09-11-2014, 03:04 AM
Yes, I have already been reading about caps here: http://www.antiqueradio.org/recap.htm
I'm not the best at soldering but then again, it could also be that I haven't had the right soldering iron tips and wattage iron for the jobs I have done in the past on non-antique stuff.
I need to get some scrap electronics to practice on I guess before I start on this.
I don't know what I have gotten myself into with the "beam of light" ("BOL") thing!
Tech created back then never ceases to amaze me.
I am on a tight budget for things... but I was already planning on getting a console of some kind so this is right up my alley. I am trying to decorate my new apartment in 40's-50's furniture, or at least in the style. Yesterday I found an old fashion style "banker's lamp" with a brass body and green glass globe. It's modern made but the style is early 20th century. Newer stuff like a TV, my laptop, my lifetime subscription Sirius receiver w/ matching boombox (tuned in to "40's on 4" right now
) will be sprinkled in the living room but for the most part, I'm trying to go 40's style.
I am just so much in love with art deco styles of the era that this Philco console is going to the centerpiece of the room, I think. Even when it's not yet restored, it'll be a work of art to look upon. My Sirius receiver can sit on top of it, blasting out music from that era.
I'm not the best at soldering but then again, it could also be that I haven't had the right soldering iron tips and wattage iron for the jobs I have done in the past on non-antique stuff.
I need to get some scrap electronics to practice on I guess before I start on this.
I don't know what I have gotten myself into with the "beam of light" ("BOL") thing!
Tech created back then never ceases to amaze me.I am on a tight budget for things... but I was already planning on getting a console of some kind so this is right up my alley. I am trying to decorate my new apartment in 40's-50's furniture, or at least in the style. Yesterday I found an old fashion style "banker's lamp" with a brass body and green glass globe. It's modern made but the style is early 20th century. Newer stuff like a TV, my laptop, my lifetime subscription Sirius receiver w/ matching boombox (tuned in to "40's on 4" right now
) will be sprinkled in the living room but for the most part, I'm trying to go 40's style.I am just so much in love with art deco styles of the era that this Philco console is going to the centerpiece of the room, I think. Even when it's not yet restored, it'll be a work of art to look upon. My Sirius receiver can sit on top of it, blasting out music from that era.
