My Motorola 12VT13 Restoration.

[Dangler]

I got back to the cabinet and started stripping the finish and repairing some small veneer chips. After a lot of sanding, it was about ready for stain. For the top and lower portion of the sides, I used red mahogany stain. The lighter parts I used special walnut. The front was the same light and dark scheme.

I got back to the chassis while the cabinet was drying. I couldn't get the right side of the picture to quite fill out the screen after some more testing. There was a bumblebee hiding out behind a cluster of wires that I had overlooked. Replaced it and the raster filled the screen. It's getting so you can't trust any caps of any type.

The control plate finish was pretty scratched and corroded. I stripped the old finish off and cleaned the corrosion off. The lettering was pretty straight forwared as far as repainting since it was recessed. After that was done, a couple of coats of lacquer to protect it. I'll post pictures of it after the refinishing later.

[Dangler]

Here are some pics of the control panel and what the shafts look like.

It was late January by the time I was ready to finish up the cabinet. I wanted to use lacquer but it was too cold in the garage so I went with four coats of tung oil, lightly sanding between each coat after drying.

Got everything reassembled, but the brackets on the chassis wouldn't line up withe the mounting holes. The crt was sitting about 1/2" too far to the front. There are 2 large springs that connect to the crt band and the yoke bracket that had to be removed in order to reposition the tube. They are not the most fun to get back on after removal. I repositioned the tube and gave it a test fit before hooking the springs back up.

After all that, it was pretty much done. I still need to find some knobs and make a back. I'll probably use perf board since that is all I have at the present.

The finish is not the best, but then I'm not a refinisher. All in all, I think it's not too bad considering what I started with. I kept it from being buried in the landfill and got it working. I'm happy with it and after all, that's all that really matters.

[Dangler]

Sandy G was given one like mine and I attached a photo from a set found on the web showing the knobs that I need.

http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=256675