[TheForge] Re: Induction Forge?

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Pretty dammed aggressive as planned obsolescence goes!
Mayfly technology...pf

Mike Spencer wrote:
>>The main PC card for my Lincoln Idealarc 250/250 is no longer 
>>available.
> 
> 
> Gak!
> 
> I just (4:30 am) finished cleaning, tinkering, futzing and
> reassembling a Wico mag for a DeLaval single-banger engine, including
> building a tool for testing it off engine.  Its been disassembled in a
> basket for over a year. Works great.  Bits of copper, a small bolt,
> solder, assorted wire, tiny spring, electrical tape.  Works fine.  50 or
> maybe 75 years old.
> 
> All this stuff with solid state electronics will be unrepairable in a
> few years, a decade or two at most.  I'm subject to good natured
> ridicule on the local Linux list because all my computers are ca. 10
> years old but most parts do have to come from junk bins and sometimes
> even there it's non too easy to find what I need.
> 
> - Mike
>