Don’t Bann me, but I have printed over 100 gears for this exact Walkman. They all work perfectly. With the right method this is definitely an option. I am running a small business repairing DD walkman
I've bought a few of the printed one & the bolt-on version. the printed one is better for the tc-d3 because of the extra (record) function, but either version is good for play-only dd walkmans.
@@duncan-rmi These gears are not from me though. I only use them for repair and do not sell them. With the printed gears i am able to perfectly align them to the metal disc without wobble
I have both a DD33 and a WMD3 with centre gears replaced by a tech in the Netherlands. Both work perfect now. They are totally repairable with replacement centre gears which are now available in brass/plastic and plastic/plastic. Great vid as ever but would have been great to see you replace the centre gear. Get hold of a repair kit and give it another shot maybe? 👍
I had my D3 restored in Europe, not just the central gear but also the counter belt amongst others. Quite happy with a device that is now almost exactly as it was almost 40 years ago!
You can rebuild it with baking soda and super glue, then file it and make the teeth, i've try it and works perfect. The compound is a bit flexable and wear resistant. Its not that time consuming process, it will took less than half an hour.
I had the centre gear replaced on my WMD 3 by Sony in Kuala Lumpur - they have spare parts for this unit and I understand Singapore has spares as well.
I am really supprised how well it plays a tape considering the damage. The old philips 752 radio/cassette player in car dash boards had the same fault. A thin metal washer had a white molded plastic rim for the capstan belt to sit in. When the plastic broke it was really bad lol. The flywheel itself was a shitty washer of cheap metal, bloody crap!.
As soon as you said clicking I knew what the problem was lol. It's a shame that such a nice player is crippled by such a glaring engineering flaw. If it were mine I'd probably cad something up and "do the thing that I cant say for fear of banning" using an engineering grade resin or sls nylon/polyester just for giggles. It probably outright wouldn't work, or would eventually fail again after awhile but still fun for me to test.
How so there is nothing you can do? I FIXED my WM-DD33 with aftermarket parts frok Slovakia, which is custom injection molded with custom screws. Ebay user "mikohm" sells them, and he is a Walkman DirectDrive fan he set out on this mission via the Audio Freaks forum. Hope this tip helps anyone to save their Sony Direct Drive Walkman.
Looks like a silicon rubber to me yes, looks to be purpose designed for electronic repair too with screw arrangement troughs & the magnetic areas to locate springs/Jesus clips is a brilliant touch. Wouldn't mind one myself, more organised than old yogurt pots and the like.
@@emmarandom9609 totally - makes me wonder if I would end up using it due to the real estate.. I use towels and yoga foam bricks ..we all have our own little system! What are Jesus clips? Never heard that term
I was able to repair mine with JB Weld. When the material is still pliable you can gently run the opposing gear through it. Not perfect by any means but it will work.
Red Leicester cheese gears fail again! We recently bought the 'Walkman' of our wayward youth, a Radio Shack SCP-22 offa ePay. Played it for a bit and put it on our shelf. Bought a second one for parts - mainly the belt clip. Played a tape on it and found it was playing only one channel. Investigating and it seems the little 'wipers' for the volume potentiometers has broken loose. Even the second unit had the same problem. So we bought another one - it works and so did the fourth one we bought just to make sure. Oh, well, they were cheap enough and they're fun to work on. Traded cabinets on the fourth one and the never gonna work one as that units cabinet was in better shape.
I have one that's been squirrelled away. It worked when shoe-boxed with other units. Now I can't help but wonder as it hasn't seen daylight in YEARS!!! Was that gear really missing a chunk, or did it shrink and split apart? I know some plastics can do that-meaning shrink. So hey why don't you just simply 3.........LOL------I get it.....I've heard of guys out there that can make replacement gears, but not plastic on metal like this one :(
I'm glad i brought a Sony PCM M 10 digital recorder. And for one reason. No mechanical parts being worn out though longtime usage. And then find out latter on it can't be serviced like you see in this video. Some audio nostalgia is not worth the gamble.
