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Old 4th Jul 2020, 6:46 pm   #11
David G4EBT
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Default Re: Making new push buttons

Gary Tempest - who will be well known to BVWS members - isn't a member of this forum but reads threads from time to time.

He spotted this thread and as he's a member of the American Antique Radio Forum he posted a query there in this thread:

https://antiqueradios.com/forums/vie...26870#p3226870

The responses might be of interest:

Quote:

The push-buttons can be seen here...

http://www.tubularradio.com/featuredtabletop.html

The small ones are like flat headed golf tees (pan-head in the world on engineering).
The larger ones are like organ-stops...

Renovated Radio sell some nice looking repros:

http://www.renovatedradios.com/productlist.php

Unquote.

But as Gary said in the ARF thread, with Customs duty, handling, VAT, before you know it, the best part of £80 is racked up.

Hope it's of interest anyway, especially the repro parts for American radios at the 'Renovated Radios' link.

The 1938 RCA knobs at the link below look identical to those used on some Portadyne radios.

In 2017 I needed two for a Portadyne 'Princess'. Couldn't find any anywhere so ended up using the one that I had to cast two replicas:

http://www.renovatedradios.com/product.php?product=222

Every success to Mick in his efforts with a such complex radio - not for the faint-hearted!
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