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Old 14th October 2006, 02:38 PM
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Or not, anyway.

Turntable with a felt mat, use double sided tape.

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Old 15th October 2006, 11:26 PM
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When changing CD lasers don’t forget to remove the shorting link.
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When considering changing lasers on cd players, carefully dust the lens first and you might not need to change it.
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Old 16th October 2006, 10:14 PM
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Strain relief grommets

When fitting why not pre tension in a vice or a like for about 10mins before assembly.


When a magnetic bit wont do blue tack might or those old paper wax caps.
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Tip for twisting Valve heater wire thread wire though a key as type found on corn beef tin insert key in drill chuck attach both end of the wire in the vice run drill on slow speed wire is wound nice and tight good job
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Old 17th October 2006, 12:29 AM
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Don't waste money on expesive binoculars, simply stand closer to the object you wish to view.




































This was originally a Viz "top tip"

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Old 17th October 2006, 12:56 AM
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Tip for twisting Valve heater wire thread wire though a key as type found on corn beef tin insert key in drill chuck attach both end of the wire in the vice run drill on slow speed wire is wound nice and tight good job
Is this correct? I was told never to over tighten the twist. Wires should be loosely twisted in order to facilitate maximum phase cancelling.
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Old 17th October 2006, 01:04 AM
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I would have thought maximum cancellation would be from a parallel pair, but the problem is keeping the distance equal, and thats what I assumed tight rwisting gave. Loose twisting allows the distance between the conductors to vary, so I would expect there would be varying cancellation.
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Old 17th October 2006, 09:23 AM
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Is this correct? I was told never to over tighten the twist. Wires should be loosely twisted in order to facilitate maximum phase cancelling.
Hi, for what it's worth - I used to work as a production engineer for a company that manufactured very expensive oscilloscopes and whenever a twisted pair was required, it was made in exactly the way Colin describes. So he is quite correct, IMHO
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Old 17th October 2006, 09:29 AM
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