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I thought the restorer was brave to take apart that slot machine today. If it was me I would have spent a good few minutes taking lots of photos. Looked like a complex job.
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There are indeed some very enjoyable aspects to this programme, however they seem to let themselves down whenever anything electrical is being worked on.
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6th Apr 2019, 11:07 am | #145 |
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Here we go again. Its almost exactly a year since we lambasted a radiophool on this program who tripped their building's main RCD whilst powering-up a gram's radio. Remember - he was just a retired antique shop owner & gramophone hobbyist. It was quite an extensive thread - look back through "Search".
Please don't tell me he's back again ? No doubt wearing a white coat - that definitely indicates his technician or engineer qualified status. The rest of the experts seem jolly proficient. Just a pity the producers encourage them to be so drippy at times. However, its great to see teddybears, clocks & cabinets, etc. saved from the skip. Me thinks that they should leave mains powered equipment well alone. Unless they provide a dedicated workbench which is completely earthed & insulated & uses an isolation transformer & variac. Staffed by a competent PAT certified & qualified person. Regards, David |
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Interesting misconception on today's (repeated?) programme- a handmade model of a P47 Thunderbolt brought in by a customer, and thought by him to be a Spitfire. I'm sure he knows by now what it really represents, but it's a perfect example of 'don't take the customer's word for it, do a bit of research' An intriguing story (i only came in half way through) but his relative appears to have flown Spits but made a model of a P47!)
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17th Apr 2019, 7:27 pm | #147 |
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No doubt wearing a white coat
It's actually a brown one
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There's a typo [at least I assume it is] in next week's Radio Times, that says the team will be tackling the restoration of a 1930's Transistor Radio on Easter Monday! Can't wait!
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17th Apr 2019, 8:21 pm | #149 |
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Could be a semiconductor radio, just not transistor!
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17th Apr 2019, 8:28 pm | #150 |
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Do you mean as per a Crystal Set Bill and the only term they know is transistor-could be I suppose? Hadn't thought of that! I assumed maybe someone just transposed 60's with 30's
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17th Apr 2019, 8:55 pm | #151 |
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Yes, crystal sets used an early semiconductor, but more likely a typo.
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17th Apr 2019, 9:01 pm | #152 |
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In the MOD projects I worked on in the 1970's, transistors were always called "Crystal Valves" in the parts lists.
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Well, in the plumbing sense, a transistor is a valve in that it controls the flow of electric current - presumably the origin of the term "(thermionic) valve".
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Six posts relating to school rules etc. deleted.
As Paul Stenning has indicated, what appears to be a battery portable valve radio has been misnamed as a transistor radio. There's no need to discuss this further.
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18th Apr 2019, 1:32 pm | #156 |
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Well for my part I love the programme . I watch every afternoon .
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18th Apr 2019, 1:57 pm | #157 |
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I will certainly be watching the episode about the Dunkirk radio.I wish to know the model for a start.
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Makes it all more interesting in my opinion. Thanks for the clarification Paul
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I decided to look up Mr Stuckey and I can see the problem It brought up that he actually did repair a [1961] "much loved" Transistor radio in Episode 1 [BC on Monday 1/4/19 and it's still online to watch!]. If you search for details of Episode 16 it brings up a picture of that set at present! There's a wire crossed somewhere. Different radiosts-both on a Monday. Enough to confuse anyone to whom one radio set is the same as another I suppose. Pretty soon they won't even know what "a" radio is Vinyl etc has more of a chance perhaps due to constant retro revivals.
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Are any Forum folk acquainted with, or have info on, the "Radio Expert" Mark Stuckey ? Seemingly he has a workshop & Website based in Cromar, Norfolk, and has a history of piano restoration & astronomy, and is a member of the Northrepps Model Aircraft Club. It would seem from info gleaned from the internet that he's much more experienced radio-wise than the old duffer they had a year or two back.
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