RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild

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RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild

Phlogiston
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07-15-2016, 10:48 AM

If anyone is interested, I just posted a pictorial of this much despised chassis being rebuilt on my blog:

http://www.russoldradios.com/blog

Most people hate it. Not because it works poorly but because it is very difficult to work on. I have done several of these since they were used with a few changes for 2 years in many RCA and GE (Westinghouse?) radios. The same chassis was used in consoles and table models with the same speaker. There were also 7 and 9 tube versions.

Russ

"I just might turn into smoke, but I feel fine"
http://www.russoldradios.com/

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RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild - by Phlogiston - 07-15-2016, 10:48 AM

RE: RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild - by KCMike - 07-15-2016, 12:16 PM

RE: RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild - by Eliot Ness - 07-15-2016, 03:17 PM

RE: RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild - by klondike98 - 07-15-2016, 07:05 PM

RE: RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild - by Paul Philco322 - 07-15-2016, 09:27 PM

RE: RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild - by Arran - 07-16-2016, 04:22 AM

RE: RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild - by Phlogiston - 07-16-2016, 11:03 AM

RE: RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild - by palegreenthumb - 07-16-2016, 04:28 AM

RE: RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild - by Phlogiston - 07-16-2016, 10:57 AM

RE: RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild - by Arran - 07-18-2016, 03:13 AM

RE: RCA R-8 Chassis Rebuild - by Phlogiston - 07-18-2016, 11:01 AM

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