Got a Dumont RA-103 Dog(mouse)House and a GE monitor.
I went to Olorin67's place today to buy a GE video monitor from him. I find tube era video monitors interesting and like to buy them when the price is good....This one came from my Alma-mater as a bonus factor of interest.
On the way back I picked up a Dumont Dog House at a Habitat For Humanity store, that he had suggested might be of interest to me....Man was that habitat store hard to find! I went past it almost twice before noticing it. The set was easy to find, and when I asked the clerk about the price (since it had multiple tags on it, and had been there weeks) I was asked to make an offer. The set and the 60's stand it was on cost me the 30$ I offered. http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps76dtyyuh.jpg http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...psfogsbspo.jpg Unfortunately Mom spotted roaches in the habitat store so both sets have to spend overnight (or longer if it don't frost) in the shed.....Mom's policy seems to be if a set comes from a good home it must stay overnight in the garage to quell her fear of getting roaches, if something is in a roach prone area or was likely exposed to roaches even indirectly it gets some shed time.... The tuning shaft on the Dumont is messed up so that will probably be an interesting issue. Both CRTs are untested. I'd assume schematics for the Dumont can be found on the ETF site, but I may have to fix the GE without service data. Been busy installing hard wood flooring with the folks and have other sets including pay projects in the works that will keep me from really getting into these for a while yet. |
Glad both sets went to a good home, I would have grabbed the Dumont, if funds allowed and I had some idea how to fix the tuning shaft.. That set had been there since early August.
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Tom Albrecht repaired one of those tuning shafts on his Crosley 9-407 (with the same Dumont chassis) a while back; you should be able to find his discussion of it. He had an excellent description of the problem and his work.
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http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6cs7s1qq.jpg http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...psc3mpq0zn.jpg http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...pstyikbogu.jpg http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...psvgmefwnh.jpg Not having recently looked at pictures of the inductuner mech, the impression I get from the mech is that the dial/knob is connected to the tuner shaft via gearing, and the retainer for the knob shaft is damaged.....If I push it in and turn it feels like I'm engaging gummy gears. I can get some gear grinding feel/noise if the shaft is not pushed in correctly when turning. |
What HFH store was it? The one on 104th and Burleigh?
The parking lot is awful small too! That store is very poorly organized, but at least you got something, that was worth the trip. :thmbsp: |
Don't crank that inductuner mechanism too hard until you have a chance to pull the chassis and give it a careful cleaning & inspection. This article has some photos of the tuner:
http://antiqueradio.org/DuMontRA-103Television.htm I've heard of those tuners having a broken ceramic shaft. My RA-113 even had a broken gear in the mechanism. Those things might have happened when lubricant dried up and turned hard, and then someone forced the tuner. Phil Nelson Phil's Old Radios http://antiqueradio.org/index.html |
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I thought I read somewhere that the part of the shaft is ceramic.
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BTW, I hope to see you at the Landmark tommorow. I have the items loaded in my car, that you were interested in. :thmbsp: |
I plan to make it.
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Nice Du Mont, but where's the refrigerator?
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