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Brought home a fada
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It obviously came from out East, I see that the second scale has call letters written on it and all of them start with a "W". Hopefully some penetrating oil will help free it up, I can't see the hubs holding the rotor plates but the frame of the tuning condenser is at least made out of steel. It's the rotor hub that fails in Majestic tuning condensers, they crack and can warp causing them to jamb.
I hope that the eventual sale price reflected the fact that the dial mechanism is frozen? It's a crap shoot sometimes when it comes to pot metal, as I said before it can range anywhere from minor repairs to a major operation reproducing new mechanical parts. I don't know the extent of the pot metal issue in Fada sets of this era, at least it isn't like a Crosley Jem box where the entire tuning cap can turn into unusable junk.
Regards
Arran


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Brought home a fada - by jerryhawthorne - 09-28-2013, 10:58 PM
RE: Brought home a fada - by Arran - 09-28-2013, 11:16 PM
RE: Brought home a fada - by jerryhawthorne - 09-29-2013, 02:17 AM
RE: Brought home a fada - by Electrothaumaturgist - 09-29-2013, 04:58 AM
RE: Brought home a fada - by PhilcoJohn - 09-29-2013, 09:02 AM
RE: Brought home a fada - by Jamie - 09-29-2013, 09:24 AM
RE: Brought home a fada - by Jayce - 09-29-2013, 03:32 PM
RE: Brought home a fada - by jerryhawthorne - 09-29-2013, 04:06 PM
RE: Brought home a fada - by Raymanretro - 09-29-2013, 08:45 PM
RE: Brought home a fada - by Arran - 09-30-2013, 02:20 AM
RE: Brought home a fada - by morzh - 09-30-2013, 11:20 AM
RE: Brought home a fada - by TA Forbes - 09-30-2013, 11:25 AM
RE: Brought home a fada - by jerryhawthorne - 09-30-2013, 02:51 PM
RE: Brought home a fada - by jerryhawthorne - 09-30-2013, 07:41 PM
RE: Brought home a fada - by jerryhawthorne - 10-02-2013, 12:11 AM



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