Been down for most of the week with some kind of bug.  Nasty sucker but seem to be coming out of it a bit now.  Hope its done its worst and is leaving for others to enjoy… 🙁

Hate it when I have to put everything on hold like this.  Got a game coming up next Saturday so gotta get a bunch of stuff done before then.  Was hoping to have the roundhouse a lot more done than it is but such is life.

Before I went down completely I did get most of the repair shop going.  Now to see if I can find the rest of the stuff from the last one (Ace Electronics) that’s in storage in the barn.

One of the first pieces I fixed in the new shop was a Realistic 8-track recorder.  Really took me back as that model was new on the market when I first started at the old Stereo Shack back in 1974.  Got a Panasonic AM/FM/Reel to Reel on the bench now.  Had to make a gear for the motorised tuning assembley for it.  Now to figure out why the FM is muted.  AM and the Reel to Reel works fine.  Did a full clean, service and lube on the RR.  Still got to find my old test tapes to check it. The tape it came with is showing a channel as being low but as the record/playback switches were really dirty and I think the tape was recorded with them in that condition.

Have also done clean and service on 3 Sony Betamax and 1 Sony VHS machines and a remote.  So the work seems to be out there.  Just gotta make sure that I don’t get so piled up with crap that I get burned out again.

Hoping to get 2 or 3 more of the 14 foot long picnic tables built this week.  First one only took Cat, Bill and me 2 hours to build and most of that time was just me cutting the pieces.  5 full length 2x10x14s (3 for the top and 2 for seats), 6 legs, 3 top supports and 3 seat supports.  Will add 2 additional top supports and 4 leg to top support pieces to the next ones.

This coming week will also be taken up with cooking.  Gonna do both lunch and supper for the troops this game.  Glad I got the other fridge and big freezer going… 😉

Hands are telling me I need to quit with the typing so will close for now…