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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Sexy sexy time…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Good work..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>London<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>www.punkdisco.co.uk</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> random variate [mailto:randomvariate@hotmail.co.uk] <br><b>Sent:</b> 14 February 2016 00:44<br><b>To:</b> Music bar <music-bar@lists.music-bar.org><br><b>Subject:</b> MonoPoly restoration - thus far...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:white'>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><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444'><br><span style='background:white'>I thought I would give the full restoration a go...</span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>pictures at this link: <a href="http://1drv.ms/1TfSM74" target="_blank">http://1drv.ms/1TfSM74</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444'><br><br><span style='background:white'>Got a local chippie to rough cut 18mm white birch ply end panels, which I then sanded true. </span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:white'>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><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:white'>I salvaged the original front chipboard plinth, and put new realwood birch veneer on to match the plywood end cheeks. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444'><br><br><span style='background:white'>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><br><span style='background:white'>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><br><span style='background:white'>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><br><span style='background:white'>Let me know your thoughts on the colouring... keep it as is, maybe a clear varnish / or maybe try a deeper colouration? </span><br><br><span style='background:white'>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></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:white'>I hope a stable casing will make Osc4 calibration a bit easier!</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444'><br><br><span style='background:white'>Cheers</span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:white'>Tim</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #AAABB6 1.0pt'><tr><td width=470 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:15.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E'>This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. <br><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avast.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>