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DuMont RA-112 TV: Next Project
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I've just finished my 37-116 (less grill cloth replacement) and am moving on to something a bit different, a DuMont RA-112 (first TV).

We had one when I was a little kid. It was in the basement and never worked. I think my mom gave it to the furnace repairman to get it out of the house, early 1960's.

I'd been looking for one for a while. Then this one literally came to me. A friend of a friend found it and the owner, who never got around to restoring it, offered to deliver it to me. It was nearly free... So now it's made it to the head of the queue, with lots to work on behind it.

The chassis' relatively huge, so I made a enlarged version of the stand I use for radios. It seems sturdy enough and gives me good access to the underside of the chassis. I have to check to see if the dial can wack the cross piece if I were to let it rotate it that far. That would be bad.

If anybody's had experience with one of these, is there anything special to "look out for"? The tuner is a bit "seized up" and looks mechanically complicated Icon_e_sad . I figure this project will take a while Icon_biggrin.

   

   

   

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Greg O.
Whitehall, PA


Messages In This Thread
DuMont RA-112 TV: Next Project - by Greg - 10-07-2021, 10:53 PM
RE: DuMont RA-112 TV: Next Project - by GarySP - 10-08-2021, 10:10 AM
RE: DuMont RA-112 TV: Next Project - by Greg - 10-08-2021, 12:34 PM
RE: DuMont RA-112 TV: Next Project - by MrFixr55 - 11-08-2021, 03:00 PM
RE: DuMont RA-112 TV: Next Project - by radiorich - 11-08-2021, 07:56 PM
RE: DuMont RA-112 TV: Next Project - by Greg - 03-04-2022, 11:39 PM
RE: DuMont RA-112 TV: Next Project - by Greg - 05-05-2022, 09:02 AM
RE: DuMont RA-112 TV: Next Project - by radiorich - 05-05-2022, 09:21 AM
RE: DuMont RA-112 TV: Next Project - by Greg - 05-05-2022, 09:29 PM
RE: DuMont RA-112 TV: Next Project - by TV MAN - 05-06-2022, 10:21 AM
RE: DuMont RA-112 TV: Next Project - by Greg - 05-12-2022, 10:52 PM



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