From: cd@notformail.com   
      
   On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 08:57:06 -0700 (PDT), "Peter W."   
    wrote:   
      
   >> It's really not my thing. When people say, "Just recap anything   
   >> suspect" and there might be fewer than half a dozen to do, the   
   >> prospect still fills me with horror. If they only knew how ironic the   
   >> "Just" bit strikes me in suggestions like that.   
   >   
   >The problem with vintage equipment, however well designed and well built, is   
   that parts within it age. Typically, items that are approaching, or exceeding   
   30 years old will have some marginal parts within. Further, if those parts are   
   'common' as in "   
   many of them", if one fails the others will not be far behind. Some truisms:   
   >   
   >a) As in the Holland America commercials - Time is a precious commodity.   
   >b) Most (not all) hobbyists are not limited by cost constraints for a few   
   parts. So, a US$20-or-equivalent investment to save a valuable item is not   
   outrageous.   
   >c) Most of the effort in repairs is 'getting to it' - the taking-apart, the   
   testing, documenting, and then reassembly.   
   >d) The actual repairs take very little time.   
      
   "The actual repairs take very little time."   
      
   If you only knew the irony of that statement when the task is   
   completeed by someone with my eyesight and fine motor skills.   
      
   >As to soldering and technique - time and repetition will give you more   
   confidence.   
      
   No it won't. I've been doing this for more than 50 years and I'm still   
   every bit as shit at it as I was half a century ago. I have not   
   improved one iota and only a damn fool would believe the future's   
   going to be any better than the past with a skill set like mine.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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