260]

Another great video. Thanks.

[@nobuckle40]

It's wonderful to see old stereo equipment being saved from the trash. I think that was my favorite part of this video. Thanks for feeding my inner geek.

[@Farm_fab]

My recent scrap yard acquisitions include a conduit offset bender, some unused fasteners, and some welding materials. I also bought 3 small hydraulic cylinders and associated hydraulic lines for building a dedicated snow plowing machine. It looks like I'll be using a Honda GX390 engine on it. I'm using a John Deere mower frame and seat pan, and some Jacobson steering parts.

[@jimthesoundman8641]

1:00 I wish I had a scrapyard like that near me, I'd be down there every week looking for stuff. We do have scrapyards, but they take your stuff and give you money, but it all just gets melted down. No way to scavenge anything cool.

[@wgroenewold]

Same here but every Saturday they are open for looking around in the soon-to-be-shredded piles. That's where you'll find the magic, you should ask yours too.

[@Barnagh1]

Fine toolbox at 0.53. I have a dentist’s lamp in my workshop too!

[@RickRose]

I saw that toolbox as well!

[@sarah-janegalipo3995]

In Australia those screw drivers are high end and locked in our hardware store. You have to ask for them 😂

[@lawrencebillson6224]

I swooned over those beautiful Weras, they only have maybe 5% of that lot in my local Bunnings.

[@davidwillard7334]

Considering Australia' ! Already has Nothing ! Then it would be High End there !

[@BTW...]

@@lawrencebillson6224 Don't shop there for hand tools. Buy from an electrical wholesaler... like an electrician.

[@BTW...]

@@davidwillard7334 We have more than you know... which is nothing. Good chance fuel prices are lower if you are stuck in Europe.... or that Island theme park to the West of Europe.

[@trevorhaddox6884]

Fader cleaner is what you want to clean pots. Normal Deoxit or contact cleaner may not work and can even make it worse. Worth a shot trying to restore the original pots.

[@ryanrussell9014]

Hello from the UK, love your work. It's always nice to see beautiful hardware getting a second life. I hope you enjoy your time in the UK.

[@greglammers9905]

Amazing job. I love your videos. I love fixing things ( I was a heavy truck bus mechanic for 45+ years before retiring 1-1/2 years ago) but my electronic skills are nowhere near your level. I have that same Fluke multimeter/ oscilloscope that you repaired in the video, I bought it cheap at an auction a few years ago and use it occasionally. Cheers from the Minnesota in the USA.

[@electronics-by-practice]

Thanks for these repair tips, for more energy efficiency you can change the halogen lamp by a led with switching power supply.

[@casemodder89]

not that easy because the reflector is a parabolic type that relys on the 360° beam pattern of a halogen filament in the focuspoint. with led you cant have 360° beam in a small spot AND provide enogh cooling.

[@harmlesscreationsofthegree1248]

I’m so glad you kept that lamp, it’s a beauty and has a fantastic story! I’m glad somebody cares so much for this historical tech. The fact that you repurpose these things to be useful in a different context is inspirational and entertaining 🙂

[@MrFixiit]

I Bloody love this channel , the bit where you poke around the scrap yards always get me excited to see what crazy contraption your going to build. Always informative and insightful keep up the great work.

[@kaboom4679]

I would have like to have seen you do something with whatever had those caterpillar tracks .

[@idrisddraig2]

Back in the early '90's at Technical collage I bought a long screwdriver for exactly the same purpose.....oh and they taught us how to fix electronics back then.

[@HDXFH]

Good old days now we can’t even tell if we’re male or female, wtf has this world come to, sad really

[@johnoldonekanole602]

So great to know there are still some smart people left in this world. Your skills will help rebuild the world WSHTF. Seriously your level of knowledge is very impressive. Thank you for sharing . Be safe on your trip.

