![]() This box slides into a secondary cabinet (Photo 4) made with cast-metal sides and a tolex-covered top and bottom. The inner cabinet is a fairly standard sheet metal box enclosure of heavy duty construction. One of the first things you notice with this amp is that it's built like a tank! It is very heavy due to its double-cabinet construction. It has two input jacks for one channel with controls for volume, drive and three, count'em, three bass controls (Photo 3) - this is our kind of bass amp! ![]() ![]() The Kasino Natural bass amp (Photo 2, above) is an early 1970s, solid-state amplifier rated for 75 watts RMS (root-mean square) and 150 watts peak. To expand their dealer network and sell a less expensive product, Kustom created the Kasino amplifiers brand, using the same designs but with traditional Tolex-type coverings. Their position as a high-quality amplifier, with fancy upholstery made their product expensive and limited the market size. Kustom was a leader in high-end, solid-state amplifier design and famous artists using their equipment at the time included Credence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Waylon Jennings. While these amps were famous for their unique look, they also had a large following by notable artists for their great sound. Photo 1 - Typical Kustom Amplifier Featuring Tuck and Roll Upholstery If you're not familiar with them, the Kustom amps brand was famous for covering their amplifiers in "tuck and roll" style upholstery (Photo 1), previously used in hot rod cars. ![]() The Kasino brand was made by Kustom Electronics, maker of Kustom Amplifiers. In this episode of The Repair Bench we are troubleshooting a Kasino Natural bass amp from the early 1970s. ![]()
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![]() My husband will put the truck in granny gear, and I walk beside the drive tires and throw a handful of ashes under the tires. We use them if we are stuck on an icy patch after waiting for wrecks to be cleared. They have gotten us out of trouble several times. We always carry a tin of wood ashes with us. ![]() The actual minerals in the ash also help with traction, just like sand but more effective. The spots where the ash hits melt in seconds into tiny pockets, creating a sandpaper-like surface on otherwise slick ice. Since wood ash is a natural ice melter, it can quickly create traction on slippery roads. This suggestion was submitted by a reader, and I have since tried it, and yes, it does work! I now carry a coffee can full of wood ashes in the trunk of my car, and it’s gotten me out of many a slippery situation. At least with wood ash, you don’t have to worry about it being toxic to kids and pets, as some walkway salts are. Winter is a messy time, one way or another. Salt that’s tracked in will damage floors, while wood ash tracked in can just be swept up later without issue. Chemical de-icing salt really isn’t that different, and it often gets tracked into the house too. We use it as ice melt on our front walkway, and once the ice has melted, we sweep it to the sides, so we don’t track it in the house. Be careful using it near your front door though tracking wood ash into the house makes a big mess. ![]() The natural minerals in wood ash work the same way as salt does to melt ice on driveways and walkways. Probably one of the most practical uses for wood ash is to use it slowly over the course of the winter as ice melt. Most of these work just as well in any household, whether you’re in an apartment in the city or way out in a rural community. I’ll walk you through how you’d use wood ash to solve each of these common everyday household problems.Įven if you don’t have a “homestead” or a back garden, there are plenty of ways to use wood ashes around the house, indoors, and out. Some of the most common modern ways to use wood ashes include: (Or, you can just scroll down and read them all.) Primitive and Survival Uses for Wood AshĬlick on any of those links, and it’ll jump you to the right place in the article.There are a lot of uses for ash, so I’ve broken them down into convenient categories for you: Wood ash is little more than the remaining minerals after burning wood, and fireplace ashes contain calcium and all manner of other things that can be handy around the house, if used properly. That’s way too much for any single-use, so we’ve had to find creative ways to use wood ash, when it would otherwise be a waste product. That means we have around 30-40 gallons of wood ash in the spring. Still, cold Vermont winters mean that we burn roughly 4 cords of hardwood each year, or 6 to 8 cords of softwood which has a lower BTU.Ī cord of hardwood produces roughly 5-8 gallons of wood ash, or about 20 to 25 pounds of ashes per cord. To save on wood (and work), we only heat our house to around 62 degrees day and night. Our homestead is relatively small by modern standards (~1200 sq feet), and the walls are nearly a foot thick and super-insulated. ![]() If you’re heating with wood, there’s always plenty of wood ash to go around, and you may find yourself wondering what to do with fireplace ashes. Historically, wood ash was an asset, and there are still plenty of creative ways to use wood ash in your modern home, garden, and even your kitchen! Wood ash from your fireplace, woodstove, or outdoor boiler may seem like a waste product, but there are a surprising number of uses for wood ash. ![]() ![]() ![]() In all cases where the Smart Buy Average Market Price is shown there is sufficient sample size and transaction detail to be statistically reliable. In certain instances, the calculated result is adjusted to take account of abrupt changes in the market that may not yet be fully reflected by recent transaction prices. The data underlying the Smart Buy Average Market Price calculation are filtered for extreme outliers and subjected to a weighted averaging process that considers factors such as the recency of transactions and the timing of data lags. Choose from the Yukon & Yukon XL full-size SUVs. With 3,691 units sold in the first half of 2022, the Ford Territory has cornered a 52 market share in the small SUV segment. 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Mahjong was designed in 1981 by Brodie Lockard and is less complicated than the original version. Mahjong, also known as Shanghai solitaire, is a single-player game where you must match the identical tiles to win. Originally Mahjong was a tile-based game for 3-4 players, created in China during the Qing dynasty and last popularized around the world in the 20th century. Research suggests a player has around a 97% chance of winning a standard game of Mahjong Solitaire. If the player cannot make any more moves or reshuffle the tiles, the game is lost. Once the tableau is clear, the game is won. Some formats of the game – often online – allow players to reshuffle tiles when they are out of moves.