Those recorders PCM M10s are becoming valuable. I have the Roland R05 which was its competition (at the time). I hope mine continues to work, but realistically, just because there's no moving parts doesn't mean much in terms of electronics' longevity
Agree: on all DD-WM, the main gear got broken because of difference of dilatation coefficient. This is why this techno isn't used in the industrial products. There are 2 ways to repair: the gear is available on the internet, or you can repair by reducing metal Diameter and then Cyanide glue on the plastic. I repaired my by putting a couple of additional teeth in the gap (not the perfect repair)
I had one but I sold it about 6 years ago. Had someone pestering me for months so I let it go. Same with my Technics slp50. Should have kept that beast but when someone was standing there with 600 in cash and I paid nothing for it.
Hello, I have a JVC TD-W118 in which the belts have turned to goo. I was hoping you'd have one or a similar model that you could please do a quick video on how to get the mechanism out? that would be amazing :)
@@12voltvids I've watched a lot of your cassette deck repair videos. Sadly none of the JVC's are the same as the JVC TD-W118 which i think is the same kind of case as the JVC TD-W11 varieties. I wish i knew 25% of what you know. Well if you do come across a JVC stereo dual cassette deck. I believe the majority of the TD-Wxx models share the same mechanism and will (probably) come out the same way.
Looks cool, but I can definitely see your point about avoiding these things. Too complex to be reliable as a portable stereo cassette player. And with solid state digital audio recorders, it's obsolete for what it was originally made for. And if these are so rare and valuable in the used market, why would you want to use it in field work, and all the risks that may entail to your gear, instead of a solid state recorder? The negatives far outweigh the positives. It's value is as an artifact.
@@12voltvids The point would be for fun if someone is so inclined, but that's about it in most situations. That said, there are some recording studios that offer the option of laying down tracks on analog tape, though editing is still primarily done digitally using DAW applications like Pro Tools because, really, who wants to cut and splice tape all day long? Of course, nobody uses DASH or equivalent systems beyond archival purposes for obvious reasons; you can't find fresh tape for it to record with and, even if you could, what's the point?
Even without dolby the highs were very noticably lacking in that recording. The gremlins that may have been in there before probably messed up the azimuth of the head? I have a bunch of WM-D6C's still waiting to be fixed but they're such a pain to work on.. at least they have appreciated a lot in value while waiting in the repair pile of shame :D
Why not just replace the gear? It happens all the time. I have a wm-dd33, had exactly the same problem. Someone in The Netherlands replaced the gear and it's as good as new.
The cracked gear in the DD Walkman series is such a common problem (all gears are cracked by now) that there are newly made third party replacement part available on ebay. Not cheap but they are available. Indeed most of plastic parts in such walkman suffers from the same shrinking problem and might get out of alignment. It is not uncommon that FF or REW do not properly engage because shrunken gears do not make good contact, Anyway that unit is worth the repair.
It will depend on how much they want to spend. Most eBay sellers won't ship to Canada. I can have parts sent to USA which costs only an extra 5 bucks but I know how much of a pain in the ass it is to change that gear. I'll let him know and he can decide if he wants to spend a bunch of money on it. He already has plenty into this one as he got into a bidding war and it cost him 45.00 to ship it to me. He is already into this for about 500.
I wanted to put some links to the parts, but it seems links are blocked. Indeed all DD walkmans have this gear broken (except DD9 which has a different mechanism). Gear is available on fixyouraudio, along with capstan ring and counter belt (18 x 0.5mm) which should also be replaced. They do ship worldwide. The counter belt can be seen it's melted in the video and the rubber ring on the flywheel is very likely to have an indentation mark on it which will be visible once the flywheel is removed.
Ouch, sorry for your friend's loss there. OK I won't even mention that word lol but there are comments about replacement clutches being made, perhaps worth investigating as can't imagine postage being that awful for such a small part.
