Eric H
05-24-2010, 10:29 PM
I got tired of the beat up Olympic I've been working on for the last two months, off & on so it's time for a new project.
I picked this Raytheon 10DX24 up from eBay after the price dropped to 1/3 of it's original listing price, had it packed and shipped very reasonably (by "The Packaging Store") via truck to my work, it arrived without a scratch. :)
It's in beautiful condition with some minor scratches and dings and missing one knob.
http://www.vintagetvsets.com/images/10dx24/10DX24.jpg
The chassis is in very good condition but it was covered in a thick layer of dust, looked a lot like dryer lint or very fine sawdust.
In the picture I've already cleaned it up a bit
This set must have a lot of hours on it, a dead CRT and a lot of replacement tubes, mostly Westinghouse with 1953 date codes.
http://www.vintagetvsets.com/images/10dx24/10dx24-2.jpg
I don't see any replacement parts underneath however.
The original 1949 dated Raytheon CRT (made in Canada!) was toast, nearly dead, even 8 volts only got it half way good so I tapped it lightly three times with the B&K 466, after the third tap it came up to really good and has stayed there so there may be some life left in it still, I have a different one I can use if not.
I rebuilt one of these a couple years ago for someone else and have wanted one since then, it's an interesting chassis with a few unusual features like the weird tuner and the rf generated HV supply.
I picked this Raytheon 10DX24 up from eBay after the price dropped to 1/3 of it's original listing price, had it packed and shipped very reasonably (by "The Packaging Store") via truck to my work, it arrived without a scratch. :)
It's in beautiful condition with some minor scratches and dings and missing one knob.
http://www.vintagetvsets.com/images/10dx24/10DX24.jpg
The chassis is in very good condition but it was covered in a thick layer of dust, looked a lot like dryer lint or very fine sawdust.
In the picture I've already cleaned it up a bit
This set must have a lot of hours on it, a dead CRT and a lot of replacement tubes, mostly Westinghouse with 1953 date codes.
http://www.vintagetvsets.com/images/10dx24/10dx24-2.jpg
I don't see any replacement parts underneath however.
The original 1949 dated Raytheon CRT (made in Canada!) was toast, nearly dead, even 8 volts only got it half way good so I tapped it lightly three times with the B&K 466, after the third tap it came up to really good and has stayed there so there may be some life left in it still, I have a different one I can use if not.
I rebuilt one of these a couple years ago for someone else and have wanted one since then, it's an interesting chassis with a few unusual features like the weird tuner and the rf generated HV supply.