Winky Dink
09-20-2015, 01:04 AM
This is a three-band radio produced in 1937 and 1938. The GE Model F-85 is the same radio in a console. I don’t particularly like the design--it looks to me like a highly ornamented wooden box. But it did clean up nicely.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FApgShi0Z5U/VfefZJTtLwI/AAAAAAAAPOk/oBEMNY07FiA/s400-Ic42/GE%252520F-80%252520005.jpg
In this photo I’m getting ready to replace the plastic dial cover. See the tone control at the lower right? It says, “normal,” “bass,” “foreign,” and “speech.” Well, I tuned in a shortwave station and they were speaking French. I can understand some French if it’s spoken slowly and deliberately, but I could only catch a few words from this broadcast. So, I turned the switch to “foreign,” and guess what?…they’re STILL speaking French! So what good is that?
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mAssMBCwdgs/VfefeJ0Mg2I/AAAAAAAAPPU/xXuQZonQR-Q/s400-Ic42/GE%252520F-80%252520118.jpg
Actually, I have a well-captioned 56-photo series of the restoration which shows a new (new to me) way to remove old lacquer…
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5IrpbD_kZFw/VfefmlQ9SkI/AAAAAAAAPRA/MPrVxUt89A0/s400-Ic42/GE%252520F-80%252520143.jpg
…fabrication of the missing vertical-slide dial indicator…
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qcBQyjyZfYU/Vfej-K57JZI/AAAAAAAAPFQ/rUTTweFf7_c/s400-Ic42/GE%252520F-80%252520183-3.jpg
…replacement of the Candohm resistor…
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--hFjtsHxbLw/VfeyVNrgsVI/AAAAAAAAPG4/MPAWaX8kytE/s400-Ic42/GE%252520F-80%252520194-4.jpg
…and much more. If interested, here’s a direct link to the whole 56-photo series.
https://picasaweb.google.com/coldrb/GEF80?authuser=0&feat=directlink
I’m posting this here because some day someone else might have a GE F-80 or F-85 to restore, and they might stumble onto this post and get some help from it. Even so, I hope someone on this forum may find this useful.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FApgShi0Z5U/VfefZJTtLwI/AAAAAAAAPOk/oBEMNY07FiA/s400-Ic42/GE%252520F-80%252520005.jpg
In this photo I’m getting ready to replace the plastic dial cover. See the tone control at the lower right? It says, “normal,” “bass,” “foreign,” and “speech.” Well, I tuned in a shortwave station and they were speaking French. I can understand some French if it’s spoken slowly and deliberately, but I could only catch a few words from this broadcast. So, I turned the switch to “foreign,” and guess what?…they’re STILL speaking French! So what good is that?
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mAssMBCwdgs/VfefeJ0Mg2I/AAAAAAAAPPU/xXuQZonQR-Q/s400-Ic42/GE%252520F-80%252520118.jpg
Actually, I have a well-captioned 56-photo series of the restoration which shows a new (new to me) way to remove old lacquer…
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5IrpbD_kZFw/VfefmlQ9SkI/AAAAAAAAPRA/MPrVxUt89A0/s400-Ic42/GE%252520F-80%252520143.jpg
…fabrication of the missing vertical-slide dial indicator…
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qcBQyjyZfYU/Vfej-K57JZI/AAAAAAAAPFQ/rUTTweFf7_c/s400-Ic42/GE%252520F-80%252520183-3.jpg
…replacement of the Candohm resistor…
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--hFjtsHxbLw/VfeyVNrgsVI/AAAAAAAAPG4/MPAWaX8kytE/s400-Ic42/GE%252520F-80%252520194-4.jpg
…and much more. If interested, here’s a direct link to the whole 56-photo series.
https://picasaweb.google.com/coldrb/GEF80?authuser=0&feat=directlink
I’m posting this here because some day someone else might have a GE F-80 or F-85 to restore, and they might stumble onto this post and get some help from it. Even so, I hope someone on this forum may find this useful.