Īs with all solitaire games, the aim of Mahjong is to clear the playing area by removing all tiles. Any two ‘exposed’ tiles – that don’t have another tile to either their right or left – can be matched, and when two tiles are matched, they are removed from the playing area. Mahjong Solitaire follows a basic matching game format. The game uses 144 tiles, stacked across four narrowing layers – a shape known in Mahjong Solitaire as the ‘turtle’. Its name derives from the traditional four-player game ‘Mahjong’ – however, the two games differ largely in format and rules. Mahjong solitaire is a single-player, tile-based strategy game that can be played online or with physical playing pieces. You can also learn how to win at Mahjong with our strategy guide. Learn more with our guide on how to play Mahjong. ![]() It will help you distinguish the different tiles. One thing that could easily trick you is the similarity of the characters, so it is crucial to have an excellent visual memory. Once you start doing that, you will have more breathing room to play the hand you want, not the one you must. At the beginning of the game, you have a handful of available plays, and the goal is to increase the number. You may find some obvious pairs which may look like a good move, but they may fool you. While playing try to plan several moves in advance. To avoid that, prepare your mind to be in the game and only in the game. You will have to find a way to solve those locks that will unlock more tiles, giving you more moves to make.Īt first, it might look like it's going to be an easy game to play, but if you are not focusing and concentrating enough, you can get stuck in a few moves. Some of the matching tiles are going to be stacked upon each other. That's why it’s of greater importance to recognize the locks. Even if you reshuffle, sometimes you won't be able to match tiles. For example, eliminating only the top tiles is not a good idea because the other tiles will remain covered, and you can lose the game. The strategy while playing is to remove matching tiles while opening new possibilities to match. This game requires thinking, concentration, and planning. Any of those combinations will be accepted as a pair because there is only one of each. When you are playing, the only suit tiles that don't need to be matched are the Flowers and Seasons. In Mahjong, just like with playing cards, the tiles have suits: Character, Dot, Season, Dragon, Wind, and Flower. Also, you shouldn't have any other tile covering them. The tiles that you can pair need to be open from the left or right. If there are no more moves left, in some versions, you can reshuffle the tiles, often a maximum of 5 times per game. ![]() ![]() ![]() Only the tiles you can see can be paired, which means that first you need to pair the visible ones on the top and sides. The game's goal is to remove the tiles from the playing area by matching identical tiles. With our Mahjong game, you can:įrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) How do you play Mahjong? ![]() ![]() The lense which enables a teacher to view the child’s playing technique and hand positioning, with 180* view of whole keyboard. We do 3 x 25 minutes per week, and it feels just about right. Child can earn points during the week, between classes, through extra practice and use these to get virtual clothing/food/features for an online monster pet.After the lesson, the teacher provides short written feedback summary, and it’s also possible to watch a replay of the lesson.The lens will be express couriered to you before your first class. The lesson is conducted over their app, and uses a free attachable fish-eye lens, so the teacher can see the fingering better (in our case, it points down for the keyboard, and has a split mirror allowing the teacher to see half screen the keyboard/hands, an the other half screen being the child).The app also has all the common music books (split by instrument and grade). Once a lessons is scheduled, there is an option to photograph and upload the music.Classes are booked through the app (either 25 minutes or 50 minutes).There’s certainly no substitute for a physical teacher, but VIP Peilian is a nice way to ensure regular practice sessions are effective. ![]() During the ‘lock down’ which our city had for Covid, we did take a break from physical piano lessons, and relied merely on apps, but I’m glad we’re able to do the real thing once again too. In our experience, the VIP Peilian coach has focussed on teaching my daughter how to practice, and systematically goes through the songs which have been set by her real in-person teacher. The classes are intended to be a supplement to in-person learning (in that they will not develop a curriculum for you). The word “Peilian”, meaning training or sparring reflects this. It really is a practice buddy, not a long-term substitute for real music lessons. I do know of a few other online piano classes, but their costs are astronomical). It’s certainly the only one we know of (based in China at least…. It’s said to be the first service in China to provide “online one-on-one instrument training”. VIP Peilian is aimed at children aged 5-16, already learning a musical instrument. I’m especially fond of the concept of VIP Peilian because I’m always looking for more ways to increase the spoken Mandarin around our house, without taking formal Chinese tuition: learning piano from a mainland Chinese speaker certainly ticks many boxes for us! What is VIP Peilian? That is the promise of VIP Peilian, and it has a smoothly executed app which enables booking of classes at 2 hours notice, and trained coaches to give real-time feedback, using a special lens for the iPad/tablet so the teacher can better see the instrument and fingering. The concept is so simple – an online music education platform, offering to help your child practice their instrument, with a live teacher (based in China) who listens and provides encouragement, at a fraction of the price of the typical music lessons. If you’re looking for online violin or piano classes taught in Mandarin Chinese, I would recommend you look at Bilin Academy. ![]() ![]() There is however a lovely US-based service who has helped to re-employ some of these teachers. It’s a shame there are many great music teachers now who have lost their livelihoods and not been paid for months, and many families will have lost much in prepaid packages. ![]() It was great for us, but clearly the business wasn’t great. This is one of the risks with online businesses which sprout up from China. UPDATE JUNE 2022: VIP Peilian is no longer in business. ![]() ![]() "Beautiful design & faster performance" - DJ TechTools ![]() You aren't convinced yet? Hear what professionnals have to say: ***Due to copyright reasons, recording mixes with streamed tracks from SoundCloud is not possible. 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