Another dustbin find! - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Tractorfan · 29th Apr 2015, 9:27 pm

Hi,
My wife hates sending me to the village bins to dispose of our household rubbish as I sometimes find little gems. This time it was a rather tidy Grundig TK6. I think it must have been dumped by a fellow ex-pat as the controls are labelled in German.
It works well and just needed a bit of a clean, a squirt of cleaner in the volume & tone pots and a degauss.
Cheers, Pete.

ben · 29th Apr 2015, 10:24 pm

Great score! what's on the tape?

Dave Anderson · 29th Apr 2015, 11:38 pm

It strikes me as shameful that stuff like this is being dumped. Thankfully this example was saved but how many others are gone forever?

Dave.

mark pirate · 30th Apr 2015, 8:28 am

Well done for saving it

It certainly is a cute little unit, it never ceases to amaze me how some units require no more than quick clean and service to be returned to working order.

Mark

Tractorfan · 30th Apr 2015, 10:54 am

Hi,
Alas, there was no tape on it when found, just the empty take up reel. I think the person who dumped it might have been hoping it would be rescued, as it was with a box of old books alongside the bin rather than inside it. Not sure why, but the mains plug had been cut off and cast aside, so it just needed a new one and away it went!
It's a heavy beast for its size, even without the six 'D' cells it was designed to take!
Cheers, Pete.

29th Apr 2015, 9:27 pm	#1
Tractorfan Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St. Frajou, l'Isle en Dodon, Haute Garonne, France.(Previously: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK.) Posts: 3,183	Another dustbin find! Hi, My wife hates sending me to the village bins to dispose of our household rubbish as I sometimes find little gems. This time it was a rather tidy Grundig TK6. I think it must have been dumped by a fellow ex-pat as the controls are labelled in German. It works well and just needed a bit of a clean, a squirt of cleaner in the volume & tone pots and a degauss. Cheers, Pete. Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Hello?, Yes, I'm on the train, I might lose the signal soon as we're just going into a tunn..."

29th Apr 2015, 10:24 pm	#2
ben Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Madrid, Spain / Wirral, UK Posts: 7,498	Re: Another dustbin find! Great score! what's on the tape? __________________ Regards, Ben.

29th Apr 2015, 11:38 pm	#3
Dave Anderson Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Slough, Berkshire, UK. Posts: 113	Re: Another dustbin find! It strikes me as shameful that stuff like this is being dumped. Thankfully this example was saved but how many others are gone forever? Dave.

30th Apr 2015, 8:28 am	#4
mark pirate Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK Posts: 5,185	Re: Another dustbin find! Well done for saving it It certainly is a cute little unit, it never ceases to amaze me how some units require no more than quick clean and service to be returned to working order. Mark

30th Apr 2015, 10:54 am	#5
Tractorfan Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St. Frajou, l'Isle en Dodon, Haute Garonne, France.(Previously: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK.) Posts: 3,183	Re: Another dustbin find! Hi, Alas, there was no tape on it when found, just the empty take up reel. I think the person who dumped it might have been hoping it would be rescued, as it was with a box of old books alongside the bin rather than inside it. Not sure why, but the mains plug had been cut off and cast aside, so it just needed a new one and away it went! It's a heavy beast for its size, even without the six 'D' cells it was designed to take! Cheers, Pete. __________________ "Hello?, Yes, I'm on the train, I might lose the signal soon as we're just going into a tunn..."