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Old 31st May 2006, 6:15 pm   #19
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Default Re: The art of coarse engineering

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Originally Posted by Mike Phelan
Then - a breakthrough! Mirabile dictu! "A" had cracked it! The MkIII version had a dog-end impaled on the pip, to protect the "laccy band."
This is scary Mike. I can clearly remember seeing the evidence of this in a few sets. I wonder if "A" published his "method" and thus it saw use far and wide..

I stopped testing by drawing arcs off the Line Output and Boost Diode top caps after once using a pencil.. It hurt.
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