12 Aug
2011
12 Aug
'11
10:39 a.m.
On 7 August 2011 20:49, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Unfortunately, I've been informed by the powers-that-be that while it is
perfectly legal for me to use my workshop for my hobby, if I make money
using it, it's a business and I have to meet all sorts of safety
regualtions, such as fitting guards to machine tools, fume estraction
equipment to the soldring iron, etc. Needless to say this would cost me a
lot more that I could evr make from doing such jobs, so while I'll hapily
help you fix your machines, I cannot accept payment for it.
It doesn't. Since nobody will pay me for my time, my time is by definti=
on
worthless.
I am in the same boat, but recently, I have managed to get several
bits of paying work.
So, in the garage & attic, I have:
* 1 dead Apple iMac G5 20" with a well-known motherboard capacitor proble=
m
Do you know which capactiros are involved? Do you have replacements (or
at least know what they should be)?
* 1 dead Apple Mac SE/30, cause unknown, but I've
bought a service manual
I doubt that's what I'd call a 'service manual' but I can take a look at
the machine anyway...
* 1 dead IBM ThinkPad 700, due to battery leakage,
that needs to be
stripped down and given a good clean and checked for damage
OK...
* 1 dead Acorn RISC PC and a spare motherboard, which
to be honest, I
suspect I can sort out myself :)
Pitty, that's the only one I have a schematic for.
Fancy having a crack at the two Macs and the "Butterfly"? Happy to pay
for your time, and I'll deliver them to you. I'll buy and bring a set
of replacement capacitors for the iMac.
Quite possibly, but as I said, there'll be no charge. Alternatively I can
bring a small-ish toolkit and test gear to you and at least fix the
easier machines, and get some idea what needs to be done ot the others.
Let me know...
-tony