Decided I couldn't live with the off silver vinyl anymore.
So, I veneered the plinth in American black walnut, applied fresh decals and gave it lots of coats of nitrocellulose lacquer as used on strat guitars.
Love how it has turned out.
Hi all. New poster here. Hope you're all good.
I'm in the UK and have a TX-8900 to match my SA-8900 but, obviously, there are few stations this tuner will pick up. I got it for a song with the amp and figure it looks pretty if nothing else and I have a WiiM mini anyhow so a tuner is rarely used.
But... It would be nice to pick up my brother in law's Sunday session on local 104.9 FM.
Am I a dreamer? Do I have a pretty silver box that glows warmly but only picks up Radio 2?
Look forward to hearing any responses.
Hi all.
I'm wanting to sell my milsub case.
This was a raffles 5513 that I have shaped, added solid stainless 2mm strap bars and aged.
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Wanting to sell this one to fund another build or swap if anyone has anything interesting?
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I know there's a rule about pricing but I'm not after a huge profit here, just a reasonable offer for my work or a nice swap. I also haven't previously sold anything but, again, I'm not a business just want to move this on at a fair price.
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Get in touch if you're interested.
Built myself a datejust as a 'dressier' option to my ncg sub and milsub builds.
But I wanted a watch that would suit my technician background.
So, here's my grey dial, engine turned bezel, acrylic crystal, oyster strapped tool-just...
Case, bracelet and crown are raffles.
Bezel and crystal eBay US
VS3135 movement from Alix
I am liking it a lot.
Apologies for the crap images, my phone lens is knackered.
Other than the self disassembly of the self wind mechanism (easily fixed) that is!
Built a no lug guard sub (all raffles)
And an Alix case milsub. A lot of case work and added solid stainless strap bars.
Hi all.
So I have a pair of Wharfedale Melton 2s, 70s era 2 ways with 2.5" tweeters and 12" woofers.
I am going to swap the caps in the crossovers
Now... I have a pair of wharfedale 2 ways that I took the tweeters from for my Meltons as they were identical but the woofers were 8".
When I look at the crossovers, my Meltons have a single 10uf cap.
The tweeter donors have the same crossovers with a 10uf cap but they also have an additional 50uf cap.
Can anyone explain why?
Look forward to hearing responses.
First image is my speaker crossover second is the donor.
The result of a couple of hours spent polishing my knob. It was scratched and cratered. Now I have a smooth and shiny knob.
Hi all,
I have a pair of Wharfedale Melton 2 speakers.
I have sourced a pair of the 'purple fried egg' tweeters and fitted these. They came from a pair of rehoused wharfedales with smaller woofers (anyone interested, rubbers are good?).
Now I'm looking to see if I can get new cabinets for my Melton 2s as the current cabinets don't match.
So, does anyone know of a pair of cabinets just 'hanging around someplace'?
Or could I rehouse them? They have a large 11/12" woofer and a 2.5" tweeter.
Look forward to hearing people's thoughts.
Take care folks!
Hi all,
As per the title I guess.
Or, should I sell both and invest the cash into another deck entirely?
I don't want to pay any more than I have in these two decks.
Advice appreciated. Thanks!
Aaron
Hi there from the UK.
As for the title, I have a Pioneer PL-506 and a PL-3000.
Now, which one should I sell?
Or should I sell both and buy something else?
I don't want to spend any more than what I have in these two decks. Budget = £0
Hope you guys have good advice for me!
Hi folks,
Thought I'd share some images of my latest two builds for opinions/comments/pure hatred...
One is a quick no crown guard submariner build using all raffles parts.
The other is a cheap Alix case that I've put a lot of work into shaping and polishing, bevelling the bezel and a new insert from eBay that I've had to increase the inside diameter and thin it down so it sits flush.
I may have gone overboard with the dial and hand aging, both are from raffles.
Solid bars are a 2mm stainless bicycle spoke press fit.
Both watches are NH35 powered.
Hope you enjoy.
Aaron
Hi folks. Thought I'd share a couple of my most recent builds. I admire the work people put into vintage builds and thought I'd give them a go.
My first was a vintage 5508 no crown guard submariner built using solely Raffles parts.
Ken is a great guy to speak to and work out just what is required. More importantly, for a pain in the ass like me, he's very patient!
The second watch is something I thought I'd have a try at having seen similar work elsewhere and that's a vintage military submariner.
The case is from AliX and is a cheap (£20 I think) case I bought some time ago. It just happened to have a slightly smaller bezel than the raffles cases and was a near perfect fit for what I thought was a very good bezel insert copy bought via ebay. The font looks right to me. The inner diameter was a touch small and needed opening up and it was also thicker and stood proud of the bezel lip so I've sanded it down to fit flush. I then angled a bevel on the underside of the bezel.
The case took a lot of work. I referenced images of real milsubs and spent a few days working on and off with hand files and wet or dry sand paper. I drilled the lug holes to 2mm and used a stainless steel bicycle spoke that was a touch over 2mm. Holding the cut spoke 'strap bars' in my drill chuck with a piece of wet or dry I reduced the diameter a little then hammered them through. They are not welded but the fit is tight to say the least.
Dial and hands are raffles, I may have gone a bit overboard with the ageing! I like how nicely finished the case is so I'm potentially going to undo some of this fauxtina, maybe I'll get a fresh dial and handset...
Anyhow, thanks for reading this far. Hints, tips, opinions are welcome. Looking forward to more builds in the future.