Well, I think all of us here were just as devastated as Frank (TransAmGuy1977) was when the mishap happened with his Telefunken HP800. He used toxic glue that ate away at the paint on one of the plastic lenses. After, some hobknobbing with Freddie about it, I decided to try and help Frank with his problem.

He mailed me the plastic lens and e-mailed an image that included all the missing text. I then set about to recreate everything, including the missing elements, by hand. Luckily, I found a perfect match for the linotype, but had to recreate the Dolby logo and the power level bars from scratch.

Several methods were tried in the repair process - some didn't work at all, a few others worked almost completely, but the final method employed was to use a custom cling attached with a light adhesive (Sulky KK2000). Frank had supplied me with the paint code he used in his restoration of the Telefunken so I went and bought the same paint locally.

After several "dry runs" with mock ups and such, the final product was completed a couple of days ago. The only thing needed is to get it to Frank so he can install it and see if everything matches up - there were lots of tiny cutouts for the LED meters.

Frank has the patience of a saint! Here's a comparison of the before and after:

Fatdog youre the man!!

DAMN BOBBY! Outstanding! Frank might even let Tara cook you a twenty course meal for that one! Wasn't he giving you an M70? To heck with that! An M90!!!

Great Work!

Now about my Telefunkens Studio 1 & CC9000...oh right, the graphics are fine, the right channels are just shot to hell in both...

That's the best repair/salvage/remake I've ever seen!! Congratulations FatDog!! I can see this technique being employed quite a bit in the future.

Sheer brilliance.



Rock On.

Fadog = Super Saver

Thanks guys! I had worked with custom decals years ago when I still built model airplanes and such and tried to employ the same methods here. Unfortunately, because of the need for precise locations (LED holes), it just didn't pan out, hence, the experimentation with other methods.

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Originally posted by redbenjoe:
Fadog = Super Saver

It still has to be put on the box to make sure everything lines up first! This is the part I hate - having to wait days before knowing if the plan worked or not.

Dude you rock!

Wow Bobby it looks great!!!
I can't wait to get the hp-800 looking complete again. It was a picture perfect restoration that turned into a nightmare for me.
I can't thank you enough it would have been been impossible to find a replacement.
look foward to getting it and I will post up the results as soon as it gets here

DUDE!!! thats Funken awesome Looks super,great job Fatdog!!!!!!!

I'm so funken excited I believe I messed myself

You guys are funken funny!

as always great job Bobby I think it will be great fit.Looks awesome.

that's a great job bobby , super cool of you to go to all that effort for another member , you're a goodun ! ! !

Damn Bobby, that's some of the coolest reproduction handy work I've seen. It's completely awesome that you spend the time to help out fellow members like this.

Fatdog = Skills

Very impressive......you'd be a good resource to do a custom bbx if someone had the stones to do the plastics.

Funken Hell!!! That's about the best Funken thing I've seen in my whole Funken life. Way to Funken go Bobby!!

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Originally posted by beatbox:
Funken Hell!!! That's about the best Funken thing I've seen in my whole Funken life. Way to Funken go Bobby!!

Oh, no! What is this funken madness that I've started??

--you funker

Funken insane FD!

This is Funken beautiful!!

I can't funken wait until Frank gets it put on the funken funken.

if you animals would 'google it'

it will be learned that "funker" is not a complete word -- in fact , its only one half of a word.

You guys are insane now funk off the lot of you great work bobby impressive.

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Originally posted by redbenjoe:
if you animals would 'google it'

it will be learned that "funker" is not a complete word -- in fact , its only one half of a word.

What the funken are you talking about muthafunker?

beatbox ---you funken googled it !!!!

no megafunken

Excellent work!

In my Telefunken opinion....

need you fellas be reminded that this is the informative forum called : TECH TALK !!!

.[QUOTE]Originally posted by redbenjoe:
need you fellas be reminded that this is the informative forum called : TECH TALK !!!
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Listen to who is funken talking it's all you're funken fault redbenfunkenjoe .

tim -- these 'other' wankers are making you and me seem 'normal'

ohhh i could funk all night no what i mean just give me betty.

tim -- gotta jump off this thread --

cuz i am already 11 days overdue for my 12 day suspension --no what i mean ??

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Originally posted by redbenjoe:
cuz i am already 11 days overdue for my 12 day suspension --no what i mean ??

Yeah, I think we do.