02-18-2018, 03:06 PM
No need for Zanax, but Like many here I admire Russ's work and have saved pictures of a couple of his finished sets to use as a reference when I get around to doing mine.
As far as chassis work goes I also care how it looks and strive to make them look as original as possible. I have a couple of sets that were bought already "restored" that I will have to de-modernize (if that is a word). One is a Majestic treasure chest where they discarded the square cardboard box that housed the electrolytic caps. I have located good pictures of an original that Alan Douglas owned and have the material to make a replacement that will be almost identical to the original.
I also stock up on bags of used capacitors at radio meets so I can re-stuff them and replace the Chinese Yellow-Devils (as I affectionately call them) in sets that have already been restored before I acquired them. I also have a handful of sets I restored years ago that will eventually need to be re-visited and re-stuffed.
I can understand someone not re-stuffing the original capacitors, but what gets me are the guys who strip everything they get their hands on and then glop it up with polyurethane.
As far as chassis work goes I also care how it looks and strive to make them look as original as possible. I have a couple of sets that were bought already "restored" that I will have to de-modernize (if that is a word). One is a Majestic treasure chest where they discarded the square cardboard box that housed the electrolytic caps. I have located good pictures of an original that Alan Douglas owned and have the material to make a replacement that will be almost identical to the original.
I also stock up on bags of used capacitors at radio meets so I can re-stuff them and replace the Chinese Yellow-Devils (as I affectionately call them) in sets that have already been restored before I acquired them. I also have a handful of sets I restored years ago that will eventually need to be re-visited and re-stuffed.
I can understand someone not re-stuffing the original capacitors, but what gets me are the guys who strip everything they get their hands on and then glop it up with polyurethane.
John KK4ZLF
Lexington, KY
"illegitimis non carborundum"