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I tend to stay away from the mahogany to me it too red and you loose the yellow quickly. If you like it just a little on the caramel side of things I stick w/ the walnut and sometimes I add a little yellow by using pine ( I think look @ the color chart ).
ymmv
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
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Philco Model 80 Transformer resistance
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| Just forget this number, it is useless anyway.
Simply proceed with your project.morzh — 10:08 PM |
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| My $0.02 is that it is a misprint. I tried to look up the value for the similar 84 and 37-84, and ther is no resistance...MrFixr55 — 09:51 PM |
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| Thanks for the quick reply!
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