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    Have read many of these threads. All are very useful.

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    Hats off to Mr Mech! Thank you so much!

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    As the others said, thanks for all the info and links your always able to provide quicker then I can grab a beverage from the traveling cooler. :P

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    good job man, but i've just got started myself and plan to one day,
    be the most thanked scrapper on the planet!

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    That's a lofty and admirable goal Ben
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    Thanks mech lots of good info.

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    Excellent info on every post. I have looked at each of these posts many times in the past. Thanks for all of your contributions. It helps make the job easier.

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    Here is my latest breakdown, it was an old code-a-phone telephone answering machine. It had sat outside and someone had "borrowed" the powercord.
    Here is what it looked like, it was heavy steel.


    I ended up with 2 or 3 transformers, 5 relays, and 3 or 4 smaller boards that plugged into the larger "motherboard", and a handful of wire with gold pin connectors. Probably about 5 or 6 lbs of steel in the case and insides.


    One of the plug in cards with pretty gold female pins inside the plug-in on the bottom.


    Here is the inside of the front face with a gold plated multi-position switch.


    And here is the "motherboard" that the other boards plugged into, look at the long gold plated pins, about 1" long.



    I don't think I would buy them but their worth picking up.

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    Hey Mechanic did you see a date on those boards? They look like they might have been made in the 60's, alot of gold and silver. Thanks for the post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by happyscraper View Post
    Hey Mechanic did you see a date on those boards? They look like they might have been made in the 60's, alot of gold and silver. Thanks for the post.
    I'll be honest, I was more interested in getting a few pic's before the sun went down. I would guess it late 60's early 70's.
    Those are the prettiest pins/connectors I've seen in a while. I just had to show them off. My next project will be a Tecktronic Dual trace scope. Before anyone has a hissy, it was outside all winter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    My next project will be a Tecktronic Dual trace scope. Before anyone has a hissy, it was outside all winter.
    I'm not going to throw a hissy fit but I remember an HP ad where one of of there scopes was left in a lake and still worked when they dried it out. A Tek should be just as good. lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by sojorecycling View Post
    I'm not going to throw a hissy fit but I remember an HP ad where one of of there scopes was left in a lake and still worked when they dried it out. A Tek should be just as good. lol
    Maybe if someone had not "borrowed" the powercord on this one also.

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    What are those battery looking things ? Blue ,red

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    Quote Originally Posted by blacksteel View Post
    What are those battery looking things ? Blue ,red
    If your talking the 3rd pic then those are cap's, tantalum possibly, or epoxy caps.

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    Thanks Blacksteel for bringing this back to life. Thanks Mech. for the information. Very interesting and increased the learning curve. What is tantalum? Stupidity at it's it best.

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    @Mechanic688 Im newly signed up, but I've been lurking for months. Just wanted to say thanks for the guides you've made. I learn something new almost everytime I come to the site and your guides taught me a few things. So, Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gimpywarrior View Post
    @Mechanic688 Im newly signed up, but I've been lurking for months. Just wanted to say thanks for the guides you've made. I learn something new almost everytime I come to the site and your guides taught me a few things. So, Thanks.
    You are quite welcome and that's the reason I put this together. Now I have to get busy and start adding to it.


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