Admiral Regent/C322C2 Score!

[Electronic M]

Now that my main PC is working again... Here are the pictures.



They are different in that there is more metal covering the plastic, but the plastic and the center of the metal caps appear the same. There are two avenues I see for using these: Cut the center out of the channel knob metal, or use the center of the knob you have to complete the knob I have that is missing it's center and have a set of knobs with more metal on them on the set.

I'll let you have one or both of the knobs for $5+whatever shipping costs.
My PM box is near capacity so use my Email, or PM me for my email address and we can work out the details.

[SwizzyMan]

Sorry for the late reply, just saw this. The only thing I could really do is to cut out the centerpiece on the metal part of the knob. Question is, how would I do that cleanly?

[Steve D.]

Suggest someone skilled with a fine blade band saw.

-Steve D.

[SwizzyMan]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

Suggest someone skilled with a fine blade band saw.

-Steve D.

Wish I knew of any. There's got to be a way to fabricate something to replace it. If worst comes to worst, I'll buy Tom's knobs.

[Steve D.]

Any woodworking shop or metal fabricating shop will have a band saw. Also consider 3-D printing of the knob. You may have to do a little legwork to achieve your ends.

-Steve D.

[snelson903]

wow awesome find,and a crt that stood the test of time , hopefully there are still more great finds still hiding out there just waiting to be found ..

[SwizzyMan]

Work has finally begun! Just placed an order for the filters. I pulled the chassis yesterday and did some cleanup today. This involved having to pull out the jug to be able to get to everything and it will make working on the chassis a whole lot easier. The chassis was covered in a copious amount of dust. After digging it all out, I was surprised to find metal . I still have more cleaning work to do tomorrow.

[SwizzyMan]

More photos

[Electronic M]

Make sure to save the old caps so if the next owner wants to restuff them they can.

[SwizzyMan]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Make sure to save the old caps so if the next owner wants to restuff them they can.

I was planning to restuff them using the uncrimp method. I am restuffing all paper caps. A lot are bumblebees though so I dont know how I'll get around those.

[Electronic M]

If you are lucky some have split at the seams making them restuffable....The non-split ones I've never rebuilt.....My only idea for restuffing an intact bee is to cut the ends off then use a drill press or dremmel to gut one, then drill holes on the ends for the new leads to go through and glue the ends back on...I never tried that idea though so I may be way off base.

[BigDavesTV]

So nice to see all those pictures of it apart, looks great! I'm looking forward to more pictures after it's recapped and making a nice picture! So glad that set is in a collector's hands!

[SwizzyMan]

Thanks for the kind words Dave. I just finished cleaning off the dust and dirt on the chassis and anything left is just corrosion. Cleaning the HV area was like defusing a bomb. I knew If I screwed up anything on that flyback it was game over. Did a slow power up on the variac to make sure I did not hurt anything. Chassis produces a solid 14.3kv with no electrical work done. Now for a set of tubes and some new electrolytics. We are in good shape!

[miniman82]

If the shunt tube drags down your HV, check the value of the resistors around the 6BK4 grid.

[SwizzyMan]

Just powered it up on the variac again, but this time I brought it up to 117 volts instead of 100v. Fly now produces 19.5kv regulated AND UNregulated. HV section is really in good shape! Going to start unmounting the lytics and will restuff them when parts get here on Friday.