2025-02-03 Samsung Camera

A random little Samsung camera. The battery (visible in picture) was bulging slightly and the camera only powered up for a second or two. New battery acquired and installed and it works fine.

Not sure of the quality yet on the pics but the tiny form factor is really nice.

2025-01-29 Sony Tape Deck

A nice looking Sony tape deck. Both the belts on it were turned into a sticky black goo in a way that somewhat defies intuitive understanding of materials. New belts acquired and installed, a drop of sewing machine oil on the capstan motor bearings and it is good to go.

Installing the belts was kind of tricky and a little daunting first time through. Now we have done it once it seems much more approachable should we have to do it to another such device.

2025-01-25 Yamaha Amplifier

A Yamaha AX-V375 receiver unit. Everything works fine. Somebody in my town just ditched their stack of black boxes under the TV in favor of a roku stick or some such.

2025-01-25 All-Clad Pot

A small but relatively tall All-Clad pot. Quite nice and handy. Probably used very little if ever by the previous owner.

2025-01-18 Lamps

A pair of lamps with the weird offset pivot in them. All present and correct.

2025-01-18 Krups Coffee Maker

A random Krups coffee maker that seems to work fine.

2025-01-18 Asus Laptop

A random ASUS laptop missing the drive. Runs Knoppix fine though.

2025-01-11 Stanley Bradawl

A nice little Stanley Bradawl in good condition. Not sure if we need it but we are not going to leave that lying around to be scrapped.

2025-01-11 Sony Amplifier

A random Sony amplifier clearly built in the age of complicated video stacks, having endless HDMI inputs and surround sound and all kinds of nonsense. Just playing a CD through this thing is kind of hard work.

This era is over in the sense that we have changed the experience by softwarizing it all into streaming apps and such, rather than havingh a pile of 17 inch wide black boxes.

We are not fans of this type of device, but we wanted an amplifier so we grabbed this one.

2025-01-11 Side Table

A random faux vintage side table. It was missing one of the bolts from the lower shelf, but we can one in stock we cut down to fit. Ready to go and be faux vintage in somebody's abode.