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Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step [message #268457 is a reply to message #268320]

Sun, 28 December 2014 19:02

jhbridges

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Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga

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I had an audio repair shop in a previous life. We were the warranty center for, among others, Akai. Every year, the factory ran a contest among its design engineers, and the winner got to come to this country for several weeks as the prize, and tour all the repair centers. Those guys learned quickly what worked in the field and what didn't, and they also had all the tricks to make their machines perform well. Since we were close to the Air War College/Staff and Command school/Squadron Officers' School, we saw a LOT of Akai product these guys brought back from overseas. One trick which I remember well was a sack full of capstan sleeves one of these guys gave me. Akai changed speeds by slipping a sleeve over the capstan to increase its diameter, and if they had too many miles on the capstan unsleeved, the flutter spec got out of hand. The Akai engineer gave me about a hundred sleeves he'd had made up with the inner diameter undersized by a couple or three ten-thousandths. Problem cured, and saved the customer a pot of money. We need more thinkers iike that designing things.

--johnny

Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons. Braselton, Ga. I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell

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		[GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Ken Henderson on Fri, 26 December 2014 21:00
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: USAussie on Fri, 26 December 2014 21:24
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Ken Henderson on Fri, 26 December 2014 21:38
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: kerry pinkerton on Fri, 26 December 2014 22:56
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Ken Henderson on Fri, 26 December 2014 23:53
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: mild bill on Fri, 26 December 2014 23:12
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Ken Henderson on Sat, 27 December 2014 00:02
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: USAussie on Sat, 27 December 2014 06:28
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Ray R. on Sat, 27 December 2014 08:00
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: mike miller on Sat, 27 December 2014 19:49
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Ray R. on Sat, 27 December 2014 20:09
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: mike miller on Sat, 27 December 2014 20:22
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Ray R. on Sat, 27 December 2014 20:40
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: mike miller on Sun, 28 December 2014 00:02
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: USAussie on Sun, 28 December 2014 00:46
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Bruce Hart on Sun, 28 December 2014 02:34
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Ken Burton on Sun, 28 December 2014 06:25
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: USAussie on Sun, 28 December 2014 07:21
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Adrien G. on Sat, 27 December 2014 21:10
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: USAussie on Sat, 27 December 2014 22:52
		[GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Mr ERFisher on Sun, 28 December 2014 09:02
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Ken Henderson on Sun, 28 December 2014 09:15
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: kerry pinkerton on Sun, 28 December 2014 09:29
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Ken Henderson on Sun, 28 December 2014 09:51
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: lotsofspareparts on Sat, 27 December 2014 22:00
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: USAussie on Sat, 27 December 2014 22:48
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: jhb1 on Sun, 28 December 2014 08:49
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: jhbridges on Sun, 28 December 2014 19:02
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: Ray R. on Sun, 28 December 2014 22:43
		Re: [GMCnet] Modifying Cockpit Step By: mild bill on Mon, 29 December 2014 23:01

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