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841 Progress – 20130709
Peggy Sue Rough Functional
I’ve been working on a new functional digram for Peggy sue to explain to a client what it could become. It’s slowly taking shape, and I like where it’s going. Im looking for some parts… I may have to put out an APB when the design is finalize
20130606 – Peggy Sue
This is a before I start photo
And so begins the redesign…
Still working on some 12 channel consoles.
Now with more metalwork drawn up… it almost looks like I know what I’m doing.
Redrawing some old WBS metal for a project
I’m redrawing some WBS metal and I go to draw in the lower grooves and realize… this is first Gen extrusion… not 2nd Gen
Back to square one
I found some second Gen metal, I never noticed the curve on the older stuff.
While I was downstairs I found the mating piece for the second Gen
And another piece used in the meter bridge
A new member of the family: It’s a Gorton!
I’ve been restoring WBS consoles for about 10 years now, and I think I’ve just taken the art of what I love doing to the next level. I have acquired THE Gorton P1-2 used at the WBS factory. It was used for their custom buttons, and their early one off panels.
This all began in 2009 while restoring a console. I was building a panel and wanted the exact engraving the factory did. 
This lead me to ask around and it turned out a past employee of WBS had the machine in his home shop. Fast forward 4 years and it’s got a new home in the Revolution Recording Custom Shop.
I do have some blank stock pender buttons, some ITT buttons and can get others.
I love one of a kind tools
Making a 12 channel WBS filter rack
WBS – M568P 24 track monitoring console
Making rack ears for a 10 Module WBS rack
Working on some 12 channel consoles
I’ve been planning some 12 channel consoles / Racks for a long time now. Here is a sketch of what that profile will be.
WBS 60-12 input transformer
I had an old WBS 60-12 input transformer with tails too short to re use. so I opened it up. After desoldering the bottom cap, I cut the shell open. I’m sure if I heated up the wax it would have dropped out, but I had no intension of getting it out and re-using it.
Some WBS manuals
Here are some WBS manuals that have been consolidated. Their Functional Diagrams, Layouts have been preserved but the details are no longer with us. A “vanilla” complete copy of the console / communication system have been archived and will soon be scanned for the archive…
Thanks to Matt Rideout for the help!
Got some WBS Manuals to sort through
if you have a console from 1985-1994 please let me know.. I may have the manual for your console. Please email me your console project number and serial number and I’ll see if I do. 
1974
it hit me today that I’m an art collector…
This was the first WBS ad I ever saw
I circled it in the 1997 Broadcast Technology Magazine (I was 14 years old) and this came in the mail
FOUND SOME WBS MORE ADS…
WBS M625 power suply
found this oldie on a shelf.
Very nice build and the uA meter is very useful
