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I'm glad to hear the good press on the older Weller soldering guns. I guess I didn't really know what I nice gift my girlfriend bought me. Yep, the same woman who would LOVE to see the Zenith in the kitchen vaporize as well as the 5 other sets that she widdled me down to. Actually, she does see some charm in a 1950 RCA TC-127 in the living room, so it may have hope of a long and healthy life.
But she brought home this Weller in it's factory gray case with a nice piece of period advertisement inside the cover as well as the Styrofoam insert that seems impossible to pack it in. Actually, I think it broke in two on my last attempt, so I keep the gun on the shelf. We have a newer one at work that is the same size, but feels like a toy in your hand compared to the old one. Great stuff!
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I was able to find 3 used 6GH8s that test as good as new and a NOS 5GH8 (which should not mind an extra volt on the heater from a transformer powered set).
I'm trying to scare up some 6KT8s too...I found 3 that were less than great, but I've only searched a fraction of my unsorted stock of that era of tube so far.
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That term "reform" is probably what goes on really. A decades long dormant set gets playtime and the caps (if they made it that far) may sort of reform or rejuvenate themselves. Some people don't believe it, but I have seen it many many times. I heard these 60s color sets, particularly Zeniths' often come back from the dead like new. That's more or less what happened with mine. I put a new cap across the horizontal efficiency coil as I was installing it anyway and will likely replace the coupling caps in the same circuit. That's about it....
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