[@murgy1221]

Nothing beats a knob deep cleaning 😂

[@MindMeetMaker]

Little tip when repairing speakers use a playing card or thin material as a spacer so that the voice coil is centred properly in the magnet. Great content, Posh work 👌

[@ppdan]

Luckily those cheap speakers have a huge gap.

[@BTW...]

@@ppdan A wide gap for low efficiency. A wide gap to hold a lot of metal filings sucked in by the magnet that were not cleaned out. A wide gap that might provide clearance for the bent up voice coil, BUT that wide gap between pole faces is still probably around 0.5 to 0.75 mm each side of the coil. Yeah, cheap and junk.... better to just wire stereo inputs as mono, disconnect the wiring to voice coil on deadie and let it run as a passive radiator.

[@ppdan]

@@BTW... I am pretty sure it's more than 0.75mm between poles. It's probably 0.5mm between coil and poles which is huge.

[@amet575]

Loved the Luxman repair. Great amp. Perhaps an Alps BlueVelvet or similar vol pot.

[@im0b]

lamp is really neat! but i think the box shouldnt be taking workspace and the lamp should be mounted higher, maybe add some higher 2x4 to the back of the workbench and attach the lamp to that?

[@dimitar4y]

grrrrr i wish there were more scrapyards everywhere. I'd make my entire life a living off fixing/modfying/reselling scrap!! Aaaaa

[@greyghostdesigns]

I was hoping you would take that green toolbox in the beginning. I would love to find one of those!!

[@davidledoux1736]

So was I! But Gerolf is probably very tired of looking at toolboxes after last year's effort to ship out so many for the holidays. 😆

[@scroungasworkshop4663]

The world needs more people like you. 👍👍👍

[@rzpogi]

Afaik, our scrapyards here in the Philippines are gleaned dry of repairable and salvagable materials. No metals as they are reused for something else. No repairable electronics as there's always a waiting repairman there who would take the components home to make it work to make them his own. Only there left are wood and plastics as they are difficult to reuse or recycle.

[@SamiMarjeta]

hi, usable scrap yard findings are the downside to developed and low income difference society. I have Ms.C in engineering and I make 32€/h minus 30% income tax. For repair guy I need to pay about 60-100€ per hour (car repair being at top end). I follow TPAI because it's fascinating and I learn to save money since practically it's impossible to find repair guy or it costs too much to make any economical sense.

[@mohinderkaur6671]

That Grundig may have been a great thing to fix

[@kaboom4679]

Worn or dirty contacts would have been my first suspicion on that old Fluke meter . I have fixed a lot of remote controls and other equipment with similar controls , just by cleaning with IPA and a cotton swab . I love that old lamp and how you repurposed it . Scrapyards are always interesting , full of endless possibilities for anyone with some tools and imagination .

[@johnpossum556]

I repaired a digital products remote today using those same products. It had not worked for over a decade! (I tend to think a Q tip inside those buttons and a good scrubbing of the PCB with a #2 pencil's eraser would have made that Fluke work again w/o the new board purchase)

[@adamchudomel6230]

I repair a lot of playstation controllers and moře often than not, the carbon from the flexible board completely flakes off and the whole board has to be replaced.

[@dmitrymikheev7899]

@@adamchudomel6230 sometimes a graphite laqueer may help with a mask out of a piece of a plastic tape. I even saw one fixed (for some time) by a middle-schooler with pencil powder, IPA and rosin mixture to renew the joystick sensor. Necesity is a mother of ugly hacks :)

[@marcryptic]

I really like what you did with the dental lamp. Very unique and useful.

[@siliconshaman]

making a note of the trick of using ordinary washing powder! That's not one I've come across although in hind-sight I should've thought of that. I use a mix of vinegar and liquid soap, and throw in a teaspoon or so of bicarbonate so the fizz lifts the dirt. Using washing powder, which is alkali, would improve that. Your're not wrong with comments about complexity... to Quote Scotty from Star Trek: "the more they over-think the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain!"

