Maybe, Andy can take your son under his wings and train him in electronics.
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Anger management and rig repair
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We get to see the mirror, but not the shards of glass still stuck in your leg? How can you leave it this way?
When I was about 8 my dad gave me and my older brother Swiss Army knives. His was pretty thick and had a saw an tweezers and stuff....mine had like one or two blades and a nail file. I got jealous and slashed the upholstery on his new chair/desk set. I never saw that knife again.
With all this parenting talk I read that as flip-flops. Then I instantly thought of this
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Preach it, Bro. My folks had FIVE. I wonder what kept them outta' the funny-farm. The truck dashboard incident of 1978 was a minor blip, just a preview of things to come. Same brother wrapped Mom's Caddy around a highway billboard in Northern Virginia maybe 15 years later. He was supposed to be in Blacksburg. Another inquisition ensued, this time though... I was off the hook.
I'll have a really good opportunity later this week. Mom got the Ol' Man a Vette for his retirement/birthday present this year... maybe I gift-wrap a hacksaw from my shop before the gtg Friday?
Smear/apply a good quality silicone caulk to the speaker, I have done that, seems to be a good, long term hold.
Maybe it's sitting in the toolbox unattended. I wouldn't think to hide anything that can cause damage from a kid, but I also wouldn't think that a kid would maliciously destroy something.
Frank Sinatra had it right!!
“My only deep sorrow,” he said, “is the unrelenting insistence of recording and motion picture companies upon purveying the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression it has been my displeasure to hear—naturally I refer to the bulk of rock ‘n’ roll.
“It fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people. It smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons and by means of its almost imbecilic reiterations and sly, lewd—in plain fact dirty—lyrics, and as I said before, it manages to be the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.
“This rancid smelling aphrodisiac I deplore.”
I always say I did some kid a huge favor by not having them. It would be a much better world if some people would just accept and admit that they aren't cut out to be parents instead of letting family and society pressure them into having kids they don't want and aren't capable of raising properlyAh, the joys of having no kids!
Oof... my condolences. Those slashes just have me speechless and quite frankly in shock. Ouch. Hoping for the best outcome and it gets fixed.
My kids are 7 and 9 and they always have a knife and a hatchet when they go outside. Whenever I can’t find my utility knife, I look in their pockets. Thankfully they have learned how to use them safely as tools and haven’t resorted to attacking anyone or anything with them. We live in the woods.
Having raised two of my own, I found that most of their early “transgressions” were driven more by imagination and curiosity than malevolence or anger. If I got mad, it was usually because I was hung on “my stuff got messed up” and couldn’t see the bigger picture.
If kids are acting out in anger, consider the environment which is seeding said anger.
also, I am learning a lot about speaker repair in this thread. File under “stuff I wish I had known back when....”
If kids are acting out in anger, consider the environment which is seeding said anger.
also, I am learning a lot about speaker repair in this thread. File under “stuff I wish I had known back when....”
My youngest son at 4 years old sat on the seat of my motorcycle hacking away at the tank with a phillips screwdriver.
Happy to say I didn't lose it... kids remember things like that their whole life... my biggest regrets in life are when I was too tough on my kids. (No one is perfect)
I'd make sure your son/daughter was their helping you fix it.
Happy to say I didn't lose it... kids remember things like that their whole life... my biggest regrets in life are when I was too tough on my kids. (No one is perfect)
I'd make sure your son/daughter was their helping you fix it.
I think superglue might work. Just put it on the bottom of the kid's shoes and stand him on a hardwood floor for a minute or two. Then keep your rig in a different room.
Reminds me of a comedian- Emo Philips. He said that his parents punished him by burying him up to the waist in a hole dug in the backyard. His comment was that people would walk by and tickle his feet.
He was in a jealous rage when he said that.Frank Sinatra had it right!!
“My only deep sorrow,” he said, “is the unrelenting insistence of recording and motion picture companies upon purveying the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression it has been my displeasure to hear—naturally I refer to the bulk of rock ‘n’ roll.
“It fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people. It smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons and by means of its almost imbecilic reiterations and sly, lewd—in plain fact dirty—lyrics, and as I said before, it manages to be the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.
“This rancid smelling aphrodisiac I deplore.”
Don't forget to superglue his laces, too.
Re: the driver. Saturate some thin cloth in silicone sealant or other flexible adhesive, and sandwich both sides of the laceration. Allow to fully cure before playing. Should hold indefinitely.
(EDIT: Follow the advice of agedhorse, above, he knows much better than I ever will)
Or do what I did, when I discovered a radially torn cone in one of my Trace Elliot Celestion 200 W 12” drivers in my V-Type 4x12. I sandwiched both sides of the tear with 3M woven fiberglass packaging tape. Still sounds great over 15 years later.
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Keep silicone away from speakers, it makes future repairs much harder because it can migrate until fully cured. Once it gets on a surface, special solvents are required to remove the residue of the proper adhesives won't stick.
Why all the janky repair suggestions? A proper repair (as explained earlier) is both easier and far more effective.
Why all the janky repair suggestions? A proper repair (as explained earlier) is both easier and far more effective.
Just wondering, would PVA be a good adhesive for nylon canvas boot and the rubber sole that is just starting to separate at the toe?
Inquiring mind and all…
Inquiring mind and all…
