AD65 and A22 dials wanted. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

kriskarmann · 30th Oct 2012, 12:00 am

Hi,

Is there anyone who can make me a reproduction dial for a brown AD65 that is close to the original?
Looking also for a dial for my brown A22.

Is there also speaker cloth available for the brown A22?

Any help would be great.

Thanks,
Kris

Ben_Dijkman · 1st Dec 2012, 10:29 pm

Hello.

Sure I can make these dials.

Only thing I need is an example and 15 buyers for this dial to make nice-price dials. A major problem for me is that everybody just wants one dial. One dial with 100% original quality is far to expensive to produce.

With 15 buyers I can realise perfect quallity for good price, so my advice is: Stick together and ask me to produce a batch of good quality dials.

dakster · 4th Dec 2012, 8:17 pm

I would buy one dial each for a brown, and a black AD65 if were faithful to the original.

Boom · 5th Dec 2012, 9:55 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben_Dijkman

Hello.

Sure I can make these dials.

The originals are cellulose. What material would you use?

5th Dec 2012, 10:11 pm

Somewhere here I posted the artwork for an A22 dial, get it printed on A3 grainless paper and sandwitch between bits of thin (1mm or so) acrylic. Looks fine to me.

Panrock · 6th Dec 2012, 10:15 am

Have you any tips on how to cut the acrylic without the risk of crazing?

A method I have used is to laminate and cut out the printed A3 grainless sheet and then back it up with the original (previously damaged) dial, now transparent with its markings removed.

Steve

Panrock · 6th Dec 2012, 11:12 am

In case eyebrows are now being raised, I should add that the laminated surface was bonded to the backer using a thin coating of Scotch spray adhesive, making the end result convincing. Also, the original dial (used as the backer) had large areas of print missing, having been previously attacked by someone with paint stripper. It was of no historical interest.

Steve

Ian - G4JQT · 6th Dec 2012, 10:36 pm

I'd consider buying a reproduction A22 dial if it was no more than about £25.

There are a couple of variants I believe, so before Ben started, we'd have to argue which one to have made!

Surely it's worth Ben making 15, even if he only sold seven immediately. A friend and I had 35 DAC90A glass dials made by a screen printer in 2001. We only had immediate sales for five, but over a period of 18 months we sold the lot for £15 each. I know the DAC90A is probably the most popular set you could make dials for, but we could easily have sold nearly twice as many - especially if we'd made more effort to advertise them.

All the DAC90A dials are now long gone...

Regards,

Ian

30th Oct 2012, 12:00 am	#1
kriskarmann Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Antwerp, Belgium. Posts: 7	AD65 and A22 dials wanted. Hi, Is there anyone who can make me a reproduction dial for a brown AD65 that is close to the original? Looking also for a dial for my brown A22. Is there also speaker cloth available for the brown A22? Any help would be great. Thanks, Kris

1st Dec 2012, 10:29 pm	#2
Ben_Dijkman Pentode Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hellendoorn, Netherlands Posts: 137	Re: AD65 and A22 dials wanted. Hello. Sure I can make these dials. Only thing I need is an example and 15 buyers for this dial to make nice-price dials. A major problem for me is that everybody just wants one dial. One dial with 100% original quality is far to expensive to produce. With 15 buyers I can realise perfect quallity for good price, so my advice is: Stick together and ask me to produce a batch of good quality dials.

4th Dec 2012, 8:17 pm	#3
dakster Tetrode Join Date: May 2005 Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 78	Re: AD65 and A22 dials wanted. I would buy one dial each for a brown, and a black AD65 if were faithful to the original.

5th Dec 2012, 10:11 pm	#5
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Re: AD65 and A22 dials wanted. Somewhere here I posted the artwork for an A22 dial, get it printed on A3 grainless paper and sandwitch between bits of thin (1mm or so) acrylic. Looks fine to me.

6th Dec 2012, 10:15 am	#6
Panrock Nonode Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 2,533	Re: AD65 and A22 dials wanted. Have you any tips on how to cut the acrylic without the risk of crazing? A method I have used is to laminate and cut out the printed A3 grainless sheet and then back it up with the original (previously damaged) dial, now transparent with its markings removed. Steve __________________ https://www.radiocraft.co.uk

6th Dec 2012, 11:12 am	#7
Panrock Nonode Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 2,533	Re: AD65 and A22 dials wanted. In case eyebrows are now being raised, I should add that the laminated surface was bonded to the backer using a thin coating of Scotch spray adhesive, making the end result convincing. Also, the original dial (used as the backer) had large areas of print missing, having been previously attacked by someone with paint stripper. It was of no historical interest. Steve __________________ https://www.radiocraft.co.uk

6th Dec 2012, 10:36 pm	#8
Ian - G4JQT Octode Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Reading/Fakenham, UK. Posts: 1,323	Re: AD65 and A22 dials wanted. I'd consider buying a reproduction A22 dial if it was no more than about £25. There are a couple of variants I believe, so before Ben started, we'd have to argue which one to have made! Surely it's worth Ben making 15, even if he only sold seven immediately. A friend and I had 35 DAC90A glass dials made by a screen printer in 2001. We only had immediate sales for five, but over a period of 18 months we sold the lot for £15 each. I know the DAC90A is probably the most popular set you could make dials for, but we could easily have sold nearly twice as many - especially if we'd made more effort to advertise them. All the DAC90A dials are now long gone... Regards, Ian