Steve Hurcombe
@stevehurcombe.bsky.social
Senior Principal Software Engineer, full stack developer, C#, Typescript, Vuejs, SQL. Electronics hobbyist.
Get on the mailing list for your local auction house (real auctions!). Careful, it's addictive.
May 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Get on the mailing list for your local auction house (real auctions!). Careful, it's addictive.
May 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
First job is to fix the face of the tuning knob. Photos are before and after.
The metal you see in the before is the brass base, it looks like the finish had been polished away a long time ago.
Once cleaned some medallion liquid silver paste restores the mirrored finish.
The metal you see in the before is the brass base, it looks like the finish had been polished away a long time ago.
Once cleaned some medallion liquid silver paste restores the mirrored finish.
January 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
First job is to fix the face of the tuning knob. Photos are before and after.
The metal you see in the before is the brass base, it looks like the finish had been polished away a long time ago.
Once cleaned some medallion liquid silver paste restores the mirrored finish.
The metal you see in the before is the brass base, it looks like the finish had been polished away a long time ago.
Once cleaned some medallion liquid silver paste restores the mirrored finish.
A quick clean and it appears to be in very good condition.
January 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A quick clean and it appears to be in very good condition.
New project. An Ekco AC-74 radio, circa 1933. Even the V&A have one!
collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O121385...
collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O121385...
January 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New project. An Ekco AC-74 radio, circa 1933. Even the V&A have one!
collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O121385...
collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O121385...
Cotswold Lakes looking very wintery
January 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Cotswold Lakes looking very wintery
Actually that's a damn fine ale.
December 24, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Actually that's a damn fine ale.
They say all news is good marketing, works for me. Apparently they accept orders by phone or letter(!) only.
December 21, 2024 at 1:30 PM
They say all news is good marketing, works for me. Apparently they accept orders by phone or letter(!) only.
Finally succumbed and donated a little to Wikipedia. I need to do more of this, these services are important.
December 18, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Finally succumbed and donated a little to Wikipedia. I need to do more of this, these services are important.