We’ve found the parts of the organ that still aren’t
working. We’re taking a break before puzzling through that. You see….much like
looking at a vintage tatting pattern the schematics are not 100% accurate. That
means you can’t be 100% that a specific part is toast. And these were
manufactured in the 80’s. So, yeah….lots of trial and error.
Think of working a
New York Times crossword puzzle originally published in the late 50’s where the
numbering of the clues does not match up with the numbering in the puzzle. And
did I mention you’re working with a soldering iron on a printed circuit board
that was assembled in a specific order that doesn’t match the order in the
schematics that makes removing one transistor quite difficult and tricky? Yeah…..lots
of walks by the Bay.
In the meantime, I’m working on the earrings. I changed the
thread I’m using for the curled rings. It’s much easier to execute the final
join to curl, but I would like the rings to lay closer to the beads, so may
need to cut and snip and re-tat. I plan on wearing these a lot, so it's worth the 2 hours to re-tat. We’ll see…..
That sounds very tricky! You sound on firmer ground with the earrings, even if redoing is required.
ReplyDeleteIn the light of a new day, I decided I would be stressing the rings in the previous round too much trying to redo the curled rings. If the next round doesn't go well, I'll redo from the start. Andiamo!
DeleteI didn't mention that I do ham radio. I have been int the same place with schematics before. I have one right now I need to figure out. I do hope your service man can figure it out and make the repairs without a lot of expense.
ReplyDeleteI must have had my Ham radar going at Tat Days. Somehow I knew you are a Ham. I'm lucky with my choice of a service man.....he is a wonderful husband! I'll be doing a post soon about my Dad's (Technician/Engineer who worked at Tektronix) photo channeling good repair karma. ;)
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