[@Jaceun]

I watched all of your old repair episodes and now I finally get to see a new release - I love this series and every new thing you repair I get more confidence to repair things myself. Please keep it up! Thank you!

[@maxwang2537]

Dentist light is the highlight. Well done. Just a reminder, it might be too bright for you to look at objects illuminated by it for too long.

[@aziztcf]

Beautiful Luxman! I got a PD370 turntable with a vacuum pump that's supposed to help with warped disks by sucking them and making them flat against the platter.

[@samstringo4724]

Nice video. BUT. You need to get a mini heatgun for shrinking shrinktubes mate.

[@damienca6634]

best channel over here always nice to hear the first minute and your general thinking about the era we live in.

[@jasonwilliam2125]

The new screw driver seems a bit wasteful because you still have a spare 13cm even when fully engaged with the screw. Joking aside this is yet another fantastic video and after only 5 hours on youtube almost 20k views. You made it man you have a BIG FANBASE and we love your stuff.

[@BarcroftLaboratories]

It would be great to see you when you come to the UK but unfortunately I'm based in Leeds. You're channel has definitely been an inspiration to my own builds and salvage/repair efforts

[@deadheadliving]

i mean you cant deny how much work has been done ever so intricate and well spoken his way of referencing or how he goes about explain things as what and how it is to makes it easy to understand,iv missed this channel my whole life,for a hobbyist it has been real hard to even begin with anything regarding electronics cos its a problem to find accurate solutions when your search words capabilities is limited...iv never been as excited at this point!! what a cool guy!!

[@Kowyn]

Great job with the fixes! My car's Sub woofer was the same story, large rockford fosgate and housing from the dump, I simply epoxied the magnet back together, my amp was also from the dump and only needed a couple new capacitors that I salvaged from another much older amp that had been smashed, My aftermarket speakers where from a wreck at the crusher and the only part I paid for apart from the Atoto double din stereo. I should record some of my find's and upload them!

[@BuyitFixit]

Great Job on fixing the Ultrasonic Cleaner. I had a feeling it would have been the mosfets. I've replaced quite a few over the years, and more recently on some Milwaukee Tools I've been repairing on my channel. I had the same problem with needing a longer screwdriver (well torx) when recently repairing a milwaukee jobsite radio.

[@ARIES5342]

Reed Richards, The Leader and Dr. Doom ain't got nothing on you! You are the man. I don't know how you find repair/replacement parts, but you got skills! Keep doing what you are doing.

[@nematube]

That lamp has seen many a rotten tooth, and has burned itself into the memory of countless scared townsmen and townswomen 👀

[@mattdaly6691]

That hardware store looks awesome!

[@T0tenkampf]

ywah, all the neat Wiha stuff!

[@m.brillon8808]

Thank you for another great scrap yard trip. I really enjoy tagging along and finding some amazing finds. Wish I was there sometimes. I sure miss my trips to the junk yard on Sundays. Alrighty enough said. Take care from Canada eh!

[@TheUncleRuckus]

Another thing the items on this channel were built for were to last a lifetime and built to be serviced/repaired! This I way I love old things like tools and equipment, modern things are just consumerist trash that break quickly and aren't meant to be repaired, just thrown away and repurchased. Great video as always, thank you for uploading! 👍👍

[@MyUnquenchableThirst]

Adam Savage has a cool project to make a light source on a bendable arm but everytime he moves it, it makes a terrible creaking noise. The lamp in this vid is so sweet and smooth. Well done as always!

[@justarideout]

Always a pleasure to watch you work.

[@Greffler_GREFF.]

