I remember those first pictures very well. I'm pretty absent minded, and for a relatively young person of 45, have a rotten memory, but those destruction photos are still engraved in the back pages of my mind. Ken, your work is not only healing that precious machine, but a bit of my mental landscape as well.
Regards, Andy Baron On Feb 2, 2007, at 4:29 AM, Ken Danckaert wrote: > Awhile back one of the members posted some pictures of a Columbia > AS that had been demolished in shipping due to virtually no packing > in the box when shipped. The first two URLs show the machine as it > was received from the Post Office. Most people would have given up > at that point. It was given to me for restoration. Restoration > did not include any repainting or refinishing. There were a number > of coin mechanism parts that were missing and had to be made. The > top casting that was damaged beyond hope was replaced with another > one of the same vintage. As you can see, the signboard is new and > I am currently working to match the stains for appropriate color. > I thought that you would like to see that even what appears to be a > hopeless machine can be brought back to life. The URLs show the > before and after for this very nice machine. > > Ken Danckaert > > > > http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/3026/phono4hi7.jpg > > http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/673/phono3ek6.jpg > > http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2272/casetopgl4.jpg > > http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/5909/mechfrontvw0.jpg > > http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5372/caseworksfrontqx3.jpg > > http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8151/caseworksopen1zi9.jpg > > http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/5899/casemechsignboarduq2.jpg > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