Not so much postage mist if these sellers use fed ex or UPS because they are about half the cost. The problem is these carriers are 37.50 broker fees and taxes to the importer which makes it too costly
@@12voltvids well that sucks, only worth doing if one had a steady supply of these machines to repair then & could order them by the 100 :( unless it was of sentimental value to someone and they paid the price. That's pretty disgusting to be honest, is there no direct shipping from the EU to Canada or are they just as bad? (BTW this is @Dan mackintosh on my partners phone, I broke my laptop lol & my spare ones have either no sound or no WiFi. Refuse to buy another until I know I can't fix either)
That's awful, good for home-grown Canadian industry no doubt but for more niche things like these clutches (or shango's Russian germanium goodies) not helpful at all. People must be either very tolerant over there, or very over-regulated as surely someone would start up a service with less outlandish fees.
The same plastic gear/pulley problem was on many many units, one that I did many hundreds of was the plastic reel drive pulley on the capstan motor in Mitsubishi VCR's did da mod n replaced it with a brass one!... Ya gotta love plastic fantastic stuff NOT!
@@12voltvids there is solution: fixyouraudio has sony wm dd3 walkman new center gear repair kit. I have used this repair kit to repair my sony wm DD3. I hope this helps to you too.
My had exactly the same mode of failure, broken gear, threw it in trash since I was kinda angry at Sony for such bad design. Also there's no chunk missing but gear expanded, maybe it would be possible to pull it back together with zip tie and epoxy back in place.
yeah so many people don't understand the limitations of 3-D print. IMO only good for a visual representation of what you MIGHT finally manufacture properly.
Puts years on me just looking at the bulky case, let alone the antiquated conglomeration inside. And that's before you get to running a *TAPE* through it to get some god awful sound out of it. For me, these clapped out monstrosities have absolutely no sentimental value at all.
@@12voltvids Is there a comparison? I walked into a repair shop at the back of a musical instrument store a couple of years ago and was absolutely stunned people were still having these types of things repaired. I left this line of work nearly 25 years ago and couldn't get over a former colleague still repairing the same box of whirling junk as it was when new in the 90's.
@@MarkHopewell I left the business in 2003 and only started doing it again about 12 years ago because people kept pestering me to fix their old junk. I guess some people like the compressed noisy distorted sound that only analog can deliver.
@@12voltvidsGood morning again. My sincere apologies, I don't know your name... I'm faced with a similar dilemma. I'm also considering carrying out repairs on these products and SMD work too as a means to supplement my earlier than expected retirement due to previous ill health. The barrier to this, however, is generating any form of a customer base while not knowing a single person locally where I live or having any functional workshop to deal with this type of thing. Despite what might seem like ridiculing your presentations, I've greatly admired your work on these products, driving me further towards reengagement again in this line of work, albeit on a much reduced committment. I think my comments or responses to your presentations stemmed from the surprise that not only were hese products still in circulation for repair but the scale of the number of people repairing them was surprising, to say the least. This moreso as there are so many people on You Tube demonstrating that. I had long ago considered it a dying art. I worked in the service dept of the UK's No1 CE retailer 25:years ago. I got out of that as the products were becoming worthless, less prone to faults and ultimately lessening job security let alone satisfaction. This was timely as several years later the company closed vast swathes of the workforce through lack of work. Therefore, I was dumbstruck to still see people working in it *TWENTY FIVE YEARS* later!! All the best.
I do think you will find this interesting. I didn't even watch it myself, yet, and thought of sharing it to you first instead. It's about a new Walkman: ruclips.net/video/Bq7-QjgrjhU/видео.html
Ive tried telling people about you when they say stupid things (on forums). Sorry but ill take a tech like you who has been working on these things for decades over these supposed engineers (ive noticed MANY people lie about being in the military and being a degreed engineer) its quite pathetic they live in a fake reality.
I often find the most to be learned online from either folk who don't shout about being an expert (I.e. Dave) or even outright deny any expertise (shango) rather than someone whose first sentence includes " I'm a such-and-such qualified engineer" or "I worked for so-and-so company".
