@@12voltvids you need to get yourself a enhanced vision Merlin hd ultra enlarger for soldering and seeing cracks on solder connections ... expensive but worth it love mine.
@@catsbyondrepair I'll get one when someone send me one for free but I don't buy tools anymore because there is no money in repairs. Believe it or not, there is a reason there are no shops in my neck of the woods. They all went broke because the millionaires in my neck of the woods don't repair they toss and replace. These audiophools you hear about that will spend big bucks to fix vintage gear just do not exist, or at least there is not enough of them to make a living anymore. What there are are a bunch of hobbiests that pick up old equipment at swap meets, estate sales and from recycle centers, clean them up, and sell for huge dollars to those that really don't know what this stuff is worth. They don't spend a ton of money getting equipment repaired. I get plenty of fix it for 50.00 or forget it. In an average month I might make 200 bucks repairing equipment! It has been this way for about 25 years. That was the reason I left the business in 03 and I should have left sooner because that last year I stuck around, a kid working at burger king was probably taking home more than I was. I am not kidding. The last 6 months I was working as a full time tech for a large shop netted me about 9,000 take home. A far cry from the 80K I had been making in the years before the flat panels hit the stores.The vast majority is stuff I repair on my channel is stuff given to me. My own equipment that I get going for as little as possible and try to sell cheap. If it doesn't go I toss it. That amplifier and tuner I serviced last week sold for 50.00 and that was for both pieces I would have liked to have gotten more. I auctioned it off and it went to the highest bidder. So why on earth would I spend anything on test equipment because those caliber of repairs would never get done, people would toss it. I don't do phones, or tablets or laptops and never will. I would never pay someone to fix those devices either. When they break I buy a new one just like everyone else here. The only reason I take on these repairs these days is to do a video. The youtube revenue so far on the 2 kenwood pieces is more than I got for them.
Hey I have a question 12voltvids I have a pioneer ct m5r 6 tape changer it turns on opens closes I found a bb gun pellet in it and it plays but it won't change the tape the unit started I mono but now is in stereo but I hisses I was wounder what you would charge for such a fix it needs a lot of love and money but I can't fix it with ease I'm skilled but not that good I mabe could with more time but it's better just to get it fixed by a pro pro like you I don't want to spend much though
Good point but when you pay 140 for it it's a true pain but thanks for the advice it's cool for the shelf mabe I can see it hope for a few bucks at least the only advantage it has is I looks nice on my deck stack I need a better cassette deck unit but none the less thanks can you recommend any cassette changers that are good
And this will keep me warm when it gets cold in the next month as it will get cold. Should be more efficient than the 4.8kw unit on the other side of the shop.
the site wasn't to easy to find that heater that you demonstrated but - after I did some searching I did find that unit..169.00 Dollars!! a bit pricey but I bet worth every penny. By the way Dave how long have you had your unit??
Does this only display in Fahrenheit or can you switch to Celsius?
I'm sure it can. I didn't switch it only because I think temperature in F not C even though everything else i think of in metric.
@@12voltvids you need to get yourself a enhanced vision Merlin hd ultra enlarger for soldering and seeing cracks on solder connections ... expensive but worth it love mine.
@@catsbyondrepair I'll get one when someone send me one for free but I don't buy tools anymore because there is no money in repairs.
Believe it or not, there is a reason there are no shops in my neck of the woods. They all went broke because the millionaires in my neck of the woods don't repair they toss and replace. These audiophools you hear about that will spend big bucks to fix vintage gear just do not exist, or at least there is not enough of them to make a living anymore. What there are are a bunch of hobbiests that pick up old equipment at swap meets, estate sales and from recycle centers, clean them up, and sell for huge dollars to those that really don't know what this stuff is worth. They don't spend a ton of money getting equipment repaired. I get plenty of fix it for 50.00 or forget it. In an average month I might make 200 bucks repairing equipment! It has been this way for about 25 years. That was the reason I left the business in 03 and I should have left sooner because that last year I stuck around, a kid working at burger king was probably taking home more than I was. I am not kidding. The last 6 months I was working as a full time tech for a large shop netted me about 9,000 take home. A far cry from the 80K I had been making in the years before the flat panels hit the stores.The vast majority is stuff I repair on my channel is stuff given to me. My own equipment that I get going for as little as possible and try to sell cheap. If it doesn't go I toss it. That amplifier and tuner I serviced last week sold for 50.00 and that was for both pieces I would have liked to have gotten more. I auctioned it off and it went to the highest bidder. So why on earth would I spend anything on test equipment because those caliber of repairs would never get done, people would toss it. I don't do phones, or tablets or laptops and never will. I would never pay someone to fix those devices either. When they break I buy a new one just like everyone else here. The only reason I take on these repairs these days is to do a video. The youtube revenue so far on the 2 kenwood pieces is more than I got for them.
Hey I have a question 12voltvids I have a pioneer ct m5r 6 tape changer it turns on opens closes I found a bb gun pellet in it and it plays but it won't change the tape the unit started I mono but now is in stereo but I hisses I was wounder what you would charge for such a fix it needs a lot of love and money but I can't fix it with ease I'm skilled but not that good I mabe could with more time but it's better just to get it fixed by a pro pro like you I don't want to spend much though
Time to move on. Not worth fixing.
Good point but when you pay 140 for it it's a true pain but thanks for the advice it's cool for the shelf mabe I can see it hope for a few bucks at least the only advantage it has is I looks nice on my deck stack I need a better cassette deck unit but none the less thanks can you recommend any cassette changers that are good
Sell not see that auto correct never works
I'm looking into a mistubishi 7 cassette changer but a sony mtr 10 unit is tempting
More interesting stuff!
And this will keep me warm when it gets cold in the next month as it will get cold. Should be more efficient than the 4.8kw unit on the other side of the shop.
the site wasn't to easy to find that heater that you demonstrated but - after I did some searching I did find that unit..169.00 Dollars!! a bit pricey but I bet worth every penny.
By the way Dave how long have you had your unit??
I just got this one. I have another tower fan I have had coming up on 3 years now. Flawless.