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  1. As my wife pointed out,  might be better to try to buy an empty box for the 64, its days of ever looking good are long gone.

    I will say it sells over 500, partially because of average used price and people getting caught up in the bids not thinking of rebuild costs.

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  2. I had to look at cost to buy is around  $1300 to $1800 range for these used.

     

    Its about $100 fuel for the 640 mile round trip plus a full day of my life taking off work to sit in traffic to get them if I won.  I set $300 for 3 new grills, $300 for cherry planks for rebuild of cabinets. $100 for finish stain and lacquer.  that didnt leave a lot of room for the Ebay bid before it got too expensive to do it (correctly) and too many people forget the labor is worth something.  Please correct me if my figures are off here. but decided to let it go and wait for better deal on a 63 or 83 upgrade. there is no  hurry

  3. for what its worth I just got my 636 back from repair, becaue it kept turning itself off, some times after only 40 minutes of use.   I get it home, and got everything conected and when I ran the room correction program, it gets to the side surround speaker and POP stops working, its off to repair again, I wonder how many times they cobble a fix before I get a refund,  I am not happy, this 636 was a replacement for the 608 that melted on us...  and  we have had this about 6 months :(

  4. just a FYI,  I play a Ken Smith 5 string, have Ampeg SVTs into 10 and 15 inch speakers.  At one sound check, we did not know that someone had turned the power up on the amps for the subs for the mains.  The drums were not ready for the sound check yet, so they had me go first,  I then found out what 35,000 watts and 130+bd of bass sounded like, it was painfull,  but something I will never forget either.

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  5. This seems like a typical thread from another forum I hang out at. As a bladesmith I have my own opinions about what blades should and should not be. Most of the brands mentioned I have experiance with, and they are fine blades. I disagree about 304 as a blade steel tho. 304 it is not used for any serious blades, only for the bolsters and other knife hardware.

    As for the choice of stainless or high carbon steels... my experiance has caused me to feel that the material a maker uses is not as important as much as the heat treat being correct for that steel chosen, and the angle of the cutting edge. Personbally I prefer high carbon for most things, but that is due in part because I do my own heat treating and most stainless steels are a pain to heat treat, so I hire them to outside sources. A good blade should not need sharpening very often if cared for properly. As already covered, simply hand wash and dry, then place them in a good place, Not in a dishwasher then into a pile in a drawer to have the edges abused.

    One brand not mentioned is Onterio. I have a few that have been in my kitchen many years, and they have served me well.

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