Whatfor is this Video? I repair since more then 10 years only Walkmans like Aiwa, Sony, Fisher and all other brands. To fast is the Motorchip or the Headlever, the broken Center Gear is very easy to change. I don`t know what this Video will say to me?! Pointless.
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Don’t Bann me, but I have printed over 100 gears for this exact Walkman. They all work perfectly. With the right method this is definitely an option. I am running a small business repairing DD walkman
I've bought a few of the printed one & the bolt-on version. the printed one is better for the tc-d3 because of the extra (record) function, but either version is good for play-only dd walkmans.
@@duncan-rmi These gears are not from me though. I only use them for repair and do not sell them. With the printed gears i am able to perfectly align them to the metal disc without wobble
Where can I get one?
How can I find your small repairing business in internet?
I have both a DD33 and a WMD3 with centre gears replaced by a tech in the Netherlands. Both work perfect now. They are totally repairable with replacement centre gears which are now available in brass/plastic and plastic/plastic. Great vid as ever but would have been great to see you replace the centre gear. Get hold of a repair kit and give it another shot maybe? 👍
Resan the DD walkman doctor! He has fixed all of my DD walkmans. Replaced the gear with a new plastic replacement gear. They sound absolutely amazing!
@@marknouws4409 That's the guy!
Well that depends if the owner wants to spend money. He may just turn around and sell it to some other sucker.
@@12voltvids make him an offer to buy it, then repair it, sell it and double/triple your money! But make sure you make a video out of it too! lol
@@chrisd5610 well i don't eBay and local buyers might offer 50 bucks for one. Lost 2500 on eBay sale years ago. Still stings.
I had my D3 restored in Europe, not just the central gear but also the counter belt amongst others. Quite happy with a device that is now almost exactly as it was almost 40 years ago!
When they work they work great. Fantastic unit.
@@12voltvidsThey sure are :) I can recommend Valentin on stereo2go. He also posted excellent tutorials and common issues for a lot of Walkmans!
i love what you do... mostly like watching you handle these sony devices and small portable devices..
You can rebuild it with baking soda and super glue, then file it and make the teeth, i've try it and works perfect. The compound is a bit flexable and wear resistant. Its not that time consuming process, it will took less than half an hour.
I had the centre gear replaced on my WMD 3 by Sony in Kuala Lumpur - they have spare parts for this unit and I understand Singapore has spares as well.
What's the $$$ damage? 😮
Its is also very hard to find the Sony CX20084 speed chip for the Sony D6C and other models :(
Hy I've got a question.
I have the same model in great condition. The only problem is, that sound doesn't work.
What could the problem be?
I am really supprised how well it plays a tape considering the damage.
The old philips 752 radio/cassette player in car dash boards had the same fault.
A thin metal washer had a white molded plastic rim for the capstan belt
to sit in.
When the plastic broke it was really bad lol.
The flywheel itself was a shitty washer of cheap metal, bloody crap!.
As soon as you said clicking I knew what the problem was lol. It's a shame that such a nice player is crippled by such a glaring engineering flaw. If it were mine I'd probably cad something up and "do the thing that I cant say for fear of banning" using an engineering grade resin or sls nylon/polyester just for giggles. It probably outright wouldn't work, or would eventually fail again after awhile but still fun for me to test.
you can order that gear no problem. i’ve had to replace in both my units.
Owner didn't want to spend money on it. Returned to seller.
Good Work man keep it going please .
Great video!
How so there is nothing you can do? I FIXED my WM-DD33 with aftermarket parts frok Slovakia, which is custom injection molded with custom screws.
Ebay user "mikohm" sells them, and he is a Walkman DirectDrive fan he set out on this mission via the Audio Freaks forum.
Hope this tip helps anyone to save their Sony Direct Drive Walkman.
Love that mat you are using in this video underneath.. is it rubber?
Looks like a silicon rubber to me yes, looks to be purpose designed for electronic repair too with screw arrangement troughs & the magnetic areas to locate springs/Jesus clips is a brilliant touch. Wouldn't mind one myself, more organised than old yogurt pots and the like.
