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Old February 29th 04, 03:36 AM
mike
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Default WTB: backplates for Seeburg teardrop wall speakers

need two preferably unbroken backplates. The current ones I have are in
several pieces and will look like crap repaired
email me if you can hook me up

Mike
atxguy at comcast dot net


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Old March 1st 04, 11:37 AM
pins2jim
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Remembered this was on ebay and might help you out with one backplate.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=13 723

"mike" wrote in message
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need two preferably unbroken backplates. The current ones I have are in
several pieces and will look like crap repaired
email me if you can hook me up

Mike
atxguy at comcast dot net




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Old March 1st 04, 12:56 PM
mike
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Hi Jim - thanks for that. I was hoping to beat that pricing. If thats the
best I could do, I think I would just repair my broken back plates. After
all, you dont see them when they are hung ; )

Mike


"pins2jim" wrote in message
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Remembered this was on ebay and might help you out with one backplate.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=13 723

"mike" wrote in message
news:qec0c.429702$xy6.2501598@attbi_s02...
need two preferably unbroken backplates. The current ones I have are in
several pieces and will look like crap repaired
email me if you can hook me up

Mike
atxguy at comcast dot net






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Old March 1st 04, 03:08 PM
pins2jim
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Hi Mike
I agree the price seems a little high but why not drop the guy an email
letting him know your interest. I doubt this is an easy item to find. It's
true you don't see the back but if you want to retain value it might be a
good idea to get while the getting is good as they say. I have no interest
in this. Just sharing my experience that this stuff is getting harder and
harder to find. Good luck!
"mike" wrote in message
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Hi Jim - thanks for that. I was hoping to beat that pricing. If thats the
best I could do, I think I would just repair my broken back plates. After
all, you dont see them when they are hung ; )

Mike


"pins2jim" wrote in message
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Remembered this was on ebay and might help you out with one backplate.



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=13 723

"mike" wrote in message
news:qec0c.429702$xy6.2501598@attbi_s02...
need two preferably unbroken backplates. The current ones I have are

in
several pieces and will look like crap repaired
email me if you can hook me up

Mike
atxguy at comcast dot net








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Old March 1st 04, 04:59 PM
Mike
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Hi Jim - actually, I did just that. The first time he ran it with a starting
bid of $37 + shipping and it closed with no bids . I contacted him thinking
he might consider direct sale for a bit less. He responded back with the
same starting bid price and went on to say "I will honor his price until
2/25" or something like that. Noticed over the weekend he has relisted it
with an even higher starting bid. I am not in any hurry; will wait and keep
my ears open for a pair of these more reasonably priced.


"pins2jim" wrote in message
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Hi Mike
I agree the price seems a little high but why not drop the guy an email
letting him know your interest. I doubt this is an easy item to find. It's
true you don't see the back but if you want to retain value it might be a
good idea to get while the getting is good as they say. I have no interest
in this. Just sharing my experience that this stuff is getting harder and
harder to find. Good luck!
"mike" wrote in message
news:1yF0c.446616$na.1090169@attbi_s04...
Hi Jim - thanks for that. I was hoping to beat that pricing. If thats

the
best I could do, I think I would just repair my broken back plates.

After
all, you dont see them when they are hung ; )

Mike


"pins2jim" wrote in message
...
Remembered this was on ebay and might help you out with one backplate.




http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=13 723

"mike" wrote in message
news:qec0c.429702$xy6.2501598@attbi_s02...
need two preferably unbroken backplates. The current ones I have are

in
several pieces and will look like crap repaired
email me if you can hook me up

Mike
atxguy at comcast dot net










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Old March 3rd 04, 07:03 AM
George Howell
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On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 11:56:45 GMT, mike wrote:
Hi Jim - thanks for that. I was hoping to beat that pricing. If thats the
best I could do, I think I would just repair my broken back plates. After
all, you dont see them when they are hung ; )

Mike


Mike,

Is that just a flat piece of plastic with a few bits and baubles attached?
Any reason one couldn't just fabricate one out of an appropriate sized
piece of sheet metal and some similar baubles?

I'm taking a welding class right now, so everything I see these days
can be fixed with some sheet metal and an electrode.


--
George Howell "I ride for the same reason dogs stick their head out
of car windows"

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Old March 3rd 04, 01:33 PM
mike
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Hi George - yes, could be fabbed from sheet metal or wood. Originals
appeared to be milled of varying thickness, and are made of bakelite or
phenolic. They are not commonly sold by themseleves. I will probably repair
these or fabricate something and just keep a keen eye out for the real deal.
Definitely would prefer to have nice undamaged originals.


"George Howell" wrote in message
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On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 11:56:45 GMT, mike wrote:
Hi Jim - thanks for that. I was hoping to beat that pricing. If thats

the
best I could do, I think I would just repair my broken back plates.

After
all, you dont see them when they are hung ; )

Mike


Mike,

Is that just a flat piece of plastic with a few bits and baubles attached?
Any reason one couldn't just fabricate one out of an appropriate sized
piece of sheet metal and some similar baubles?

I'm taking a welding class right now, so everything I see these days
can be fixed with some sheet metal and an electrode.


--
George Howell "I ride for the same reason dogs stick their head out
of car windows"



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Old March 9th 04, 07:28 PM
Tony Miklos
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mike wrote:
need two preferably unbroken backplates. The current ones I have are in
several pieces and will look like crap repaired
email me if you can hook me up


Mike, back before decent repro mech covers were available, I've seen
covers that were in 5-6 or more pieces put together using auto body
techniques. This guy used fiberglass mesh for strength to repair the
inside, and on the outside simply ground away a little bakelite at the
cracks, then fill with bondo/sand/bondo/sand/bondo/sand. Granted it
took a lot of hours, but after a paint job, you never would have known
it was ever broken.

What I'm getting at is for a simple piece like the back of a speaker, a
near perfect repair should be fairly easy for someone with the skills.
Have any freinds in the auto body biz?

--
Tony
 




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