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Old 12th May 2020, 3:29 pm   #1
vinrads
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Default Columbia radiogram restoration finish

I bought this from a friend in 2002. now it is finally finished .
it is a battery radio and a windup record player from the 1930's , the speaker grill was damaged part of it missing ,using the good part I made a template and constructed a new bit it's the curly bit at the bottom , the cabinet was stripped and given a few coats of patina, all the valves were ok replaced the paper capacitors and a few resistors ,got the radio working ,had a new dial made ,lost it for a while but found it eventually , the arm was missing on the deck , as luck would have it I had one , this I fitted with a X5H cartridge , I don't like to see shavings coming off my 78's , to get the tracking weight correct a spring was fitted at the rear of the arm , fun was had with the volume control as this only work's on the deck , eventually got it right , sounds pretty good ,from the push pull out put stage . Mick

PS the turntable is wrong , I have the correct one somewhere . Oh the motor was stripped and cleaned removing all the old grease yuk !
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