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Old 31st Aug 2017, 8:08 pm   #9
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Default Re: The perils of homebrewing equipment

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Originally Posted by Lloyd 1985 View Post
I once built myself a little valve superhet, using some bits from a 3 band cossor, it worked really well! That was until I decided to tidy up the wiring under the chassis.. it never did work again! Maybe time it made it back to the bench for another go.
A few years ago, we had a student join us for a summer placement. He was given the task of building some kind of a bridge unit of unusual specifications. He was doing physics and had no constructional skills, but after a week or two he had built the rattiest rat's nest ever seen...and it worked really well.

So, big pat on the back for him and he was asked to re-build it in a chassis. Long story short... he stayed with us for about another 8 weeks, and we all joined in on the cause, but that thing never worked again. He really did need therapy by the time he left!

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