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03-03-2008, 09:44 AM
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Ooh. That's a heck of a drive (4 hours) but I am going to watch this one. I've been trying for a long while to find a "daily watcher" roundie. This looks very promising.
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03-03-2008, 12:07 PM
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Yeah, I know - it's amazing. I can't seem to actually locate a "common" roundie. I have four roundies now. None of which are working. I have a Magnavox combo roundie "backward chassis" with a bad flyback. A GE roundie in storage with a very, very broken cabinet, broken picture tube and no HOT. A Philco roundie with a dud picture tube. And a Sylvania CTC-4 in need of a major overhaul.
I have been looking for years for a CTC-16, to no avail. Weird, huh? The CTC-4 is next up for restoration, I've got all the caps I think I need, I just need to sit down and begin the huge task of rebuilding it. At least that one should have a good picture tube. The flyback looks iffy though. And I don't know if I'd want to put a lot of hours on the thing once it's rebuilt (if I can get it to work at all). And after all the effort I've put into hunting, I still don't have one that can work! -Ian
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03-03-2008, 01:13 PM
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 , gotta keep hunting! You'll find a gem . I am slowly getting everything I need to restore mine .
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03-03-2008, 07:33 PM
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Hi Ian: I did my 4 over a period of about 4 months, with many short sessions, as time allowed. It is a big job. Have you decided if you are going to re-stuff the cans when you do your 4? I may re-do mine that way, or leave it to the next caretaker.
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03-04-2008, 09:28 AM
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I haven't decided. It's going to be a big job, either way. I am going to start with the power supply, for sure. It's pretty cramped in there, and very filthy. I may end up restuffing the cans to keep everything neat - or mount terminal strips underneath the cans. The selenium stacks are getting upgraded to diodes, that's for sure.
I am definitely going to go for that Penncrest - should be a fairly easy repair and a good perfomer, and it will fill the "daily watcher" position nicely. -Ian
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Retro, did you get the Penncrest set? I was going to bid on it (and would certainly have won seeing it only went for $67), but came here first and saw you were trying for it. Hope ya got it!
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03-10-2008, 07:09 AM
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Yep. I got it. I had to stay up until 2 AM, and I bid at the last few seconds. I bid rather more than the $67, I was pleasantly suprised that I was able to get it for that - I was really, really worried I was going to wind up paying more than I could really afford... After the last three or four roundies I've tried for on eBay always went for too much, I'm really excited to get this one!
Funny thing though, I was sitting there in front of the computer, and refreshing. It got down to like 40 seconds, so I hit "Bid" on the other window I had ready... and at just that instant, the internet connection hung! Thankfully, it sorted itself out in 20 seconds or so, but man, that was frustrating... Going to be a road trip to go pick it up - it's a four hour drive. But hopefully it's nothing too serious to repair. I wonder what could fail and smoke to the left of the flyback cage? -Ian
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03-10-2008, 11:41 AM
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congrats! very interesting roundie. good luck with it and please post pics!
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