08-01-2014, 09:36 PM
Mike,
Please re-read what I wrote. No I did not include the power transformer (If needed), nor the shipping, nor a speaker, nor cosmetic parts such as repro pushbuttons, dial lens, dial scale etc, those would add at least another $150-200 if it needs those. Just capacitors, resistors, wire solder, and maybe a used tube or two, and an output transformer NOTHING else. Since this is a radio with a single ended #42/6F6 it would get the generic AES transformer, or one salvaged from a junker, or one from edcore:
https://www.edcorusa.com/xseseries
or one of these:
https://www.edcorusa.com/gxseseries
It makes no sense to use a $40 universal output transformer from Hammond in a set like this while there are ones less then half the price. Hammond is almost a boutique brand these days, any replacement part they offer is at least 30% more then the next comparable make, which is why most radio parts houses offer generic substitutes.
As for the burger flippers at Mcdonalds they may find that they get their $10+ an hour only to be replaced by a machine a few months later Markets to do work by government fiat, around here they jacked up the minimum wage by $1 an hour, so the restaurants cut back on their operating hours closing earlier, opening later.
Given markets we have to be realistic here, would anyone out there pay $500+ for a 39-31X restored? Well the original poster just contacted me and he got a quote for between $795-895 from a so called "Professional", and no that did not include the cabinet. I don't know about you but I simply cannot see $800 worth of parts and labor in a six tube radio, even a rubber wire special. He was also ruminating about refinishing the cabinet for this fellow's set in polyurethane, which does not say much about his professionalism in my opinion.
Regards
Arran
Please re-read what I wrote. No I did not include the power transformer (If needed), nor the shipping, nor a speaker, nor cosmetic parts such as repro pushbuttons, dial lens, dial scale etc, those would add at least another $150-200 if it needs those. Just capacitors, resistors, wire solder, and maybe a used tube or two, and an output transformer NOTHING else. Since this is a radio with a single ended #42/6F6 it would get the generic AES transformer, or one salvaged from a junker, or one from edcore:
https://www.edcorusa.com/xseseries
or one of these:
https://www.edcorusa.com/gxseseries
It makes no sense to use a $40 universal output transformer from Hammond in a set like this while there are ones less then half the price. Hammond is almost a boutique brand these days, any replacement part they offer is at least 30% more then the next comparable make, which is why most radio parts houses offer generic substitutes.
As for the burger flippers at Mcdonalds they may find that they get their $10+ an hour only to be replaced by a machine a few months later Markets to do work by government fiat, around here they jacked up the minimum wage by $1 an hour, so the restaurants cut back on their operating hours closing earlier, opening later.
Given markets we have to be realistic here, would anyone out there pay $500+ for a 39-31X restored? Well the original poster just contacted me and he got a quote for between $795-895 from a so called "Professional", and no that did not include the cabinet. I don't know about you but I simply cannot see $800 worth of parts and labor in a six tube radio, even a rubber wire special. He was also ruminating about refinishing the cabinet for this fellow's set in polyurethane, which does not say much about his professionalism in my opinion.
Regards
Arran