Danke für deine tollen und inspirierenden Videos. Hast du schonmal über Holzgasproduktion und das Betreiben eines Stromgenerators nachgedacht? Wäre sicher ein interessantes Video/Videoreihe da man sich mit dem Stromgenerator vom Schrott/ebay, dem Holzgasgenerator aus Fässern und Gasflaschen und dem richtigen Brennstoff und dessen Gewinnung mit einem z.B. Gartenhächsler beschäftigen kann. Wenn du keine Zeit oder Interesse für sowas hast ist das natürlich auch völlig verständlich. Das Thema ist im Moment für mich sehr interessant, da eigenen Strom zu erzeugen in Zukunft nützlich sein könnte und man eventuell nicht immer an Benzin oder Diesel kommt... Bitte mach weiter so mit dem was du tust.

[@Gabbooldschool]

I love the amplifier repairs in this series. I recently found an old Realistic stereo amp and the RCA ports on the back had broken their connections off the circuit board. Even with my almost complete lack of knowledge when it comes to electronic devices I was able to re-solder them and fix the amp! Thanks for the excellent content.

[@SimonHollandfilms]

good fixes ....enjoy your films and attitude to the modern world... your statement about older machines being 'robust and simple' is so true. keep up the good work.

[@wyattoneable]

So true. We bought an expensive and complicated coffee maker. It lasted 8 months. Now we use the old one, easy and it always works. I enjoy your videos very much.

[@oanceacristian1988]

Hello TPAI! Just wanted to say that paint thinner (especially cheap ones) works well for removing glue.

[@mistahke]

I would've taken the old caps housings and 3d print reductions to reuse them and hide new caps inside. I know that you don't see them normally but... I've done in on some of my amplifiers and it just looks and feels better :>

[@el_micha]

That is a great idea!

[@mattknowsnothing]

Try meeting up with James Bruton and Mr Furze;) I look forward to seeing what you get up to. Have fun:)

[@mortanicus5871]

I love that old-style hi-fi construction. One of my buddies brought back a unit from overseas when he was in the military back in the 90s, and that thing was awesome! It was very heavy, and had incredible power.

[@premaji4520]

The Only series i look forward to nowadays is the Scrapyard Restorations & repairs series. The joy and pleasure i get as i watch those old gold stuff get a new life and continue to live on. Also I haven't seen any other youtuber doing this type of series, i checked but sadly no. Hope this type of series becomes a trend so I can watch others youtubers do similar things but the genuine quality won't be close to this one and I know that. Suggestion : At the end of the video put a ebay auction for a interesting item and some normal rescued items with pictures (at Scrapyard pic & after restored pic) and link. It can become and interesting way to raise money for videos. Also please open a community website/chat online. So we can learn from each other and share our knowledge.

[@phildxyz]

Great to hear you are coming to UK! I'm a bit too far SW, but I'm sure there will be lots of chaps with sheds to make you welcome.

[@zestoslife]

Wow, I purchased that exact Fluke model when I set up a lab when I first started work in 97. Had completely forgotten about it. Nice to see that the gear I brought may have lasted a while, if well taken care of.

[@Donorcyclist]

I love the variety of the things you find and fix. It's very inspirational, and reduces my own fears of pulling apart electrical devices!

[@Maker_of_Things]

It is a pity you are not near Manchester UK over a weekend, I would invite you to join us at one of the four Repair Cafes each month that we volunteer at. We do one each Saturday morning and they are often really busy each of us doing 3 or 4 repairs, or more, each during the two hour session. Your videos are a real inspiration for me as a repair cafe volunteer.

[@goodun2974]

Here in New England (Northeast USA), I volunteer with the local Repair Cafe, but ours are held every 3 months. I'd be happy to do one every month......we fix a lot of lamps; clogged-up vacuum cleaners that maybe need a belt and a filter are another popular repair item, as well as seized up sewing machines that need some heat and lubrication to get them going; but in truth we never know what's gonna show up for repair.

[@Maker_of_Things]

@@goodun2974 We get very similar repairs every week. Lots of lamps, toasters, kettles and vacuums. Also bicycles, toys, bags, clothes, some furniture, a few power tools, and occasionally some very random oddball stuff. Some things, unfortunately, just can't be repaired in the time available, like laptops that can that the whole session just to run a diagnostic. Like you we mostly never know what might show up, but sometimes we get enquiries that gives us advance notice.

