Welcome Guest! Be sure you know and follow the Phorum Rules before posting. Thank you and Enjoy! (January 12, 2025) x

Thread Closed

655 restoration
#31

Forgot to mention:

Rebuilding a tone control is no harder than rebuilding a Bakelite block. It involves removing the capacitors, which are encased in a hard waxy substance, and wrapped with thin fiber which has the electrical characteristics of fishpaper (i.e. an insulating material).

I like to reuse the fiber material after getting rid of the old capacitor assembly, to ensure the new caps are insulated from the metal case.

Of course, there is more to rebuilding a tone control than this. I'm afraid I don't have time to explain fully at the moment. Anyone else, feel free to chime in.

--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


Messages In This Thread
655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 04-19-2023, 01:11 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 04-26-2023, 11:44 AM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 04-26-2023, 12:14 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 04-26-2023, 12:30 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 04-27-2023, 04:28 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 04-27-2023, 04:50 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by admin - 04-27-2023, 07:13 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 04-27-2023, 07:26 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 04-27-2023, 08:13 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 04-27-2023, 08:17 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 04-27-2023, 08:35 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by radiorich - 04-27-2023, 09:11 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 04-28-2023, 08:22 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 04-28-2023, 08:31 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 04-30-2023, 01:02 AM
RE: 655 restoration - by morzh - 04-30-2023, 02:13 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by RodB - 04-30-2023, 06:05 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 05-01-2023, 12:49 AM
RE: 655 restoration - by Radioroslyn - 05-01-2023, 07:18 AM
RE: 655 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-01-2023, 08:27 AM
RE: 655 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-01-2023, 08:40 AM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 05-01-2023, 12:53 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 05-02-2023, 11:58 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-03-2023, 07:10 AM
RE: 655 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-03-2023, 07:29 AM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 05-03-2023, 11:15 AM
RE: 655 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-03-2023, 12:52 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 05-08-2023, 08:53 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 05-27-2023, 02:15 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by Jordanbkc - 05-27-2023, 09:46 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 05-27-2023, 10:15 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by morzh - 05-27-2023, 10:26 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 05-28-2023, 01:33 AM
RE: What's My Model? - by patmat2350 - 04-19-2023, 01:30 PM
RE: What's My Model? - by patmat2350 - 04-19-2023, 06:08 PM
RE: What's My Model? - by patmat2350 - 04-19-2023, 06:48 PM
655 restoration - by patmat2350 - 04-19-2023, 07:43 PM
RE: Is my 655 dial OK? - by morzh - 04-19-2023, 07:52 PM
RE: Is my 655 dial OK? - by patmat2350 - 04-19-2023, 07:57 PM
RE: Is my 655 dial OK? - by Steve Davis - 04-19-2023, 08:44 PM
RE: Is my 655 dial OK? - by patmat2350 - 04-19-2023, 09:05 PM
RE: Is my 655 dial OK? - by morzh - 04-19-2023, 10:19 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by klondike98 - 04-20-2023, 02:44 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by klondike98 - 04-20-2023, 02:48 PM
RE: 655 restoration - by radiorich - 04-21-2023, 07:40 AM
Is my 655's 8mF electrolytic OK? - by patmat2350 - 04-19-2023, 09:05 PM
RE: Is my 655's 8mF electrolytic OK? - by Chas - 04-19-2023, 10:06 PM
RE: Is my 655's 8mF electrolytic OK? - by morzh - 04-19-2023, 10:22 PM
RE: What's My Model? - by patmat2350 - 04-24-2023, 06:39 PM
RE: What's My Model? - by Steve Davis - 04-24-2023, 07:36 PM
RE: What's My Model? - by patmat2350 - 04-24-2023, 08:02 PM
RE: What's My Model? - by radiorich - 04-24-2023, 08:13 PM
Tone Control Rebuild - by patmat2350 - 04-27-2023, 06:15 PM
RE: Tone Control Rebuild - by patmat2350 - 04-27-2023, 06:26 PM



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)
[-]
Recent Posts
Philco 71 Code 125
Hello,  I am in need of a schematic for this radio. Mine has the three separate circular tube shields and a shadow me...dconant — 08:06 AM
Stromberg Carlson 1500 Squeal
And life just keeps getting more complicated.dconant — 07:57 AM
54C Complete Teardown/Rebuild
Hello Roy, here is this one sincerely Richardradiorich — 12:45 AM
54C Complete Teardown/Rebuild
Richard, Had grabbed it already but thank you just the same.  I find myself wanting to find some way to block out the...glyphmon — 12:03 AM
54C Complete Teardown/Rebuild
Hello roy, here is a link to the schematic . Sincerely Richardradiorich — 11:54 PM
54C Complete Teardown/Rebuild
Richard, The Silvertone 2014 also is a transformerless set, so I am incorporating a 1:1 600 ohm audio isolation transfo...glyphmon — 11:37 PM
Preliminary work on wife's Silvertone 2014
Did an alignment today which was interesting.  IF alignment went great, almost all was already spot-on.  Adjusting on th...glyphmon — 11:35 PM
54C Complete Teardown/Rebuild
The main problem with adding a Bluetooth input is that this set lacks a traditional power transformer to isolate it from...radiorich — 11:19 PM
54C Cabinet Refinish
I started stripping this cabinet before it got super chilly out because I knew I wasn't going to be able to work on ...glyphmon — 11:18 PM
54C Complete Teardown/Rebuild
While I'm waiting to wrap up the final steps on my wife's Silvertone 2014, I started disassembly on the next project.  O...glyphmon — 11:07 PM

[-]
Who's Online
There are currently 1501 online users. [Complete List]
» 3 Member(s) | 1498 Guest(s)
AvatarAvatarAvatar

>