@@emmarandom9609 totally - makes me wonder if I would end up using it due to the real estate.. I use towels and yoga foam bricks ..we all have our own little system! What are Jesus clips? Never heard that term
When one flies away that's exactly what you will say.
I was able to repair mine with JB Weld. When the material is still pliable you can gently run the opposing gear through it. Not perfect by any means but it will work.
If the spring flies out.. why don't you put it on a sheet of fabric wrapped around it while you are opening it? wont that keep it from flying off?
And then it falls off the fabric while looking for it. Best just to keep hands covering it to prevent it from flying away.
$40 in parts plus half an hour of my time got the main center gear, small reel gear and capstan tire replaced. This is very repairable.
Red Leicester cheese gears fail again!
We recently bought the 'Walkman' of our wayward youth, a Radio Shack SCP-22 offa ePay. Played it for a bit and put it on our shelf. Bought a second one for parts - mainly the belt clip. Played a tape on it and found it was playing only one channel. Investigating and it seems the little 'wipers' for the volume potentiometers has broken loose. Even the second unit had the same problem. So we bought another one - it works and so did the fourth one we bought just to make sure. Oh, well, they were cheap enough and they're fun to work on. Traded cabinets on the fourth one and the never gonna work one as that units cabinet was in better shape.
I have one that's been squirrelled away. It worked when shoe-boxed with other units. Now I can't help but wonder as it hasn't seen daylight in YEARS!!! Was that gear really missing a chunk, or did it shrink and split apart? I know some plastics can do that-meaning shrink. So hey why don't you just simply 3.........LOL------I get it.....I've heard of guys out there that can make replacement gears, but not plastic on metal like this one :(
I'm glad i brought a Sony PCM M 10 digital recorder. And for one reason. No mechanical parts being worn out though longtime usage. And then find out latter on it can't be serviced like you see in this video. Some audio nostalgia is not worth the gamble.
Those recorders PCM M10s are becoming valuable. I have the Roland R05 which was its competition (at the time). I hope mine continues to work, but realistically, just because there's no moving parts doesn't mean much in terms of electronics' longevity
Agree: on all DD-WM, the main gear got broken because of difference of dilatation coefficient. This is why this techno isn't used in the industrial products.
There are 2 ways to repair: the gear is available on the internet, or you can repair by reducing metal Diameter and then Cyanide glue on the plastic.
I repaired my by putting a couple of additional teeth in the gap (not the perfect repair)
Well I hope the owner wants this to be repaired. Cause I believe these wheels are remanufactured all brass I think. Anyway thanks for sharing.
Well he is now attempting to get his money back filed a charge back as goods not as advertised so we will see.
I have one like new and I replaced the caps and centre gear. Very nice walkman the D3
I had one but I sold it about 6 years ago. Had someone pestering me for months so I let it go. Same with my Technics slp50. Should have kept that beast but when someone was standing there with 600 in cash and I paid nothing for it.
@@12voltvids Nice, I got my D3 for $50 AUD 4 years ago and now they go for crazy prices. Mine has the original cover like new too.
Great job!
Too bad they don't use all metal gears...I know..cost ...and noise.
And I like that boogie woogie blues at the end.
I like that mat.
Hello, I have a JVC TD-W118 in which the belts have turned to goo. I was hoping you'd have one or a similar model that you could please do a quick video on how to get the mechanism out? that would be amazing :)
I have done a few JVC decks but I don't know if they are the same as you have.
@@12voltvids I've watched a lot of your cassette deck repair videos. Sadly none of the JVC's are the same as the JVC TD-W118 which i think is the same kind of case as the JVC TD-W11 varieties. I wish i knew 25% of what you know. Well if you do come across a JVC stereo dual cassette deck. I believe the majority of the TD-Wxx models share the same mechanism and will (probably) come out the same way.
@@DarrinsDen2023 I only work on them as they come in.
Looks cool, but I can definitely see your point about avoiding these things.