[@goodun2974]

@@Maker_of_Things , At several repair cafe events we have had a volunteer who does basic bicycle repairs, and we usually have one guy who's really good with clamping and loose chair rungs and other wood items, and a guy who sharpens knives and garden tools and so on. We even have 3 or 4 women volunteers who will sew clothing and do minor repairs and alterations. My skills are mostly electrical and electronic in nature but I'm also good with glues and so you never know what I'll be asked to fix. Lately I keep getting tasked with fixing seized-up sewing machines and small bread-dough mixers and other kitchen appliances, all of which need lubrication. In this regard, I am a victim of my own success because I am usually able to fix them, and none of the other guys and gals want to deal with heavy, messy, greasy machinery, so those jobs come to me by default!

[@Maker_of_Things]

@@goodun2974 I go with my wife, she does a lot of the sewing, clothes, bags, soft toys, and jewellery repairs. And if there isn't too much fo her she will do triage for me if there is a long queue of repairs. In return I often help her with zippers and soldering/brazing small metal works. We don't have a blade sharpening service but I guess that would fall on me too. I pretty much do everything with a few additional 'other skills' experts around me. It was my wide range of skills that lead to the first repair cafe starting up here. They asked me to volunteer on the basis that if I refused they wouldn't get started. For a while at the start, and shortly after we unlocked the pandemic, my wife and I were the only repairers. With them being weekly since 2016, aside from lockdown we have only missed about 4 repair cafes due to booking our holidays. We only get a Saturday off if there are five Saturdays in the month.

[@sonorex]

The front metal piece of the Luxman amp is a beauty. All sorts of switches designed to their job, everything in the right place, boldly engraved features, timeless font, not pretending anything.

[@FixTechStuff]

Your Luxman repair brought me back to one I did a few years ago, a later model, possibly early 80's. I ended up replacing every single cap (about 30 or so) and 2 faulty power transistors. A really rewarding experience getting the thing going again for the customer. I really dig the dentist lamp you have, would like to replicate that arm in my own workshop.

[@LongPeter]

You should definitely visit This Museum is (not) Obsolete if you are down in the south-east. Perhaps even have a chat with Sam/Lookmumnocomputer.

[@matthewtangerman4730]

I am reminded each time that I return to your channel, how unique and enjoyable your style and perspective are. Thank you.

[@Jacob_graber]

Another wonderful installment to one of the best series on the platform. Thank you.

[@grabasandwich]

That fluke meter must've been expensive when new! In '99 when I was in college, the fluke rep came by to show off the Fluke 98 multimeter. I couldn't afford one, but one or two other students fell into that trap!

[@ToviahBotwinik]

I just did a similar repair on a Bluetooth speaker I found that broke. Always great to see your videos, they really inspire me!

[@CarlinComm]

Another great episode! Loved the bluetooth speaker! Light show was an unexpected bonus!

[@MrShobar]

Light up the hookah.

[@fredrichardson9761]

That lamp is amazing - wonderful that you brought it back to good use. Really like that blue tooth speaker - the lights are wild and the speaker drivers look pretty powerful. Really cool to see the restoration of the 1970's amp as well - very cool!

[@Albert87nl]

This channel is such a eye opener the day i first looked at it. ! atm finances are terrible . but the scrap yards are awesome to tinker . so far build my own. Electric heater bracket from stuff off the yard . and found a nice couple of wire baskets for the garage for storing my air hoses total cost.. 10 euro xD and healthy walk back and forth :P

[@rustymotor]

Love the junk yards, always something nice to find. Also be careful not to run ultrasonic cleaners dry, permanent damage to the transducers will occur. They need to be filled to the indicator mark in the basin and another way to test the unit is to float a piece of aluminium foil in the solution and run the unit for say 5 minutes, the foil should disintegrate if the unit is working normally.

