Mike's PL400 rebuild (or, Mark's WOPL III!)

[WOPL Sniffer]

Haaaa, crazy naked guy in a video.... Great work Mark.....

 

[Gepetto]

Seconded, enjoyable video Mark...your customer should be pleased with your work.

 

[MarkWComer]

Haaaa, crazy naked guy in a video.... Great work Mark.....

I linked it on Facebook- and someone shared it!
Maybe I should expose my chest fur more often?

 

[Gepetto]

I linked it on Facebook- and someone shared it!
Maybe I should expose my chest fur more often?

Make sure you don't get any of it behind the backplanes

 

[Wheel-right]

Excellent video Mark, another PL saved and making music better than ever. Shaved head is the only way to travel cause it let's us go faster in our advanced age. Can tell you been busy by the yard, sorry about the family health problems hoping things get better soon.

 

[MarkWComer]

Make sure you don't get any of it behind the backplanes

Right! ...but I don’t think hair is conductive.

 

[laatsch55]

Grey hair isn't....

 

[MarkWComer]

Last video on the 400 project. DONE!

 

[MarkWComer]

Mark, I have enjoyed a lot your PL400 resurrection youtube series....

Wow... Humbled & flattered!

For the record, I was wearing shorts. I wouldn’t expect a 61 year old near-geriatric with shoulder-to-shoulder fur would illicit such a response. A bit warm that night, took my shirt off, forgot to put it back on to record the video. I wonder what response I would have gotten if I left my teeth out?

Thanks again. I know that electronic kit work isn’t a greatly interesting subject to many people, so the gags are thrown in to keep my audience awake.

 

[grapplesaw]

Last video on the 400 project. DONE!

looks like Walter White maybe alive and well living as Mark

 

[MarkWComer]

looks like Walter White maybe alive and well living as Mark

Walter Bishop from the “Fringe” series...
“Excellent! Let’s make some LSD!”

 

[Northwinds]

Grey hair isn't....

I don't have grey hair except my beard at 55 years old but my head hair its almost to my ass so I am sure if there was a way to see if hair could be conductive, I would find a way LMAO. I have a lot of chest fur though and even hair on my shoulders. I think there is bear in my family tree somewhere

 

[laatsch55]

I don't have grey hair except my beard at 55 years old but my head hair its almost to my ass so I am sure if there was a way to see if hair could be conductive, I would find a way LMAO. I have a lot of chest fur though and even hair on my shoulders. I think there is bear in my family tree somewhere

LMOAO!!

 

[MarkWComer]

Mike's Model 1000 Autocorrelator.
I'm not confident on this one- who has a lead on a good tech?
-Thanks!

 

[grapplesaw]

Walter Bishop from the “Fringe” series...
“Excellent! Let’s make some LSD!”

Walter White - Breaking Bad

 

[MarkWComer]

I have a lot of chest fur though and even hair on my shoulders. I think there is bear in my family tree somewhere

I shaved mine once. DON’T do that! Itched for a month.

 

[MarkWComer]

Mike's Model 1000 Autocorrelator.
I'm not confident on this one- who has a lead on a good tech?
-Thanks!

Reheated the solder connections where the edge connectors attach to the circuit board. Helped a bit, but the switches seem to be an issue now. Will try a couple spritzes of DeOxit, see if that helps.

 

[MarkWComer]

Reheated the solder connections where the edge connectors attach to the circuit board. Helped a bit, but the switches seem to be an issue now. Will try a couple spritzes of DeOxit, see if that helps.

Bingo.
She’s good...

 

[Gepetto]

Bingo.
She’s good...

Good work Mark, those motherboard/daughterboard designs that PL used were prone to connector joint cracking, the larger ones are even worse than this small unit for that. I am sure it helped with manufacturing but created reliability issues over time.