10-11-2025, 11:41 PM
Rich:
Yes it's a friction drive system of course, the RCA/G.E sets with an airplane dial had something similar but they used a semi circle shaped piece of sheet metal, behind the dial assembly, the dial bulbs mounted right behind the scale. I think that a Stewart Warner I have uses something similar, those almost never have problems other then the usual dried out grease on the bearing points. I wish I could remember where I saw the article about the ones with the plastic disk, basically they used some plastic sheet from a craft shop, and a circle cutter, it may have been on the ARF. Here is one by Garry Rabbit https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=71083
Regards
Arran
Yes it's a friction drive system of course, the RCA/G.E sets with an airplane dial had something similar but they used a semi circle shaped piece of sheet metal, behind the dial assembly, the dial bulbs mounted right behind the scale. I think that a Stewart Warner I have uses something similar, those almost never have problems other then the usual dried out grease on the bearing points. I wish I could remember where I saw the article about the ones with the plastic disk, basically they used some plastic sheet from a craft shop, and a circle cutter, it may have been on the ARF. Here is one by Garry Rabbit https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=71083
Regards
Arran
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