Ken, people like you give hope to the rest of us. What an amazing transformation. And what satisfaction you must have from having saved a machine that many of us might have given up on. Congrats and bravo! John Robles Ken Danckaert <kend at lemur.org> wrote: Awhile back one of the members posted some pictures of a Columbia AS that had been demolished in shipping due to virtually no packing in the box when shipped. The first two URLs show the machine as it was received from the Post Office. Most people would have given up at that point. It was given to me for restoration. Restoration did not include any repainting or refinishing. There were a number of coin mechanism parts that were missing and had to be made. The top casting that was damaged beyond hope was replaced with another one of the same vintage. As you can see, the signboard is new and I am currently working to match the stains for appropriate color. I thought that you would like to see that even what appears to be a hopeless machine can be brought back to life. The URLs show the before and after for this very nice machine. Ken Danckaert http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/3026/phono4hi7.jpg http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/673/phono3ek6.jpg http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2272/casetopgl4.jpg http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/5909/mechfrontvw0.jpg http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5372/caseworksfrontqx3.jpg http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8151/caseworksopen1zi9.jpg http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/5899/casemechsignboarduq2.jpg _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
