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  1. The adapter I had machined for my Grafo T2 came today. Looks great. In case anyone was wondering what it was for it's this. It is designed for an Iwata cup to fit into it. Although it will accept the old style cup it also takes the Takumi cup. The old style is still a siphon feed but the Takumi is gravity feed. And a great cup unto itself.
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    I posted this as I said I would do that in this thread previously. I have gotten 6 more very old airbrushes along with 3 old spray guns. I have a lot of cleaning to do. I have an odd V on the way and another Thayer & Chandler model A coming too. This will be my last airbrush collection related post.

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  2. Wick, it's not good to be bitten by a dog no matter which breed it is. It's sad that you had to experience it. It occurs to me that if you were wearing shorts the mini-dog may have gotten hold of something else on your person as you said it was pulling on your pants cuff. This could have been worse.

    21 hours ago, W Humble said:

    but a mini-dog was pulling on my pants cuff


    The way I am understanding your joke is one person at the shop said the dog didn't bite you.
     

     

    5 hours ago, W Humble said:

    "The light bulb wasn't burned out."

    While another said it bit you because you teased it.
     

     

    21 hours ago, W Humble said:

    and one to say it wouldn't have burned out if you hadn't teased it!

    Did the bite draw blood or leave teeth marks? If it did could you not have called the authorities? Be that the police or perhaps the local chapter of PITA? I was a FedEx delivery driver. I know full well that there are an over abundance of dog owners who should not be one. I never got bit but I know some guys that I worked with who did, quite often after they were told the dog doesn't bite. One driver that got a monetary settlement for his bite. 

    Although I guess your attempt was at sarcasm, I'm sorry, I fail to see the humor for this thread. This reads more like an Irk and there is a thread for that. It seems to me that thread would have been the one to post your experience on.

  3. The brush I bought from a friend in New Zealand came today so I'll post the other one that I got recently too as they are similar. The one from New Zealand is a Holbein Y-2A. It's a B cup model with an adjustable trigger stop. I'm not 100% sure but I believe the A in the Y-2A is for the adjustable handle.
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    This is the one I've had a couple weeks. It is a Holbein Y-2. Another B cup.

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    Holbeins are THE airbrush I would like to find more of. They really intrigue me. Most airbrush companies have a pretty much standard that they engrave in their brushes, brand,  serial number, model name, etc. Holbein did not do that. Just looking at these two pics you should notice one says Holbein while the other looks to me to have something like a Japanese character there (IMO because the brush is made in Japan). On the reverse side the Y-2A has Made in Japan while the Y-2 does not.
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    Additionally Holbeins have various names that may be found on them. Holbein, Hohmi and Toricon. I have a friend with a side feed brush and it is called a Neo Hohmi. The Hohmi is a Holbein brush (they made their own brushes) while the Toricon was made by Fuso Seiki, the same company who make the Iwata, Olympos and RichPen brushes. The Toricon should be able to accept parts from the Fuso Seiki line. The Holbeins will not.

    I bought the Y-2 based on the Patent number, which matches the patent number on the Y-2A. If you look at the pic of my Y-1 (A cup) you will see that the patent number isn't there. No serial number either.
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    There is also a Holbein Dash series. These had adjustable head pieces.

    If you decide you'd like to get a Holbein be aware that spare parts for them are just about impossible to find. Unless you are certain the needle, and especially the nozzle, are in good usable condition you may have wasted your money. I have gotten mine at what I believe to be at a really great price so if they would not have worked I wouldn't be out much. 

     

    Here's what I'd like to propose. There are certain brushes I am looking for. Being this forum is world wide I may have a chance at locating some that I wouldn't other-wise be able to find. I will offer a "Finders Fee" if I would purchase a brush you make me aware of. That may be model kits/parts, cash or something else. I often search eBay so I may already be watching what you find. 

    Besides Holbein (or parts for them) these are other brushes I am looking for. The parts I can most use are needles and nozzles.

    Aerograph/DeVilbiss Super93. A side feed model would be great but any will be considered. A side feed Super63 would be good also. These were made in the UK so they should be easier to find by someone from there. I do see what is listed there on eBay.

    EFBE 

    Gabbert  I'd like to find another Triplex. Parts for these would be good. I do go on eBay De at times.

    Heikle

    RichPen  a Gemini model or Phoenix model.

     

    There are probably others, these were on my mind. If you come across a brush you think I may be interested in please send me a PM. I've bought brushes from New Zealand, France and Germany so I'm more than willing to go outside the US. I have ordered parts from the UK.

     

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  4. Say what you want but I look at this thread as a means to stretch my imagination to come up with a good sentence, be it witty, profound or whatever, not just to type something that keeps the thread going.

  5. My brother and I had one of these:

    Robot Commando Toy
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    IIRC speaking into the mic opened a flap that woke the robot. There was a toothed sliding gear that you turned a knob on to make it do what you wanted. That ran up and down on the mic. The robot would move forward and back, the lid on it's head would open and shoot a missile, the arms would rotate and throw balls and the eyes rolled.  It was a cool toy.

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