Repair Party 11/24 Northern VA

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Party will be at my place on 11/24 in Clifton..Let me know if your interested and I can PM you with adress and details.


...For anyone who is wondering thats the Sat. after thanksgiving

EDIT: I forgot to include this the first time, but I'll have food and soda..if you want alcahol thats fine, but its BYOB.
 
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sounds like a plan.

sounds like a plan.

if anybody is bringing monitor please PM me so i know what parts to bring or if you need a kit i can plan accordingly.

what i repair the most" K7000, WG4900, G07 chassis.

please bring the tube with your chassis so we can set the black level and all the colors.

i have almost all common fail parts for those chassis.

so please bring them to get fixed.

if you want to do a tube swap that is cool just be ready for it to take some time.

looking forward to seeing a lot of folks and having a good time.

Peace
Buffett
 
Def gonna try and come. Can I bring my vector Asteroids monitor? Buffett do you fix those? My game is playing blind


not officially i do not.
for my own game i did with help from another Klover:)

but you can bring it and we can cap it test some parts and reflow it no prob.

Peace
Buffett
 
not officially i do not.
for my own game i did with help from another Klover:)

but you can bring it and we can cap it test some parts and reflow it no prob.

Peace
Buffett


awesome. Its an hour drive for me so no guarantees (I got two kids) but I'll def and try and make it...I could use some monitor help!
 
sounds like a plan.

if anybody is bringing monitor please PM me so i know what parts to bring or if you need a kit i can plan accordingly.

what i repair the most" K7000, WG4900, G07 chassis.

please bring the tube with your chassis so we can set the black level and all the colors.

i have almost all common fail parts for those chassis.

so please bring them to get fixed.

if you want to do a tube swap that is cool just be ready for it to take some time.

looking forward to seeing a lot of folks and having a good time.

Peace
Buffett

I'm not positive I can make it, but, any chance you have a burn free WG4900 or tube for a Q*Bert?
 
I wish I was going to be in town but will be on the road then. Hope you all get a lot accomplished and have a great time.
 
Sounds like fun! I'm not sure if I'll be in town yet... but if I am, I'll drop by and hang out for a while. If there's anything anyone would like me to bring (tools, boards, parts, etc. for testing), let me know.

DogP
 
So sometimes I'm confused by these repair parties...if we bring the caps etc. that need to be done for a cap kit are we supposed to be paying for the service/labor as well? Theres never really been any clarity in that regard...Like Buffett, what do you charge for a cap kit at the repair party for your time?
 
Sounds like fun! I'm not sure if I'll be in town yet... but if I am, I'll drop by and hang out for a while. If there's anything anyone would like me to bring (tools, boards, parts, etc. for testing), let me know.

DogP


I think between buffet and I we have whatever we need for monitor repair. I dont know if you do any board work or other stuff but that might be helpfull..buffet would probably be the better person to talk to about that. If/when you find out if you're able to come I would PM him and ask..he is much more the repair person then me and he knows what toos I have
 
at parties i look at it this way.

if you do all the work and i help you to learn. just buy the parts or if you have them bring them with and you can use all my tools to get the job done free.

if i do all the work then i ask for some trade/money but not the full amount like if you mailed me the chassis to do at home.

this is a party and we are all here to learn but a little comp for my time is not too much to ask.

i don't want to exclude anybody from getting their stuff fixed but if your chassis takes several hours of dedicated time then that is not fair to others with problems at the party.

as far as i am concerned we can hit the buffet for the trade i like to eat:)
like many others a 6 pac is usually what is given but i don't drink:)
they don't call me Buffett for nothing:D

i like helping others and see their stuff fixed and letting folks use the right equipment for the job.

hope this explains what you were asking.
please bring your stuff to work and do the work on it so you can learn how to get it fixed knowledge is always free. plus i learn new things from everybody that comes at every party.


Peace
Buffett
 
at parties i look at it this way.

if you do all the work and i help you to learn. just buy the parts or if you have them bring them with and you can use all my tools to get the job done free.

if i do all the work then i ask for some trade/money but not the full amount like if you mailed me the chassis to do at home.

this is a party and we are all here to learn but a little comp for my time is not too much to ask.

i don't want to exclude anybody from getting their stuff fixed but if your chassis takes several hours of dedicated time then that is not fair to others with problems at the party.

as far as i am concerned we can hit the buffet for the trade i like to eat:)
like many others a 6 pac is usually what is given but i don't drink:)
they don't call me Buffett for nothing:D

i like helping others and see their stuff fixed and letting folks use the right equipment for the job.

hope this explains what you were asking.
please bring your stuff to work and do the work on it so you can learn how to get it fixed knowledge is always free. plus i learn new things from everybody that comes at every party.


Peace
Buffett

Ok cool. I never could figure out the proper "etiquette" for a repair party. For anyone who is planning on coming...Buffett is pretty much the most helpful guy in the world and extremely knowledgable. Hopefully I'll be able to break away for a few house and hang out. I think I can cap my Vector monitor chassis myself but some guidance is surely appreciated since it would be my first one.
 
hope you can come.

for your first time yes bring it.
so we can look over it and make it better.

as always i am happy to help anybody.

Peace
Buffett
 
Hopefully I'll be able to break away for a few house and hang out. I think I can cap my Vector monitor chassis myself but some guidance is surely appreciated since it would be my first one.

I have a great plan for you..Get the kids extra crabby and then bring em to my place and unload them on my wife...then I dont ever have to worry about her wanting to have kids ;)
 
So sometimes I'm confused by these repair parties...if we bring the caps etc. that need to be done for a cap kit are we supposed to be paying for the service/labor as well? Theres never really been any clarity in that regard...Like Buffett, what do you charge for a cap kit at the repair party for your time?
Yeah, kinda like Buffett said... it's all about the learning experience. When I'm hosting a repair party, I don't want someone to drop off a truckload of broken stuff, ask me to fix it, and come back to pick it up. It's really about hopefully learning how to repair your own stuff, and getting another set of eyes to look at a problem you're having. I personally only charge for substantial parts (i.e. flyback)... I don't worry about a couple caps, sockets, chips, headers, etc. But I don't think it'd be unreasonable for someone to ask for a few bucks (I just have so much stuff I've accumulated over the years that if I don't give it away, it'll never get used ;) ). I'd never charge for labor at a party, but I'm also not going to just "do the work" for you either. :)

I think between buffet and I we have whatever we need for monitor repair. I dont know if you do any board work or other stuff but that might be helpfull..buffet would probably be the better person to talk to about that. If/when you find out if you're able to come I would PM him and ask..he is much more the repair person then me and he knows what toos I have
Okay... cool. Yeah, I can fix a lot of different things (boards, monitors, etc), but I guess what stuff I'd bring depends on what broken stuff people are planning to bring. There's no point in me bringing my board testbench if nobody is bringing boards. :) I have a lot of parts chassis' and boards that I could bring for spare parts, but once again, it depends on what everyone is bringing. I'll drop you and Buffett a PM as the party is approaching if I can make it.

DogP
 
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