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26th Sep 2022, 4:08 pm | #1 |
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Demand or otherwise for 1950’s vintage components
Ive started stripping the rack mounted plessey stuff.
There are some obviously useful bits that I will offer for sale. But is there likely to be any demand for If transformers Rf type b9g untested valves Tagstrips Electrolytic caps for re stuffing or possibly re forming Valve bases with shielding cans ? |
26th Sep 2022, 4:13 pm | #2 |
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Re: Demand or otherwise for 1950’s vintage components
Oh , and multi way paxolin wafer switches that look difficult to remove
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26th Sep 2022, 4:35 pm | #3 |
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Re: Demand or otherwise for 1950’s vintage components
Hi Steve, you could try the remnants an the B&B at Golbourne
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26th Sep 2022, 4:55 pm | #4 |
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Re: Demand or otherwise for 1950’s vintage components
The tagstrips, though not the old resistors and capacitors on them, would be worth saving. They are the sort used in loads of equipment in the middle of the last century, I use similar ones mounted on short spacers to support modern capacitors when replacing the horrible bathtub capacitors in the likes of the AR88.
The IFTS could be worth keeping too, they will at least provide nice coil formers and tuning slugs. I also spy a lot of nice preset airspaced variable capacitors.. Which are definitely worth saving!!!
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26th Sep 2022, 5:17 pm | #5 |
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Re: Demand or otherwise for 1950’s vintage components
Also the b9a valve bases just snip the wires off and offer as is ,they will be high quality , Mick.
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26th Sep 2022, 5:41 pm | #6 |
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Re: Demand or otherwise for 1950’s vintage components
I agree that there is likely to be a degree of interest in most of these things, but they won't make you rich, and you need to decide if you can be bothered to part out. Personally I find it very satisfying to part out scrap equipment, but maybe that's just me.
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26th Sep 2022, 6:07 pm | #7 |
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Re: Demand or otherwise for 1950’s vintage components
Ok thanks Ill see what I can salvage. I’m just going steady away at them when I have the odd spare hour. I hate to see anything scrapped particularly if it can have a new life.
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26th Sep 2022, 6:16 pm | #8 |
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Re: Demand or otherwise for 1950’s vintage components
I agree that tagstrips and valveholders are normally easy to scavenge, and remain useful even for transistor projects.
Untested valve pulls from any source are rarely worth a great deal unless they're particularly desirable types, but lots of old test equipment is stuffed with ECC82s and ECC83s which certainly shouldn't be chucked in the bin. ECF80s are very common too. |
26th Sep 2022, 6:20 pm | #9 |
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Re: Demand or otherwise for 1950’s vintage components
For sure those tag strips and B9a bases and certain valves would be snapped up by the DIY guitar amp fraternity. Do some googling and locate such groups and sites and offer your stuff there. Plus Ebay of course. Best of luck.
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26th Sep 2022, 6:25 pm | #10 |
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Re: Demand or otherwise for 1950’s vintage components
As Paul says, no fortunes lurking amongst those parts but all are of interest to the vintage electronics fraternity and of decent quality. Judging by internet posts on schemes for making substitute IFTs from appropriately-spaced chokes, there's still significant demand for these components, I myself have used salvaged IFTs in several recent projects. Do you know what frequency the ones shown are for?
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26th Sep 2022, 8:36 pm | #11 | |
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The valves are various rf types but good quality mullard or brimar. I have shifted some 12at7 types on ebay, also some bulgin chicken head knobs. |
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26th Sep 2022, 11:28 pm | #12 |
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Re: Demand or otherwise for 1950’s vintage components
The variable capacitors should be of interest for radio amateurs.
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27th Sep 2022, 10:09 am | #13 | |
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Yes, those ranks of preset caps have a good shaft length and look like very nice Jackson types - about 100pF. Definitely high quality and no longer made. -Jeremy
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27th Sep 2022, 10:37 am | #14 | |
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They also manufacture the Jackson reduction drives. They grabbed what they could (drawings and some inventory) from a totally trashed Jackson factory, and hired some of the redundant old guys. So if you want a 6:1 or a 6:1/36:1 dual ratio, these are the guys. Craig
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29th Sep 2022, 10:51 pm | #17 |
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Re: Demand or otherwise for 1950’s vintage components
Thread closed as the item is now for sale.
Cheers Mike T
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