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Archive for September, 2011
Can’t Tell If Toilet Or Sink…
Sep. 17, 2011
Or some sort of upside-down bidet….
~NSHA
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Update: Cleaning a Record With Glue
Sep. 16, 2011
Howdy, Fixers! A few days ago I showed you a DIY job that involved cleaning an old record with a little bit of wood glue. The method was intriguing to say the least, and I knew I just had to try it myself. After making a quick stop at my local hardware store for wood glue, I was set with everything I needed.
Click the picture to see the high-res version
To really test the theory I dug up the oldest, grimiest record in my collection. My 1974 copy of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was covered in dust, grime and sounds pretty bad; the perfect candidate. Here’s how I went about it:
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Squeezed some glue onto the record. You can put gobs of it if you wish, but I added just enough to cover the surface. I used a small paintbrush to help in the spreading process but I’m sure fingers work just as well.
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The original post said you should let it dry for about a day. We all know time is a fixer’s greatest enemy, so I just put a fan up to it instead. 2 hours later, it was completely dry and ready to be peeled.
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I did a pretty bad job of peeling it; I didn’t put enough tape on the edges so this was a struggle.
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After finally getting all the glue off, I was ready to test the results.
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I put in on my turntable and it completely blew me away.
Now, I didn’t think that this was some sort of troll post that was trying to get people to destroy their old records, but I didn’t fully expect it to work well either. My prediction was that the record would look new and shiny, but essentially sound the same. Boy was I ever wrong.
It sounded like a completely new record; there are no more snaps, crackles or pops! To make sure my ears weren’t fooling me, I flipped to the other side which I hadn’t cleaned. Sure enough, it sounded terrible. So with just a few dabs of cheap wood glue, my old record was given new life. Fix approved.
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Over the weekend I’ll plug the turntable into my computer and record a clip from each side, so you can hear the difference too.
Update: I just recorded a selection of a track before and after cleaning. Note the clarity of Ozzy and the gang post-cleaning.
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Brilliant.
Sep. 16, 2011
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Somebody Blue This Job
Sep. 16, 2011
Turbocharged Broadband
Sep. 16, 2011
Protip: widening the tubes makes information stream at a faster rate.
~NSHA
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Hungarian Phone Booth Sounds Like Crap
Sep. 16, 2011
In his later years, Superman needed a few upgrades to his changing location.
~NSHA
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Your Living Room, Never Leave The House Without It
Sep. 16, 2011
Historical Thursday: Pykrete and The HMS Habbakuk
Sep. 15, 2011
Wartime can call for some desperate measures. Here at Historical Thursday we’ve seen a ton of back-asswards projects including Nazi Dogs, a ship catapult and even bat bombs. But this week’s wartime device was not only completely feasible, it was actually a good idea. It involves a lot of water, a little bit of sawdust, and an eccentric English inventor.
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Data Center Cooling, The Dexter Way
Sep. 15, 2011
From the submitter:
A roll of plastic and three hours later, we could completely turn off one of the cooling units, which had been on full blast for years. The servers now breath in only cold air from the cooling units, and the cooling units only warm air from the servers.
Frankly, I am shocked and appalled that they found the blueprints to TIFI’s server room.
~Not-So-Handy Andy
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