Hi Charlina. Yes over the past 6 or 7 years or so, down to the bare frame. Theres several videos out here on the channel of some of the work. I have footage for 1 or 2 more videos on some of that work progress, that I haven't gotten around to posting yet, but will soon. The sanding and repainting work was done during the warm summer seasons. It is making pictures once again, but needs to be gone thru with a scope and fix every little circuit problem. I've fixed a lot of them, but there's still a lot that needs attention. It will be a very nice restored like new vtr when all finished.
In 1981, my first job in silicon valley was working on quad head rebuilds at CMC Technology. I never did the RCA machines. Just the Ampex. That was a lot of fun for a green horn tech fresh out of the Air Force and community college. I love your videos because they take me back. I worked on A LOT of VTRs over the years. Now a chip smaller than a Wheat Thin holds 18 hours of 1080p. How times have changed.
I hear you, Richard. I am stuck in the past here. 😄 mainly because I don't know how to do anything else...and wouldn't even if I did. I was very lucky going to work in tv, the station I worked at had both RCA and Ampex vtrs, so I got to see both worlds side-by-side in day to day operation. My hope is that my videos may enlighten young teks on some of this stuff, and the older teks may revisit some of their younger days on the job....Keepin' it alive!
Larry, I have tear in my eyes. That's the machine you taken all apart and rebuilt it part by part ? Amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Charlina. Yes over the past 6 or 7 years or so, down to the bare frame. Theres several videos out here on the channel of some of the work. I have footage for 1 or 2 more videos on some of that work progress, that I haven't gotten around to posting yet, but will soon. The sanding and repainting work was done during the warm summer seasons. It is making pictures once again, but needs to be gone thru with a scope and fix every little circuit problem. I've fixed a lot of them, but there's still a lot that needs attention. It will be a very nice restored like new vtr when all finished.
In 1981, my first job in silicon valley was working on quad head rebuilds at CMC Technology. I never did the RCA machines. Just the Ampex. That was a lot of fun for a green horn tech fresh out of the Air Force and community college. I love your videos because they take me back. I worked on A LOT of VTRs over the years. Now a chip smaller than a Wheat Thin holds 18 hours of 1080p. How times have changed.
I hear you, Richard. I am stuck in the past here. 😄 mainly because I don't know how to do anything else...and wouldn't even if I did. I was very lucky going to work in tv, the station I worked at had both RCA and Ampex vtrs, so I got to see both worlds side-by-side in day to day operation. My hope is that my videos may enlighten young teks on some of this stuff, and the older teks may revisit some of their younger days on the job....Keepin' it alive!
damn.