11-05-2010, 03:02 PM
Very nice indeed. I used to own one of those.
You do have to have the button on far right pushed in for normal AM and SW dial tuning. However, this button has nothing to do mechanically with the dial tuning. If you turn the knob but the dial does not move, then there is a problem with the dial cord stringing. Could be too tight? Sometimes you have to add some violin rosin to the string to make it "grip."
Bill Turner used to sell rosin in a liquid form, dissolved in acetone, which was perfect for this type of trouble. You could make your own by mixing a block of violin rosin (just the rosin, not the wooden block it is mounted to) with about 4 to 8 ounces or so of acetone.
Careful! Acetone is flammable, and will melt plastics, so you want to keep your mixture in a glass jar with a metal lid, and keep the lid tightly closed when not in use. The fumes from acetone are not exactly good for your body, either, so this type of activity should be done outdoors.
You do have to have the button on far right pushed in for normal AM and SW dial tuning. However, this button has nothing to do mechanically with the dial tuning. If you turn the knob but the dial does not move, then there is a problem with the dial cord stringing. Could be too tight? Sometimes you have to add some violin rosin to the string to make it "grip."
Bill Turner used to sell rosin in a liquid form, dissolved in acetone, which was perfect for this type of trouble. You could make your own by mixing a block of violin rosin (just the rosin, not the wooden block it is mounted to) with about 4 to 8 ounces or so of acetone.
Careful! Acetone is flammable, and will melt plastics, so you want to keep your mixture in a glass jar with a metal lid, and keep the lid tightly closed when not in use. The fumes from acetone are not exactly good for your body, either, so this type of activity should be done outdoors.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
