Roberts R800 - base securing - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Paul the Slug · 17th Mar 2024, 11:33 am

Hi all. I am unable to secure the wooden base on a recently acquired R800. I have the turning screw that goes through the base but it is clearly missing whatever latch was on the end to hold the wooden base to the radio. Does anyone have a picture of a complete securing screw so that I can try and design a 3d print for the missing part please? Many thanks, Sluggish Paul

ajgriff · 17th Mar 2024, 11:02 pm

The attached image is the best I could find on the internet and is a grainy crop of a larger photo. Might help if nobody comes up with anything better.

Alan

Paul_RK · 18th Mar 2024, 3:30 am

This is the corresponding part in an R900, I think it's the same. I'd be surprised - but impressed - if 3D printing could do the job at all well. The first image - apologies for its quality - shows the narrow central "slot" which is forced open by turning the screw through 90 degrees, and hence releases the screw, indeed pushes it out. The third image gives a view of one of the sprung metal sides which together form the slot.

17th Mar 2024, 11:33 am	#1
Paul the Slug New Member Join Date: Mar 2024 Location: Bideford, Devon, UK. Posts: 1	Roberts R800 - base securing Hi all. I am unable to secure the wooden base on a recently acquired R800. I have the turning screw that goes through the base but it is clearly missing whatever latch was on the end to hold the wooden base to the radio. Does anyone have a picture of a complete securing screw so that I can try and design a 3d print for the missing part please? Many thanks, Sluggish Paul

17th Mar 2024, 11:02 pm	#2
ajgriff Nonode Join Date: May 2004 Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 2,588	Re: Roberts R800 - base securing The attached image is the best I could find on the internet and is a grainy crop of a larger photo. Might help if nobody comes up with anything better. Alan Attached Thumbnails

18th Mar 2024, 3:30 am	#3
Paul_RK Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 4,262	Re: Roberts R800 - base securing This is the corresponding part in an R900, I think it's the same. I'd be surprised - but impressed - if 3D printing could do the job at all well. The first image - apologies for its quality - shows the narrow central "slot" which is forced open by turning the screw through 90 degrees, and hence releases the screw, indeed pushes it out. The third image gives a view of one of the sprung metal sides which together form the slot. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Paul_RK; 18th Mar 2024 at 3:35 am.