HMV 905 Project continued
Hi all,
I'm back on the HMV 905 after quite a break, during which I have moved house and been busy with fatherhood.
When we moved I did not fit the CRT into the cabinet of the HMV because the neck bowl was mssing from the cardboad back.
I have now made and fitted a neck bowl and am looking into sorting out the remaining niggles before the set finally goes back together.
The first photo shows a CRT neck bowl that has been removed from a scrap back panel of a Cossor console set. A pencil line shows where the bowl had to be cut to make it smaller.
The second photo shows my attempt to make the vent holes. This did not go too well and I decided to put less holes in the underside as the punch was getting blunt very quickly. It will have to do.
The third photo shows the missing strengthening bar being made from 2mm Zintec.
The fourth photo shows the inside veiw of the back panel with the neck bowl and strengthening bar in place. Note the un-riveted hole on the strengthening bar, this is also found on the original parts because it is impossible to get to that rivet with the neck bowl in place, quite a funny design error really.
The fifth photo shows the completed back. I didn't replace the rusty original rivets on the neck bowl because removing them would have involved damaging the material around them.
More updates to follow...
Cheers
Andy
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