[Boatanchors] Anal obsessive capacitors

[john]

That's been my approach as well. For an unusual rig. I'll remove even the 
wax bypass caps , heat them till I can float off the original paper sleeve 
with the nomenclature and manufacturer logo. I'll put in a new tubular poly 
cap, form an end cap disk out of black cardboard then drop beeswax over 
them...they really come out looking good. I've only done a couple this way 
but when I'm working on such a thing I'm not in a big hurry....

A special vintage piece deserves no less IMHO.

HNY to all!
John K5MO




At 11:47 AM 1/1/2012, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
>On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Carl Nord WA1KPD <chnord at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Seriously, I admire someone someone who goes to that effort. We all do to
> > some degree unless all we do is replace faulty components and leave the 
> rigs
> > with all dust etc intact,
>
>Indeed. It's also not something I'd do on *every* old rig. Some, like
>the AVR-11, SP-10, and other early/interesting/scarce rigs deserve
>nothing less in my opinion. But that's the good thing about it:
>there's no law say I can't do it that way, and no law saying anyone
>has to do it that way. If you think it's crazy, don't do it.
>
>It's always good to mark a note somewhere inside the chassis apron
>too, alerting folks that this has been done. Otherwise someone using
>the shotgun assumption/approach could easily cut out all of the 'old'
>caps and replace them with new Orange Drops. (o:
>
>Hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year's eve. Welcome to the next one.
>
>~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4