u/Beautiful_Sound

Left is an untouched Sunbeam 12 and right is a cleaned 12.

There are many other things to update, but the contrast is neat!

Heathkit audio generator, 60's untouched, brought up ish? Squeaking through a 1957 rca reel to reel

The original is an excellent cake, use the key recipe in the Betty Crocker Picture Cook Book.

My test setup is partly pictured. For the experiment I used as close to period equipment as possible, the KitchenAid 3C is such a workhorse that I only used speed 1 or 2 for 30-40 seconds, rather than medium speed for 2 minutes.

I have modified the recipe with repeatable changes that made a splendid product!

Modified recipe:

2 1/14 cups sifted unbleached all purpose flour

1 7/8 cups sugar consisting of 1 cup plus 2 tbsp light brown sugar and 3/4 cup white sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 stick unsalted butter

3 tbsp vegetable shortening

1 tbsp vegetable oil (to guard against the mixed chocolate below)

2.5 oz. bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled

4 tbsp dutch process cocoa

3 eggs

1 1/4 cup buttermilk

1 tsp vanilla (you may omit this, as I found it does reduce the chocolatyness a little, you'd think it would compliment, and it does, but the chocolate blend is lighter as akin to devils food.)

Add the dry ingredients including cocoa to one bowl, sifted with the mixer blades/whip. Add the butter/shortening and oil with all of the buttermilk. Blend on speed 1 for about 20 seconds, wipe down sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula. Then mix on speed 2 for another 10-20 seconds. Add eggs and cooled chocolate, blend again on speed 1 and 2 the same as above.

Pour into greased and floured layer pans, bake anywhere from 28-35 minutes. If you don't even out layers in the pans, the smaller layer may only take 27 layers, up to 34-35 if you overfill a layer.

I spent a harrowing summer 2 years back working up the nerve to remove the cataract!

Note the changes in contrast and the blue-ish tint. I was still trying to balance the picture during the restoration.

Sorry for the watermarks, but I am really proud of my work. I'm sure someone with remove the text layer but oh well. I have the tv and they don't! :)

It is really REALLY a unique experience to watch a vintage tv with era (or nearly) appropriate entertainment. It is sort of time travel, but you quickly realize how isolated you would have been. Community definitely filled in for today's para-social stuff.

I know it isn't I Love Lucy, but the hair is REDORANGE on a color tv of the era!

I took a quick pic of the exposure instructions Kodak printed on the backpaper of 127 Verichrome Pan asa 125 black and white film. This roll expired in 1967, and I opened it today, opened the little box, tore the foil wrapper to get to spool, etc. Just living the fantasy lol. I'm going to overexpose by a few stops and then develop the negatives myself. The camera is a baby Rollei 127.

Samsung is Amazon Prime via PS4, the Sanyo is DVD Dynex player by way of Magnavox VHS AV in Video/Mono sound. I've been color correcting. It's pretty darn good.

I mean...it must be, don't you see it?

I found this years ago, love using it.

My friend boiled water for his coffee dripolater and the handle of this Saladmaster saucepan broke. However, upon inspection we all think someone glued the handle back together once upon a decade past. See pic.

Prior to going coin by coin, does anything stick out?

Looks mostly what you may expect when I attend the University of Google.

Still really cool!