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Old 15th Oct 2011, 9:57 am   #386
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Default Re: Restorer's dream part 2 the chassis.

Hi,

Many thanks for the Aurora information Darryl its useful to know.

Fortunately my Farnell PSU has three separate voltage ranges set by a round knob that would be difficult to nudge onto a different range; I set it to the 0/10V low range and adjusted it to 9V.

I will however obtain a fixed 9V PSU as Dom suggests and combine both the PSU and Aurora as a single unit; it will make an easy but interesting little project and perhaps I can spend time to make a nice French polished wooden enclosure after all the Aurora is not a cheap bit of kit.

As with all my long running projects now that this T311 is completed I feel it to be a bit of an anti-climax leaving a big hole in my life as I've lived and breathed this set for so long.

For others contemplating tackling their first radio or TV restoration please don't be put off by the length of these threads because this particular TV was an extreme restoration; if I now did a second similar restoration I could complete it in a fraction of the time. I'm far from being an expert and have had to learn a great deal but to me this is the interesting and fun part of such work. I found by thinking the job through then breaking it down into many small stages I could make slow but positive progress and for me this was the key to this restoration.

During the chassis restoration I had immense guidance and generosity from members for which I'm truly grateful and confess at times I felt as though I was getting out of my depth with a real threat of losing the plot completely. I lost a lot of sleep and the restoration was constantly on my mind but I was determined not to be beaten even though at times things tested my patience to the limit. I've tried to include both the high and low parts of the restoration as things do not always go right for me although it might appear as though they do looking at the finished TV.

I sincerely hope my story encourages others to have a go and to enjoy both the highs and lows as I have done; I've spent a great deal of time taking pictures and writing up the story but even this has been enjoyable and more akin to keeping a diary as I've done everything in real time.

I'm not only amazed that the restoration has turned out so well in the end but that it generated so much interest on the forum for so long.

I must have slipped into a coma last night because it was the first night for ages that I slept right through.

I hope to follow on with other similar projects and have already agreed to fully re-veneer a large TV cabinet for a friend; I think this would also make a decent story as I'll once again attempt to do it in real time adding blow by blow details onto the forum.

One job I now need to do is to copy both parts of this TV restoration to CD and place a copy CD into the cabinet.

Thank you everyone.

Kind regards, Col.
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