From Kenny Balys Sent Wed, Jun 27th 2018, 16:36
From Kenny Balys Sent Wed, Jun 27th 2018, 16:36
Thats a really good point about the circuit boards. They damage far too easily so its really not an ideal first timer job. On 27.06.18 15:51 , DJ Maytag wrote: > Do you have an old piece of junk to experiment with? I’d try that first, as I > did with a synth that was pretty far beyond repair and then moved on to > another synth I got fairly cheaply (Moog MG-1) and fixed that thing up quite > nicely to get it ready for sale. That was more reassuring to work on, knowing > I got it cheap and if I totally screwed it up, I wouldn’t be out much beyond > that parts I bought to fix it up. > > That said, the SH-101 PCB’s are FAR worse than the MG-1’s, so you do have to > be VERY careful with them. They’re basically layers of paper and a thin payer > of conductive material on top of that. If you’re not careful, you could lose > a solder pad or ten! > > I don’t really trust solder suckers to really do the job, so I invested in a > bunch of rolls of solder wick. That way you can be pretty sure you’ve soaked > up all the solder with the wick, at the expense of time (it’s far slower to > wick up solder than to use a sucker). I only accidentally lost one solder pad > and was able to add a short jumper wire to the release slider from another > point on the PCB. > > That’s just my preference though. > > > > >> On Jun 27, 2018, at 10:36 AM, A. Horton <xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: >> >> Do you have any tips or guides for how to desolder and replace the old >> slider? It's my first real repair like this. On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 11:32 >> AM DJ Maytag <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >>> >>> +1 on Syntaur, but make sure to also get replacement slider caps at the >>> same time. My original caps don’t stay on the new sliders very well. I’m >>> sure there’s an easy solution to that though. >>> >>> Anyway, I bought a full set last fall and finally got around to replacing >>> all of the sliders and pots a few weeks ago. It’s also a VERY good idea >>> to replace the power inlet and power switch while you are at it. I think >>> there was another part or two I replaced beyond Syntaur’s 101 Service >>> Kit. >>> >>> As an improvement, to its sound, Tubbetec recommends adding an extra >>> ground wire from the D/A chip to the power inlet ground. It adds a TON of >>> noise, and adding an extra heavy ground wire reduces the noise floor >>> significantly. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 27, 2018, at 9:54 AM, A. Horton <xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm finally getting into servicing my own gear - where's the best place >>>> to pick vintage spare parts like this? >>> >