[QuadList] Tweakers-Photos please

[Ted Langdell]

Just for fun... Don and David, if you can snap some close ups and e- 
mail, I'll post on the site.

Ted.

On Aug 6, 2008, at 8:04 AM, Don Norwood wrote:

> Here's a question and a "special offer"..........

<snip>

> And now the special offer........you can't get Merlin tweakers  
> anymore, but a few years ago, another collector and I bought an  
> assortment of Ampex parts which included some official Ampex  
> tweakers!  These are very nice blue Spectrol tweakers imprinted  
> with the Ampex Op Center 800 number.  If you'd like a couple of  
> them, send me your mail address and I'll send them to you for the  
> cost of mailing and a padded envelope.  WARNING: May cause  
> unpredictable results if used to adjust equipment not manufactured  
> by Ampex!
>
> Don
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: DCFWTX at aol.com
> To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [QuadList] First Tech Publication posted to website:  
> Ampex 1021Intersync...
>
> In a message dated 8/5/2008 2:53:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
> WVGOfm at aol.com writes:
>
>> I can sure relate to that, Allan!
>> ....and how could I forget the countless Xcelite green screwdrivers I
>> either wore out or lost under the machine while doing said alignment!
>> I always said back then that Ampex should have supplied knee pads  
>> in the
>> 1200/2000 service kits.
>> Guy
>
>
> Well, this was one of the reasons to visit NAB: Go find the Merlin  
> booth and get a Merlin Tweaker (for those Intersync recessed  
> adjustments i.e. discriminator). Better yet, make multiple passes  
> at the Merlin booth for a years supply...Also would come in handy  
> on the VR 2000A model audio circuit boards (the VR2000B had pots  
> with knobs attached).
>
>
> David Crosthwait

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