[sdiy] How I spent my week (Polymoog restoration-long)

[Ray Wilson]

It sounds like the owner may owe you his soul!

Sheesh that was one amazingly complete restoration! Sounds like a fantastic 
job.

Ray
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Lightner" <synthfool at synthfool.com>
To: "synthdiy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] How I spent my week (Polymoog restoration-long)


> >On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Kevin Lightner wrote:
>>
>>>The owner said he wants it as nice as possible and that costs are not an 
>>>issue, but time is. With that in mind..... ;-)
>>>
>>>Jerry Casale/Devo Polymoog Keyboard, Serial #xxxx
>>
>>[list of 40 thousand things fixed]
>>
>>My goodness, how long did that take you???
>>
>>- Aaron
>
>
> On and off for about a week or so.
> Also working on a Sonic Six, Buchla Dodeca/258/206 and a Minitmoog.
> But keep in mind, there's two power vacuum desoldering stations here, all 
> the parts are in stock and the place is kinda set up for this sort of 
> thing. My wife helped out with the key rebushing and edge card polishing 
> too.
>
> Also, consider that if the correct order of operations is done, it's a lot 
> easier.
> For example, resoldering the thousands of connections on the bottom of the 
> three voice board carrier pcbs is a LOT easier after they're cleaned and 
> detarnished. I turn up the heat of the soldering iron to about 740F or so, 
> use large .050 solder on these larger pins and everything goes very 
> quickly.
>
> Quite honestly, it's quicker to resolder them in a production sort of 
> atmosphere than it is to inspect them all and solder what's needed 
> individually. ;-)
>
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Kevin Lightner
>
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