07-21-2020, 09:04 PM
Finally some more progress...
The coils in the RF chassis, with the exception of the one I fixed, checked out OK. All of the capacitors in it have been re-stuffed and a few bad resistors replaced new ones made to match the originals.
The RF chassis is back together, except the tuning capacitor. I need to get a grommet for the back end of it first.
I plan to finish the main chassis then for initial testing I'll clip-lead in the RF chassis. I don't want to have to remove it if anythings wrong. I know, how could that possibly be
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I'm working on the Bakelite block capacitors. The first one went fine. The next was the line filter block. It wasn't so fine. It had a catastrophic failure at some point. One side and the back were blown out. I found the side, but not the back. I glued the side in place, created a new back and corner with epoxy putty, spray lacquered it black and re-stuffed it.
Before:
During/After...
Onward and upward...
The coils in the RF chassis, with the exception of the one I fixed, checked out OK. All of the capacitors in it have been re-stuffed and a few bad resistors replaced new ones made to match the originals.
The RF chassis is back together, except the tuning capacitor. I need to get a grommet for the back end of it first.
I plan to finish the main chassis then for initial testing I'll clip-lead in the RF chassis. I don't want to have to remove it if anythings wrong. I know, how could that possibly be
.I'm working on the Bakelite block capacitors. The first one went fine. The next was the line filter block. It wasn't so fine. It had a catastrophic failure at some point. One side and the back were blown out. I found the side, but not the back. I glued the side in place, created a new back and corner with epoxy putty, spray lacquered it black and re-stuffed it.
Before:
During/After...
Onward and upward...
Can't think of anything witty.
Greg O.
Whitehall, PA
