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  1. BTW, here's a brochure I located online. They describe the lift mechanism as "oil damped."

    Now I don't think air is the fluid used to damp the lift.

    Nonetheless, before I started filling the cylinder with 10w40. I'd try some petroleum jelly to see what effect it has. It can be easily cleaned away with Isopropyl alcohol (not rubbing alcohol, it contains lanolin) and cotton swabs.

  2. Many years ago I worked as the counter man in a Schwinn bicycle shop. The shop was in a strip mall, and happened to be a couple of doors down from a laundromat, so we got a lot of walk-ins who were really just killing time while their undies dried.

    On one particular day a woman wandered into the store, and noticed a Schwinn Continental (at the time ~$130) right next to a top-of-the-line Schwinn Paramount (at the time an astronomical ~$1000). They looked exactly the same to her and, frankly, had she ridden both she would not have been able to discern any difference between them. But she argued with me for a half-hour about the fact that the Paramount, which was obviously exactly the same as the Continental, was such a rip-off. She used phrases like, "The Paramount costing $870 more than the Continental while being not much different has convinced me that they have a flawed business outlook", and, "You have to admit, it's taking advantage of the customer."

    Afterward she wandered out of the store, never to return, feeling very self-righteous.

    EXACTLY!

    In1974 I tried to buy a Schwinn Paramount, but Nixon's wage and price freeze made it impossible. Schwinn (understandably) refused to sell Paramounts at the frozen price. Instead, I bought an Italian made Legnano, with Campagnollo components and a Reynolds 531 frame. It was almost identical to a Paramount (which I would have preferred).

    A friend bought a Schwinn World Voyager for less than half the cost of my bike. His Schwinn was Japanese made with Shimano componets. It was a very nice bike.

    As we went on rides in the ccountry he would ask, "How can your Legnano be worth more than twice the cost of my Schwinn?" I exchanged bikes with him for a few miles. He never asked again, but he did constantly pester me to switch bikes.

    I still ride the Legnano. His Schwinn is long gone.

  3. In audio, like in many areas of life, a diminishing return factor sets in. With audio it presents as physical size and economic cost. Many folks can't justify the added expense and increased footprint of a Klipschorn over a Heresey (or Bose cubes). They're happy with 80-90% of the performance at a small fraction of the cost. To a few more, it's worth paying a multiple of the cost to get that last bit of increased performance.

    The most basic principle is you don't have to spend the money if it's not worth it to you.

    If someone were to suggest that a Toyota and a Ferrari will each get you to the store in the same amount of time at the legal limit, so why would you you spend many times more to get a Ferrari, it would be pointless to try convince them otherwise. Likewise, it's pointless to try to convince the Ferrari owner that he/she has wasted his/her money.

    To quote Boxxx, " To each his own."

  4. I never really fall asleep.. I just rest my eyes....

    HaHa...Thats my line. Used it just this sunday :)

    My late father also "rested his eyes" a lot. You could wake him from a sound sleep in front of the TV and he'd repeat the last few lines of dialogue to prove he was awake. In reality, he had been asleeep and "heard" it the first time when he repeated it. He must have had an organic DVR on a loop inside his head.

    My late Dad said the same thing, we still joke about it, it's been 15 years and I think about him everyday.

    I know what you mean dtel. I hugged my dad as we said good-bye; 2 weeks later he was dead from a heart attack at 64. That was 25 years ago.

  5. I never really fall asleep.. I just rest my eyes....

    HaHa...Thats my line. Used it just this sunday :)

    My late father also "rested his eyes" a lot. You could wake him from a sound sleep in front of the TV and he'd repeat the last few lines of dialogue to prove he was awake. In reality, he had been asleep and "heard" it the first time when he repeated it. He must have had an organic DVR on a loop inside his head.

  6. When I was growing up in Cincinnati the B&O ran close by. They would attach small "bombs" to the track that would explode when hit by the train to signal the train. It's hard to believe explosives were attached to the tracks where kids could remove them.

    Of course, road construction sites were marked at night by small oil lamps with open flames. Who ever thought those were good ideas?

  7. "I guess that would make him a St. Bernard & full sized Poodle mix.

    HMMM... Beautiful dog but looks like a whole LOT of maintenance to me."

    Boris is a great dog, but he is high maintenance.

    "Neil, is that you with the dog?"

    You couldn't pay me to put on the Paws costume. On a hot day the costume of the mascot of the Detroit Tigers is not the Paws that refreshes.

  8. "Remove the backs, there are braces on which the back panel fits. Make sure there are no "gaps". If there are, you can use caulk or "bondo" to seal them."

    WADR-

    I'd never use "Bondo" to seal the backs, unless you plan to never remove them again.

    I'd use something more compliant than Bondo and which will permit disassembly and reassembly in the future. In reality, a Heresy was never airtight from the day it left Hope. I doubt you'd notice any difference whether sealed or not, as long as the back panel is secured snugly.

  9. Yes. Are those metric pliers?

    This reminds me of a system I put together with a housemate's $$ in college. His son still uses the Dynaco A25s and brags about the grille damage sustained on one when it fell on Brad Van Pelt's head (RIP).

    Speaking of dead Spartans, sad to hear Charles "Bubba" Smith passed today. I shook his thumb once. Never dropped stereo gear on him though.

  10. You sure this is real? There's a ton of thermal mass on the tracks and the wood isn't even scorched...

    Would not the heat be spread across and down the metal rail rather than scorching the wood?

    My first cynical thoughts were like Mike's. Yes the rails would draw heat away from the friction points, but would it be fast enough to avoid any discernible effect to the wood? Also, the rail metal adjacent to the melted areas shows no evidence of being extremely heated; not the least bit blued.

    Notwithstanding the unexpected lack of supporting evidence of high heat, why would anyone go to the trouble to fake this?

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