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41-608 recap
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02-19-2020, 03:00 PM
I am Looking to recap a 41-608. Is there anything special I should be aware of ? How hard is it to restore a beam of light ?
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02-19-2020, 04:03 PM
A couple of thing come to mind. Rubber wire thru out, if the off/on sw is part of the push button assby they are suspect, and open primary in the output transformer. Don't know abt the bol that's Kirk's thing.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

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02-19-2020, 04:21 PM
Thank you any tips are appreciated.
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