modessitt
Volunteer: Encyclopedia Submission Moderator
Ever do something and wish you'd taken pictures to document it?
Ever do some repair and after it was all done and working, you think you should have taken pictures while doing it so the newbs or less-experienced would have a clue how to do it themselves at some point?
I had to repair a 6100 neckboard that the focus pin had broken and fallen out of the socket. I removed the socket from the neckboard, separated the top and bottom pieces, and found that the entire focus pin piece was actually in three pieces - the spark-gap part where the wire from the HV cage connects, the part that contacts the pin on the neck, and the bendy piece in between - instead of whole as expected. I got out my file, filed the edges of the pieces, used solder as a weld to reconnect the pieces, got it bent back to the original shape, reinserted it, put the socket halves back together, reinstalled it into the neckboard, fired it up and had a perfect picture.
That's when I thought, "Damn! I'm sure someone would've liked to have seen how I did that..."
Ever do some repair and after it was all done and working, you think you should have taken pictures while doing it so the newbs or less-experienced would have a clue how to do it themselves at some point?
I had to repair a 6100 neckboard that the focus pin had broken and fallen out of the socket. I removed the socket from the neckboard, separated the top and bottom pieces, and found that the entire focus pin piece was actually in three pieces - the spark-gap part where the wire from the HV cage connects, the part that contacts the pin on the neck, and the bendy piece in between - instead of whole as expected. I got out my file, filed the edges of the pieces, used solder as a weld to reconnect the pieces, got it bent back to the original shape, reinserted it, put the socket halves back together, reinstalled it into the neckboard, fired it up and had a perfect picture.
That's when I thought, "Damn! I'm sure someone would've liked to have seen how I did that..."
