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<div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thanks Rom...! It's not particularly difficult to restore a synth, but it does take a lot of time, and a workbench of half decent tools helps. Patience is the more important than skill, in my mind.
Take it slow, research each stage, and let it happen in good time rather than rushing.<br>
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I will test some walnut stain and see how it looks 😊<br>
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The Maplin 5600S is a beast! Would have taken a long time to build that back in early 80s (it was a DIY synth)<br>
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Wil keep you posted on the MonoPoly<br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Re: MonoPoly restoration - thus far...</span><br>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">It look already really amazing Tim!
<div>I m jealous of your skills man :) (my taste for the wood colour would be a bit darker) … </div>
<div>I would love to learn how to repair synths (hobby) … my dream is to be a stagier / assistant for someone like you just to learn :)</div>
<div>unfortunately I didn t find anyone like you in my area ...</div>
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<div>Last summer I watched this guy repairing a Maplin 5600 ( i didn t know this brand before) </div>
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<div>very interesting IMO .</div>
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<div>While waiting : good luck with the tuning of the 4th OSC !!!! :)</div>
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<div>On 14 Feb 2016, at 01:44, random variate <<a href="mailto:randomvariate@hotmail.co.uk">randomvariate@hotmail.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; line-height:20.8267px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">So,acquired a MonoPoly last year that had had some liquid spillage that had blown the chipboard base badly, end cheeks had been
battered, couple of missing switch caps, and two of the pots required complete replacement.</span>
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<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; line-height:20.8267px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I thought I would give the full restoration a go...</span></div>
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<div>pictures at this link: <a href="http://1drv.ms/1TfSM74" target="_blank">http://1drv.ms/1TfSM74</a><br style="line-height:20.8267px; color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; line-height:20.8267px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Got a local chippie to rough cut 18mm white birch ply end panels, which I then sanded true. </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; line-height:20.8267px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I cut a new MDF baseboard, from a piece of salvage I saw in a garbage skip outside a house that was undergoing renovation.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; line-height:20.8267px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I salvaged the original front chipboard plinth, and put new realwood birch veneer on to match the plywood end cheeks. </span><br style="line-height:20.8267px; color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; line-height:20.8267px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">End cheeks are attached via screws that go in to threaded metal inserts in baseboard. A real faff to position and drill, but best way. I still need
to countersink holes and switch to nice black hex machine screws.</span><br style="line-height:20.8267px; color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; line-height:20.8267px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Need to try and salvage the original wood rails from inside of original end cheeks, to which the front panel screws, but they are stapled on to
original cheeks and likely gonna disintegrate. If so, will need to fashion new rails. Fun.</span><br style="line-height:20.8267px; color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; line-height:20.8267px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The plywood cheeks and front plinth just has just has 3 coats of Danish Oil on for now. Will see how it looks in daylight and do some tests with
walnut coloured stain, but I am quite liking the lighter look.</span><br style="line-height:20.8267px; color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; line-height:20.8267px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Let me know your thoughts on the colouring... keep it as is, maybe a clear varnish / or maybe try a deeper colouration? </span><br style="line-height:20.8267px; color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; line-height:20.8267px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">At the end of all this I need to calibrate oscillator 4, which was proving tricky as I could not prop the original case open - which is needed as
one needs to switch back and forth to front panel to test. </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; line-height:20.8267px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I hope a stable casing will make Osc4 calibration a bit easier!</span><br style="line-height:20.8267px; color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; line-height:20.8267px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Cheers</span><br style="line-height:20.8267px; color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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