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I'm so glad to see another of these sets has been found!!
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Nope, just in the right place at the right time. Don't you have a pair of 15G's? Quote:
Good idea, I'll pull it and see what the finish looks like. I've seen these in 3 different hues now: one that looked almost orange in tint, more than a few with the stock reddish look, then there's Bob and Steve's sets that have a very dark mahogany finish. I'm shooting for as close to stock as possible. Quote:
You have PM.
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Sweet now you've got two good 15" color tubes and a chassis to run them in that doesn't need to be reverse-engineered!
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Yup, just waiting on the new convergence tranformer. I think I'll use the CTC-2 to see what kind of color pic I can coax out of the developmental tube, I just hope the 16" mask will mount inside the CT-100 cabinet without a whole lot of molestation.
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SO happy to see the posts. Thanks Nick!
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I use one of John Folsom's transformers and it works like a charm. Mailed the decals today. Enjoy. Phil Nelson |
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Been awhile since I read your merril restoration on your site, and was very suprised seeing that photo as I forgot how beautiful the cabinet on your set looks.
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No credit to me. The guy who refinished it is a master. His day job is designing & building custom furniture for spoiled people. He appreciates older things, tho', and will do a little restoration job like this as relaxing change, if I'm willing to wait (and wait) until it fits his schedule.
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It gives me a real buzz to see the lengths that are gone to here to save these sets Just great stuff and such awesome looking RCA's. Nice cabinet work too by the way
Cheers Glen
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Got the replacement decals the other day, thanks Phil!
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Update: John Folsom mailed me the replacement convergence transformer, so I set about mounting it into the old shell. I chose to mount it with screws so it's easily removable, as opposed to the more laborious process of potting in silicone. When installed, then only thing you can see is the rear nut. Not too bad. Now to hook it up, let's see what this thing can do!
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Outstanding, Nick. Can 't wait to see if fired up!
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Got the rest of the set put back together, everything is soldered up and ready to go!
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Slowly applied power through the variac, but I didn't get to more than 50 volts before I heard a loud SNAP! Instantly, I shut it off to investigate. Turns out the foul smell was coming from the vert ht/lin pot in the front, must have tin whiskers or something. This also caught my eye: a 5.6k resistor with a huge crack in it! It now reads out at 12k, so obviously it will need to be replaced before I go any farther. Between that and the bad pot, I think my weekend is already full.
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Don't worry Nick, whatever it is, you will overcome! Can't wait to see you get it going.
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