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Sideband · 25th Aug 2008, 7:42 pm

To add to my earlier comments (and I'm sure I've said the same thing before in these forums), I don't like keep taking vintage radio's apart no matter how much I enjoy working on them. Screws can get worn and there is a danger that some all-but-irreplaceable part could get damaged. Also replacing some parts can mean a major dismantling job which may have already been done at some time. When I restore a radio, I like it to keep working well for as long as possible so waxy caps in awkward places will get the chop anyway!

There is no way that I want to keep taking my prized Superinductance set from 1934 to pieces. That is why I painstakingly rebuilt ALL the paper capacitors to look original along with the main smoothing cans. It's a major job getting to some of these especially the four or five that are buried inside a metal can...

Rich.

25th Aug 2008, 7:42 pm	#9
Sideband Dekatron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Croydon, Surrey, UK. Posts: 7,572	Re: "Change all capacitors...." To add to my earlier comments (and I'm sure I've said the same thing before in these forums), I don't like keep taking vintage radio's apart no matter how much I enjoy working on them. Screws can get worn and there is a danger that some all-but-irreplaceable part could get damaged. Also replacing some parts can mean a major dismantling job which may have already been done at some time. When I restore a radio, I like it to keep working well for as long as possible so waxy caps in awkward places will get the chop anyway! There is no way that I want to keep taking my prized Superinductance set from 1934 to pieces. That is why I painstakingly rebuilt ALL the paper capacitors to look original along with the main smoothing cans. It's a major job getting to some of these especially the four or five that are buried inside a metal can... Rich. __________________ There are lots of brilliant keyboard players and then there is Rick Wakeman.....