Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:35 pm
Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:52 pm
Greenblues wrote:
There are lots of shops that sell resistors, capacitors, potentiometers and ICs ala carte though, in a central Tokyo district called Akihabara (or Akiba for short.)
Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:20 am
Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:03 am
Greenblues wrote:Now that's a real man's workbench.
I'm starting to think I should try a set of MFDs in my old Legacy.
Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:23 am
Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:08 am
louis cyfer wrote:... but nothing like the masters, of course they take up to two weeks to sharpen a single sword.
Greenblues wrote:And in what costume would you like to see the smiling girl standing out front of the electronics shop dressed?
Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:23 am
Greenblues wrote:state-of-the-art Japan only MD players (remember those)
Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:49 am
blargfromouterspace wrote:Great workbench, Elwood. Mine was like that until I tidied up last week and now I don't know where anything is
Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:45 am
Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:55 am
Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:07 pm
Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:19 pm
glvourot wrote:That lunch looked great !
I do remember Akihabara being quite frenetic. It was nine years ago so I'll have to go through some photos to jog the memory a bit. I do remember the Hirijuku girls mugging for the cameras of legions of middle aged men however. That was interesting.
I prefer to keep my guitars stock, if it ain't broke, don't fix it .
The girl out front can wear a Rodan costume.
Louis, I watched a television program once about the making of a Katana. If I recall correctly from start to finish there was about fifteen people involved and it took 6 months. Beautiful blade and each one gets a unique pattern etched into the steel ( master sword makers pattern). One of the last sharpeners was a guy using a pebble sized super rare stone of some sort, I wish I could remember. The ones made by these guys cost a fortune. Handmade from start to finish. They used to test them on prisoners back when, you can imagine how sharp a five person blade had to be.
Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:29 pm
louis cyfer wrote:but considering what it costs, you can buy a whole lot of g&l's for a price of one dinner, i would probably not do it. i do want to however visit one of the few remaining katana sharpeners and learn how to sharpen my swords. i have quite a few, and i do a decent job, but nothing like the masters, of course they take up to two weeks to sharpen a single sword.
Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:32 pm
gitman001 wrote:I was totally onboard with the MD craze. I had a friend who worked at Sony and got me a good deal on a portable one when they were released in north america. I even had a MD player in the car! Pioneer made a MD head unit that i put in my Monte Carlo years ago. They were great for live recordings and jams.
Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:36 pm
meowmix wrote:I buy most of my stuff from mouser, website is much better. Digikey is okay, they have more parts, harder to find, shipping is unknown, but the EEs I talk to like them better because they have a wider selection. TubesAndMore , eBay, partsexpress, and amazon. Shop around and see who is cheapest. Obviously.
Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:03 pm
Greenblues wrote:louis cyfer wrote:but considering what it costs, you can buy a whole lot of g&l's for a price of one dinner, i would probably not do it. i do want to however visit one of the few remaining katana sharpeners and learn how to sharpen my swords. i have quite a few, and i do a decent job, but nothing like the masters, of course they take up to two weeks to sharpen a single sword.
"Why do you want hattori hanzo's steel?"
Actually, food is not THAT expensive. A bowl of udon in a train station costs less than $5, and there are some inexpensive lodging options like business options. Hell, I might even be able to put you up in my practice room/work shop, but I'm 3 hours from Kyoto by bullet-train. When I visited that region as a student, I remember staying in hostels and lodges listened in the Lonely Planet for about $30/night.
Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:43 pm