Too complex to be reliable as a portable stereo cassette player. And with solid state digital audio recorders, it's obsolete for what it was originally made for. And if these are so rare and valuable in the used market, why would you want to use it in field work, and all the risks that may entail to your gear, instead of a solid state recorder?
The negatives far outweigh the positives. It's value is as an artifact.
Well there is no point in using tape period.
@@12voltvids The point would be for fun if someone is so inclined, but that's about it in most situations.
That said, there are some recording studios that offer the option of laying down tracks on analog tape, though editing is still primarily done digitally using DAW applications like Pro Tools because, really, who wants to cut and splice tape all day long?
Of course, nobody uses DASH or equivalent systems beyond archival purposes for obvious reasons; you can't find fresh tape for it to record with and, even if you could, what's the point?
Even without dolby the highs were very noticably lacking in that recording. The gremlins that may have been in there before probably messed up the azimuth of the head? I have a bunch of WM-D6C's still waiting to be fixed but they're such a pain to work on.. at least they have appreciated a lot in value while waiting in the repair pile of shame :D
Why not just replace the gear? It happens all the time. I have a wm-dd33, had exactly the same problem. Someone in The Netherlands replaced the gear and it's as good as new.
The cracked gear in the DD Walkman series is such a common problem (all gears are cracked by now) that there are newly made third party replacement part available on ebay. Not cheap but they are available. Indeed most of plastic parts in such walkman suffers from the same shrinking problem and might get out of alignment. It is not uncommon that FF or REW do not properly engage because shrunken gears do not make good contact, Anyway that unit is worth the repair.
It will depend on how much they want to spend. Most eBay sellers won't ship to Canada. I can have parts sent to USA which costs only an extra 5 bucks but I know how much of a pain in the ass it is to change that gear. I'll let him know and he can decide if he wants to spend a bunch of money on it. He already has plenty into this one as he got into a bidding war and it cost him 45.00 to ship it to me. He is already into this for about 500.
@@12voltvids Point the owner to the fixyouraudio website. They are the originators of the replacement gear and do ship to Canada.
I wanted to put some links to the parts, but it seems links are blocked. Indeed all DD walkmans have this gear broken (except DD9 which has a different mechanism).
Gear is available on fixyouraudio, along with capstan ring and counter belt (18 x 0.5mm) which should also be replaced. They do ship worldwide.
The counter belt can be seen it's melted in the video and the rubber ring on the flywheel is very likely to have an indentation mark on it which will be visible once the flywheel is removed.
@@valentinc22 you can email me the link and i can pin it to the video.
@@12voltvids Will do that.
Ouch, sorry for your friend's loss there. OK I won't even mention that word lol but there are comments about replacement clutches being made, perhaps worth investigating as can't imagine postage being that awful for such a small part.
Not so much postage mist if these sellers use fed ex or UPS because they are about half the cost. The problem is these carriers are 37.50 broker fees and taxes to the importer which makes it too costly
@@12voltvids well that sucks, only worth doing if one had a steady supply of these machines to repair then & could order them by the 100 :( unless it was of sentimental value to someone and they paid the price. That's pretty disgusting to be honest, is there no direct shipping from the EU to Canada or are they just as bad? (BTW this is @Dan mackintosh on my partners phone, I broke my laptop lol & my spare ones have either no sound or no WiFi. Refuse to buy another until I know I can't fix either)
@@emmarandom9609 there is but shipping companies rip the importer off.
That's awful, good for home-grown Canadian industry no doubt but for more niche things like these clutches (or shango's Russian germanium goodies) not helpful at all. People must be either very tolerant over there, or very over-regulated as surely someone would start up a service with less outlandish fees.
Good
tape counter?
What about it?
Thanks man i got the same walkman but i think . Is a lost case
There is also the small gear that drives the counter that cracks too., not critical but the clicking noise is annoying.
Yes it's broken on this one too. If the owner decides to go for the repair kit then I will be the one that does it.
Are you selling it?
No
you can buy replacement gears btw
The same plastic gear/pulley problem was on many many units, one that I did many hundreds of was the plastic reel drive pulley on the capstan motor in Mitsubishi VCR's did da mod n replaced it with a brass one!... Ya gotta love plastic fantastic stuff NOT!
