Subj : 3d printing
To   : Jamestyree
From : Moondog
Date : Fri Sep 20 2019 12:58 am

  Re: 3d printing
  By: Jamestyree to Moondog on Sat Sep 14 2019 04:31 pm

 >   Re: 3d printing
 >   By: Moondog to Jamestyree on Fri Sep 13 2019 10:16 am
 > 
 >  > belt was dragging.  Anyways, after a little searching it appears that it 
 >  > common for  the rubber belts from that era to break down and turn to stic
 >  > mush, and another issue with older audio equipment was small plastic gear
 >  > losing
 >  > teeth, or completely disintegrating due to age or chemical composition of
 >  > the plastics.
 > 
 > I don't remember what it's called, but all the "rubber" in everything we use
 > today isn't rubber, it's man made.  After so much time, it revers to it's
 > original gooey state.  There are products that you can buy that you spray on
 > "rubber" to preserve and lengthen their life but I've never used them.  I ha
 > to replace a belt in an 8-track player recently and it was stuck on EVERYTHI
 > in the deck and was so hard to clean.  Once it gets on your skin, it's there
 > for days!!
 > 
 > Glad to hear that you're getting back into vinyl!!  There's that whole debat
 > over what sounds better, digital music or analog but I'm not in it for the
 > absolute quality of the sound.  I enjoy the entire process of getting the
 > record out of the sleeve, using an anti-static brush to clean the dust off,
 > manually place the needle on the record and then sit back and enjoy looking 
 > the album art and reading whatever is on the jacket.
 > 
 > I have a Sony HAP-S1, digital music player for music that I don't have on ta
 > or vinyl.  It's like a giant MP3 player.  It's nice, but I don't feel any
 > connection to the music like I do when I own the album, reel or cassette.  A
 > of the hipsters are really helping to revive vinyl and I think that is aweso
 > You really see so much more NEW music getting released on Vinyl again!
 > 
 > I rememberwhen I thought $7 was a lot to spend on a record and today it's $2
 > or more!!  Still, I think it's great!
 > 
 > Moondog, what kind of music were you into back when your records were new?
 > What did you pull out of storage?  :-)  I used to love Van Halen, AC/DC, Pat
 > Benetar, Heart, etc.  Now, at 51, I've added a good bit of folk music, some
 > classical, and jazz.  I'm close to owing all of the Steve Miller Band's
 > records.  Not counting all of the re-releases and live albums (I hate live
 > albums).
 > 
 > James
 > 
I have several older AC/DC albums, Nazareth, Eagles, Foriegner, Bob Seagar,
Styx, plus some others I recovered that were older, like some Johnny Cash,
Janis Joplin, Young Rascals, the Animals, and Rolling Stones.  I think
there's some Beatles stuff in the cabinet.

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