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 Always enjoy your videos so revealing as why and how to repair perfectly useable items.I hope you have a great time in the UK.

[@jp040759]

I had a bad pot on a 1980s Radio Shack scanner radio. I cleaned it over and over again. It was still failing. I finally opened it up and usually the wipers consist of 2 or 3 fingers touching the resistive trace. There was definitely a worn spot on the trace. It dawned on me to slightly bend the wipers over to a non worn part of the trace. It has worked fine now for a decade. That solved my problem. I love this series. I never miss it!!!!!

[@135ballu]

one among the best stuff on tube. nice to see that vintage beauty restored.

[@bigdaddyfarquaad]

I love this stuff, theres just nobody else on youtube who really does stuff the way you do

[@Legalmachinist]

I have a Lux 507 of similar vintage which powers our formal Living room (a room virtually never used) and still love that amp. When I first got it, it had a variable level of distortion which we tracked down to Very bad power (in the wall) which we tracked down to a sparking breaker in the fuse box. Saved us from a fire I am sure. At the time it was claimed to have the lowest distortion level of any amplifier and if you put it on an oscilloscope you wound up measuring the scope’s distortion. Probably surpassed easily now but as a college student it was a serious source of pride. Can’t bring myself to part with it. Have a Lux cassette player (!) of the same vintage to keep it company.

[@limacs]

Wunderbar, I enjoy watching this series.

[@fetus2280]

That dentist light ... what a score. Im jealous, would Love to have one of those, i have a total crap desk light that barely does the job . Very nice mate .

[@T0tenkampf]

The speaker is still pretty cool. At first glance, I thought you may have lucked into a JBL Partybox....I just repaired a 710 model and it sold for 400 USD used. I've have some other good scrapyard finds lately...a Lincoln TIG 175 welder that was fully functional, an old racecar intake manifold for a chevy 350ci engine, and 200 pounds of japanese motorcycle brake calipers and engine covers...all purchased at scrap prices!

[@el_micha]

Bluetooth speaker is of Medion brand - a cheaper brand sold by German discounter supermarket Aldi. Chinese made stuff of varying quality, you might be lucky or not sometimes. JBL as a brand of Harman is of better build and sound quality overall. Therefore also with much better resale value…

[@PavolFilek]

Beautiful. A lot of complicated things works month and a lot of simple ones works years or decades.

[@steffen1182]

8:00 i got the same speaker. Its great. Kind to see the inside.

[@johnvalenca9472]

Very cool man. The part with your father n law really speaks to who you are. Bravo amigo.

[@ppdan]

You might wanna try to get amplifier fixed with all it functionalities. Those vintage Luxman amps are worth a LOT depending on their condition. Well, even broken you can still get good money for it.

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

I would really appreciate and enjoy a video about connecting and operating an oscilloscope. I have a nice HP unit that works but was going to be discarded. I found a generic set of hook-ups for sale on Amazon and grabbed those. I know a very little bit about Oscilloscopes and really want to learn more about them. I am into Ham radio and the scopes are a great thing for testing and setting up radio equipment and components. I know there are videos out there but the TPAI films are very easy for me to follow and understand. Nice work on saving the Lamp! I need to learn more about the 3D printing process as well but that's another road... Take Care and have a great trip, John

[@DannyBradshaw]

Keep fighting the good fight sir! 👍👍

[@christophernewman8741]

Love your videos as always. I hope someday soon you find a horizontal bandsaw to help cut down on your use of the angle grinder lol. You have shown me that the tool to test the mosfets is worth buying. Iv had to toss a few sonic cleaners over the years.

[@teeanahera8949]

Brilliant episode. Laughed at the “so 80’s and so German”. As a fellow traveller in life that can immediately see the value in discarded objects and liberates them for a new life I certainly hope you keep making content. Oh and where was the usual intro music? Many thanks from Australia.