The brass pulley would fall off all the time and have to be reglued. Plastic would crack. Of course if they were glued back on they worked fine.
@@12voltvids there is solution: fixyouraudio has sony wm dd3 walkman new center gear repair kit. I have used this repair kit to repair my sony wm DD3. I hope this helps to you too.
My had exactly the same mode of failure, broken gear, threw it in trash since I was kinda angry at Sony for such bad design. Also there's no chunk missing but gear expanded, maybe it would be possible to pull it back together with zip tie and epoxy back in place.
no. tried this. the replacement kits, either of them, are the way to go.
Shame really its a nice until
yeah so many people don't understand the limitations of 3-D print. IMO only good for a visual representation of what you MIGHT finally manufacture properly.
Puts years on me just looking at the bulky case, let alone the antiquated conglomeration inside. And that's before you get to running a *TAPE* through it to get some god awful sound out of it.
For me, these clapped out monstrosities have absolutely no sentimental value at all.
I have the same feelings about anything to do with rust coated plastic film.
@@12voltvids Is there a comparison?
I walked into a repair shop at the back of a musical instrument store a couple of years ago and was absolutely stunned people were still having these types of things repaired.
I left this line of work nearly 25 years ago and couldn't get over a former colleague still repairing the same box of whirling junk as it was when new in the 90's.
@@MarkHopewell I left the business in 2003 and only started doing it again about 12 years ago because people kept pestering me to fix their old junk. I guess some people like the compressed noisy distorted sound that only analog can deliver.
@@12voltvidsGood morning again. My sincere apologies, I don't know your name...
I'm faced with a similar dilemma. I'm also considering carrying out repairs on these products and SMD work too as a means to supplement my earlier than expected retirement due to previous ill health.
The barrier to this, however, is generating any form of a customer base while not knowing a single person locally where I live or having any functional workshop to deal with this type of thing.
Despite what might seem like ridiculing your presentations, I've greatly admired your work on these products, driving me further towards reengagement again in this line of work, albeit on a much reduced committment.
I think my comments or responses to your presentations stemmed from the surprise that not only were hese products still in circulation for repair but the scale of the number of people repairing them was surprising, to say the least. This moreso as there are so many people on You Tube demonstrating that. I had long ago considered it a dying art.
I worked in the service dept of the UK's No1 CE retailer 25:years ago. I got out of that as the products were becoming worthless, less prone to faults and ultimately lessening job security let alone satisfaction. This was timely as several years later the company closed vast swathes of the workforce through lack of work. Therefore, I was dumbstruck to still see people working in it *TWENTY FIVE YEARS* later!!
All the best.
You can send that to me 😎
Sony sure isn't what they used to be.
Actually you can buy a new gear, pretty easy to replace…..
Not worth it by the time it gets here 60-70.00 with the shipping and broker fees.
I do think you will find this interesting. I didn't even watch it myself, yet, and thought of sharing it to you first instead. It's about a new Walkman: ruclips.net/video/Bq7-QjgrjhU/видео.html
Ive tried telling people about you when they say stupid things (on forums). Sorry but ill take a tech like you who has been working on these things for decades over these supposed engineers (ive noticed MANY people lie about being in the military and being a degreed engineer) its quite pathetic they live in a fake reality.
Lots of that our there my friend. The internet is loaded with experts.
I often find the most to be learned online from either folk who don't shout about being an expert (I.e. Dave) or even outright deny any expertise (shango) rather than someone whose first sentence includes " I'm a such-and-such qualified engineer" or "I worked for so-and-so company".
@@emmarandom9609 I know nothing.
Whatfor is this Video? I repair since more then 10 years only Walkmans like Aiwa, Sony, Fisher and all other brands. To fast is the Motorchip or the Headlever, the broken Center Gear is very easy to change. I don`t know what this Video will say to me?! Pointless.
This is an easy fix, you can buy replacement gear.