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I finished making a new back. The original had several flaws besides the upper mounting holes being enlarged as to be ineffective.
The right side back brace was located too high and interfered with the upper mounting boss. This skewed the whole back and it warped badly from the chassis screws forcing the back back into position. With the brace too high this brought the whole edge down low and the bottom of the back overlapped the bottom of the cabinet. Also somewhere along the way, the interlock on the chassis was changed out probably because of the extreme pressure of the mal-aligned back. All of these problems were corrected with the new back. I also added 2 1/16 ply shims to the back which runs up against the chassis so when the mounting screws are tightened, they won't warp the back. This is due to the metal interlock bracket. I used some Dewalt brad-point drill bits to drill the holes. I changed the power cord and made up some new labels too. |
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I polished up the knobs and finished the project today. In reality, I still need the metal insert that goes into the channel selector knob. I must have lost it when at my daughters house.
I'd like to thank everyone who helped me get this one done. I learned a lot and you guys have spent some time with me helping me through the process. Thank you. Here are the final pics. |
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Holy cow, that back looks like the real deal, excellent work!! Last edited by Kevin Kuehn; 11-09-2016 at 11:28 PM. |
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Thank you Kevin.
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I'm not sure they looked that good when they were new! Awesome! :-)
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Thanks.
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If you restore it any further I do believe it will start picking up broadcasts from the 50's.
Nicely done.
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Thanks.
I did find a station that was airing an episode of "Lassie". |
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Well, I located a pencil box door! It'll ship this week. Then this restoration will be truly be finished. Thanks Benman94.
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Awesome job, bro. Is the height maybe a bit stretched, or is that the aspect ratio of the picture?
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According to the test patterns, the picture is correctly set up. My guess is that another picture of the TV playing would look a lot better. |
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I saw that commercial on one of my sets....That little girl is a real bean pole....She is like some of those cartoons that mocked Frank Sinatra for being skinny.
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Fantastic restoration of rarely seen early rectangular set.
I could be wrong, but it looks like 16:9 video compressed in width to 4:3... look at the shape of the lamp in the background, those were nearly spherical. What was the source of the video? jr Last edited by jr_tech; 11-14-2016 at 12:05 PM. |
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Wow. That is some fantastic restoration. I'm impressed.
Did you replace every resistor in this set? I thought I saw a reference to that earlier in this thread. What did you paint the chassis with? It looks great. Last edited by Polaraligned; 11-14-2016 at 08:20 PM. |
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Every resistor, except 1 in the tuner, every paper, every electrolytic, and every mica cap was replaced. A few tubes and the doorknob cap was also replaced. After cleaning and getting rid of the rust etc, I primered the chassis with Rust-Oleum automotive grey sandable primer #2081. Then a light sanding to remove the surface "goobers", then 2 coats of Rust-Oleum Metallic Matte Nickel #7277830. |
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