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hotpoint95622

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Well I have started to collect and restore vintage TV’s.

This is my first one, Bush TUG34 which is a consol model manufactured in the UK around the middle of 1952

The first part of the restoration was the ply veneered cabinet.
The lacquer was in a poor state and wood worm have been dinning.

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Job one; remove the chassis and picture tube, the tube is very delicate extremely thin glass under a very high vacuum one wrong move and it’s good bye picture tube and most likely my eye sight, so safety goggles on.

Next was killing the wood worm with a peppertree treatment, of which several treatments where given including injection into the holes.

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Job two, stripping the old finish off agene with a peppertree paint lacquer and stripper followed by filing in all the wood worm holes and lots of sanding and wire wool to achieve a smooth finish.

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Over seven days seven coats of varnish where applied, the handles and kick board where painted with two coats of black board mat paint and then varnished with the rest of the cabinet, wire wool used to knock back the finish on each coat.

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Picture tube replaced in the cabinet mostly so that it is safe.
At this point I refitted the chassis and powered up to see if anything worked and was rewarded with a line across the screen, thank god there is something there.

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The restoration of the chassis followed, mostly the only work required is changing the old capacitors which are made from paper and wax, horrible sticky messy job which took sever afternoons, checked all the wiring and replaced any perished ones.
A few resistors need changing also.

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Returned the chassis to the cabinet, time to test my work, connecting the receiver to the Aurora standards converter, this converts the input from a DVD or satellite box from 625 lines down to 405 lines a standard that went out in the early 80’s in the UK.
The Aurora also displays the BBC test card C along with the test tone.

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Now thats a blast from the past !!

You have done a superb job on that old TV and you sent me back to when I was very young to a time when my dear ol Dad could fix most TV and radios and in his shed of wonders were 4 Tea chests full to the brim of valves and Tubes in fact he had so many parts from old TV.s the repairmen used to call to see if a much needed valve was available as no longer on the shelf.

I have a very vague memory of us not having a normal looking TV but a very tall one as the tube of one very similar to yours had blown and the only one Dad had that would do the job would not fit in the cabinet so instead whilst waiting a temporary one was installed in a cardboard box on top and a heap of wires joined it to the chassis.

Another dim recollection was of the dials a large brown dial with numbers clunked around the stations or did the volume while inside the brown dial was a smaller cream coloured one that adjusted the tone or the brightness

I can still to this day recall the sound of the capacitor being discharged and a smell of static and soldering flux filled the air while repairs were being made on the dining room table much to my Mothers disdain.

Memories are strange things as you forget them until something like this happens along and stirs them to the surface again.

Thank you for stirring mine.

Austin
 
Outstanding

Damgood job....inside and out. When you get the rest of the electrolytics and other adjustments done, post results, if you'd like. Thanks and I'll try not to get the restoration bug - got enough other distractions, for now.

Phil
 
Nice Set!!!!!!!!

You did a fantastic job,I really like the way caps are set up on the chassis.So easy to change and solder. Just think Queen Elizabeths coronation was viewed on that set.A great job on that cabinet. Good Luck Bobby
 
Awesome Job

That Set looks beautiful.

Great Job on both the cabinet and the electronics.

You may have found a new career or sideline. I
have a friend who started out like this and now
runs a small business doing restoration for others.

Looking forward to seeing your future projects.

Good Luck :)
 

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