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benman94 05-19-2017, 06:13 PM I cut a deal with Harry Poster for this set, and have arranged to have it picked up (thanks Nick!)
Does anyone know for sure if this is just a 630 type chassis modified to drive a 15AP4?
Ugly little thing, but it looked so forlorn on Harry's website... and I like ugly duckling sets.
https://thumb.ibb.co/mM7VQv/20170519_190449.jpg (https://ibb.co/mM7VQv) https://thumb.ibb.co/gvjAQv/20170519_190402.jpg (https://ibb.co/gvjAQv) https://thumb.ibb.co/g8Pc5v/20170519_190234.jpg (https://ibb.co/g8Pc5v)
Phil Nelson 05-19-2017, 06:52 PM Just when you thought you'd seen everything . . . .
Very unusual.
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WISCOJIM 05-19-2017, 06:56 PM The only thing I can find for Federal Video is from Riders Volume 3 which shows an unreadable schematic (for models 209, 309, 409, and ch. 31) and a message at the bottom of the page reading
"For Service Data: See RCA Model 630TS, TV1 Page 1-76".
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benman94 05-19-2017, 07:03 PM I've wanted an Oriental cabinet set to watch WWII propaganda cartoons on.
"Tokio Jokio" would look great on the Federal Video set... :stupid:
https://youtu.be/sy9rGAO-qfc
miniman82 05-21-2017, 05:05 PM Hope you don't mind but I took the liberty of testing the CRT, it reads like new and even has that luminous stuff on the neck to tell you when the trap is correctly aligned. I believe it's original since the anode connection is that odd Dumont style button that snaps together, rather than a normal clip connection like I would have expected if it were something like a 16RP4 or whatever.
benman94 05-21-2017, 05:11 PM Thank you Nick! That confirms that it is infact a 15DP4, and not a 15AP4. No ion burn :-)
Might make a nice daily driver.
Eric H 05-21-2017, 05:14 PM I seem to recall there were two of those Federal sets on Harry's page, the other one was a darker color I think.
benman94 05-21-2017, 05:34 PM Definitely 630 based as WISCOJIM found in Rider's. The 630 type is my absolute favorite B/W chassis. Only RCA's direct coupled video sets for the 16AP4 and 17 inch tubes were superior in terms of image quality, if not in build quality.
https://preview.ibb.co/hTugXa/IMG_1129.jpg (https://ibb.co/dhP4kv)
upload photo internet (https://imgbb.com/)
M3-SRT8 05-22-2017, 09:37 AM I've wanted an Oriental cabinet set to watch WWII propaganda cartoons on.
"Tokio Jokio" would look great on the Federal Video set... :stupid:
https://youtu.be/sy9rGAO-qfc
Yes. Now, yer talking. I would suggest "The Purple Heart" (1944) with Dana Andrews and the heartless Richard Loo.:smoke:
M3-SRT8 05-22-2017, 09:39 AM Definitely 630 based as WISCOJIM found in Rider's. The 630 type is my absolute favorite B/W chassis. Only RCA's direct coupled video sets for the 16AP4 and 17 inch tubes were superior in terms of image quality, if not in build quality.
https://preview.ibb.co/hTugXa/IMG_1129.jpg (https://ibb.co/dhP4kv)
upload photo internet (https://imgbb.com/)
Looks more 721TS to me. Just one 5U4 on that chassis, unless one of them is pulled.:smoke:
benman94 05-23-2017, 12:16 PM Yes. Now, yer talking. I would suggest "The Purple Heart" (1944) with Dana Andrews and the heartless Richard Loo.:smoke:
Anything with Dana Andrews is worth a watch. "The Best Years of Our Lives" is probably the greatest film of all time...
benman94 05-23-2017, 12:17 PM Looks more 721TS to me. Just one 5U4 on that chassis, unless one of them is pulled.:smoke:
One of the 5U4s isn't visible. Chassis is way too wide to be a 721 clone; that's a 15 inch DuMont tube.
benman94 05-23-2017, 12:34 PM I seem to recall there were two of those Federal sets on Harry's page, the other one was a darker color I think.
I think there were two, one in a mahogany with the same... interesting... paint job that this set has.
benman94 05-23-2017, 04:30 PM http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=241019
That thread has some pics of the mahagony version. It's hard to tell which is uglier :lmao:
M3-SRT8 05-23-2017, 09:00 PM Anything with Dana Andrews is worth a watch. "The Best Years of Our Lives" is probably the greatest film of all time...
Yes. That's a good one. Still holds up well to this day.
Richard Loo is the menacing Jap(anese) in "The Purple Heart."
We can't say that any more.:smoke:
Eric H 05-23-2017, 10:30 PM In the picture in post #8, what is the metal box thing next to the HV cage? is it a pedestal for the yoke?
decojoe67 05-24-2017, 04:31 AM Anything with Dana Andrews is worth a watch. "The Best Years of Our Lives" is probably the greatest film of all time...
Also Dana'a Film Noir films like "Laura" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends". Classics.
M3-SRT8 06-19-2017, 09:11 PM http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=241019
That thread has some pics of the mahagony version. It's hard to tell which is uglier :lmao:
It's less ugly in mahogany.:smoke:
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