Our next door neighbor, Leo, put this wood splitter together. It is a Heathkit like the stereo systems that early hobbyists built. Peggi’s dad was one of those. He put their first amplifier together in the fifties. My college roommate’s father, Harmon Hoy, built one too and his son, Steve, brought it to school with him. One of the first things Steve said to me was, “Mind if I put one of these stereo speakers on your desk?” I had been gearing up to study in college because I never did that in high school and that question and it’s implications pretty much put an end to that effort.
I borrowed the wood splitter this morning to work on the wood we pulled up from behind our neighbors house when a few trees blew over. I only got through a few pieces when a bolt broke on the handle that drives the shaft and wood toward the blade. I bought a new bolt but we will have find someone to weld the piece fitting on the end of the new bolt. I’m thinkin of giving Sparky a call tomorrow.
Peggi made dinner with the grilled vegetables and pasta recipe from this morning’s paper and it was sensational. We have a Netflix double header of “I Walk With A Zombie” and “The Body Snatcher” for after painting.
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in 1976, I decided to buy a stereo amplifier kit. This was to save $50 on the price of buying a finished model. I ordered it & 2 weeks later it showed up in the mail.
Steve Hack, my college roommate, spent the weekend clearly reading *& re-reading the instructions, as I carefully wound the 2 huge coils, cleanly soldered the jumper wires between circuit boards, etc etc. It was a much bigger job than I expected, based on my high school electricity class.
We finished Sunday nite, around 10PM. We opened a couple of beers, & thumbed thru the record collection trying to decide what should get the inaugural spin. We chose something “sonic” like a Pink Floyd record.
I will never forget turning that amp on for the 1st time.
I can still hear instant “BANG”, and see the flash of sparks & small mushroom cloud of smoke that came up thru the heat vents on the top of it.