hotpoint95622
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Good picture with sound, not bad for 60+ years.
Good picture with sound, not bad for 60+ years.
Vintage TV
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hotpoint95622
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Few adjustments required and some new electrolytic capacitors and it should be done.
Video of it working.
Video of it working.
hotpoint95622
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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
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
What beautiful work!
<span style="font-size: medium;">Truly a labor of love. Thank you for sharing!</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Truly a labor of love. Thank you for sharing!</span>
firedome
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Very nice work....
good looking Mullard tubes there too...wouldn't mind havin some Mullard EL-34s or KT-66s around here! LOL
good looking Mullard tubes there too...wouldn't mind havin some Mullard EL-34s or KT-66s around here! LOL
ovrphil
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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
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
whirlaway
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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
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
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
Great job there Lee, there always seem to be plenty of interesting old TVs on ebay, so scope for plenty more projects in the future
And no end of programmes about the development of TV on you tube - have you check any of the out?
You might find the link of interest
Al
And no end of programmes about the development of TV on you tube - have you check any of the out?
You might find the link of interest
Al
cfz2882
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very nice resto on both cabinet and chassis of that TV-like american TVs of the same era,looks like it has a pretty big speaker.Hope you soon find some other classic British TVs to fix up!
Very nice set and a beautiful restoration job.Liked all of those TUBES-or as some now call them-----VED's Vacuum Electron Device!So like Mullard tubes-the orig ones!Most of my encounters of Mullard tubes were in Hi-Fi gear rather than TV's.
Nice restoration job. Good that it came with a working CRT. You can get them repaired but it is very expensive. I will stick to collecting a few bits of audio equipment but I appreciate the satisfaction it must give to restore an old telly.
hotpoint95622
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Thanks every one, as ever I have enjoyed the journey that this project has taken me and the Bush on, many hours studding old TV and Radio service books and internet searching for information.
Thank you Al the link is to a very interesting website.
The next TV has been started, Bush TV22, this one is more of a challenge in many aspects so in time I will post a thread about this ones journey.
Also have been working on two vintage radios one from around 1940 the other 1950 with some success.
Thanks every one, as ever I have enjoyed the journey that this project has taken me and the Bush on, many hours studding old TV and Radio service books and internet searching for information.
Thank you Al the link is to a very interesting website.
The next TV has been started, Bush TV22, this one is more of a challenge in many aspects so in time I will post a thread about this ones journey.
Also have been working on two vintage radios one from around 1940 the other 1950 with some success.
appliancelou
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HEY HEY
HEY LEE DIDNT KNOW YOU HAD SO MANY TALENTS !! BEAUTIFUL JOB !!! DIDNT KNOW YOU WERE INTO VINTAGE TVS TOO ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR CONSTELLION RESTORATIONS YOU ALWAYS DO AMAZING JOB BRINGING THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE OK ENJOY!!!
HEY LEE DIDNT KNOW YOU HAD SO MANY TALENTS !! BEAUTIFUL JOB !!! DIDNT KNOW YOU WERE INTO VINTAGE TVS TOO ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR CONSTELLION RESTORATIONS YOU ALWAYS DO AMAZING JOB BRINGING THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE OK ENJOY!!!
