Production problems with the F75?
The dealer who has ordered a Fisher F75 for me is having problems with delivery. He says they lack a part, which has been on backorder. Is anyone else having similar problems?
Archive for May, 2007
eBay treasure
Three weeks ago I noticed another eBay seller who had an 1863 Vicksburg Daily Citizen for sale. You see these papers on eBay all the time, all reprints of the famous July 4, 1863 edition. For those of you not familiar with the Daily Citizen, be it known that the July 4, 1863 issue - on wallpaper [...]
Lye or baking soda for electrolytic cleaning - not bleach!
I am going to have to retract my recommendation in the book I wrote to use bleach as the electrolyte during the electrolytic cleaning of relics and coins. Why? Although common bleach that is used to whiten clothes will furnish the necessary ions for current flow, it is composed of a solution of sodium hypochlorite [...]
Fisher F75 next
I’ve heard good things about the F75, so I worked a deal with the outfit that sold me the SE to swap it for an F75 - which sells for a couple of hundred dollars less. I hope to try it in the next week or two, and will print an initial report soon after.
