02-21-2011, 11:53 AM
Well the bug finally bit.(kind of a funny expression for me to use as I been diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease ten years ago) I've been looking to get a cathedral set and have been chasing a few model 80's and 84's but prices haven't been quite what was willing to pay. Till this model 21 came up. Price was good and it looked pretty restoreable. So I pulled the trigger and bought it. It was local so with a 20 minute drive I had in hot little hands.
All in all it is in pretty good shape but after doing some checking found that the three rf coils are open primary and secondary, audio driver transformer, primary open BC resistor, one section open field coil, open. I'm a little afraid to measure the power transformer. Chassis is dirty but very little rust. Mershun cap has been replaced along with the filter that is under chassis.No metal box for the under chassis cap. No tube shield but I heard that Dick Oliver Is making repros of them. Speaking of repros I'm also going to get the front panel, arch, and molding.
The above is not a complaint but some sets can run into a lot of time and dead presidents to get them back to good or better condition. I'm very thankful that there are guys out there like Dick Oliver and many others that make some restoration much simpler.
When I picked the set up I told them I'd have it working that night, That didn't happen!
Will post some pics on my Flicker page soon.
Terry
All in all it is in pretty good shape but after doing some checking found that the three rf coils are open primary and secondary, audio driver transformer, primary open BC resistor, one section open field coil, open. I'm a little afraid to measure the power transformer. Chassis is dirty but very little rust. Mershun cap has been replaced along with the filter that is under chassis.No metal box for the under chassis cap. No tube shield but I heard that Dick Oliver Is making repros of them. Speaking of repros I'm also going to get the front panel, arch, and molding.
The above is not a complaint but some sets can run into a lot of time and dead presidents to get them back to good or better condition. I'm very thankful that there are guys out there like Dick Oliver and many others that make some restoration much simpler.
When I picked the set up I told them I'd have it working that night, That didn't happen!
Will post some pics on my Flicker page soon.
Terry
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
