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Trying to revive some of my machines LC III and Performa 6115cd
Posted by: meall on 2015-02-09 13:54:53 Hi Uniserver, Thanks, but no thanks! You really helped me choose something that look very cool, but you also relaxed my pockets by $150 U plan expenses! I think it is for the best, I hope. I'll just need to be patient, but with a kit like this things look easier than with a standard soldering iron. Should arrive in 2-3 days from the other side of the country? I'll see if that is true! I just took a quick look at your website too. You already have a list of requirements for many models, that is great... But on your main page you show: Do you want stock capacitors? I can do that! Do you want Tantalum capacitors?, I can do that! Do you want Radials? Ceramics? Organic polymers? I can do that! I'm no expert, and I'm not sure what does it means/changes for any of the variant shown here. I will need to order a bunch of them, as I guess most of my machines will start showing signs of age sooner than later. I will test them all before going on.
Posted by: uniserver on 2015-02-09 14:02:58 I'm more of a Fan of MLCC Ceramics my self... I just love those little guys... but the only way i can get a good price on them is to order a reel of 2500 straight from japan.
Posted by: meall on 2015-02-09 15:26:07 Humm, I guess I do not need 2500 of them, especially that I will requires many different ones, which makes probably over 10000+ total. Wow... Are you reselling them to us if asked (and have them available too)?
Posted by: uniserver on 2015-02-09 18:21:15 if you have specific questions you can just email or PM me. and don't forget about Trag, he sells cap kits.
Posted by: meall on 2015-02-09 18:49:29 Thanks Uniserver. I will contact Trag. You've been of great help so far. That is, if I can make the recap myself, otherwise, I just burned $150 on an amazing soldering kit 🙂
Posted by: uniserver on 2015-02-09 20:49:04 It will look nice on your workbench at least!
Posted by: meall on 2015-02-10 03:53:32 hahaha 🙂 <== I have to remember that I'm only a 6502, not an 68LC040 like you 🙂
Posted by: meall on 2015-02-18 19:56:20 Hi Uniserver and al, I finally received my soldering station today. Amazing kit... There is many tools and tips included with it, just amazing!!! I will need to try and test it a little before doing serious work on computer boards. I have, just as a coincidence, a Klipsch Promedia 2.1 sub on which I had to change the terminals on the back (a plastic terminal broke). I did the soldering with my old iron, but I thing there is some bad contacts in it as it does not sound right. So probably it will be a good starting test elements 🙂 I'll probably will need, especially for mother board caps' soldering, to buy a slimmer solder roll, mine may be a bit too large to solder very small pieces. Lot of fun coming to my bench! I'll need also a good high chair, now I'm working on my feet which is not optimal...
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