UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Component restoration

Sideband · 30th Dec 2004, 1:26 pm

Lets be honest. There is no right or wrong way of restoring a set....you do whatever you think is right for the set. I spend far more time on restoring an older (30's 40's) sets than a standard 50's set. Mind you if it was an interesting unusual 50's set it would probably get the '5 star' treatment. However there has to be a limit I think. For example in a 1930's radio I have, it uses resistors that are red in colour with the values printed on them. Some of these are quite long and thin. Not sure how you would go about reproducing those.

Rich.

30th Dec 2004, 1:26 pm	#5
Sideband Dekatron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Croydon, Surrey, UK. Posts: 7,577	Re: Component restoration - how do YOU do it? Lets be honest. There is no right or wrong way of restoring a set....you do whatever you think is right for the set. I spend far more time on restoring an older (30's 40's) sets than a standard 50's set. Mind you if it was an interesting unusual 50's set it would probably get the '5 star' treatment. However there has to be a limit I think. For example in a 1930's radio I have, it uses resistors that are red in colour with the values printed on them. Some of these are quite long and thin. Not sure how you would go about reproducing those. Rich.