01-07-2015, 03:38 PM
Thank you, John (Eliot), thirtiesradio, and Geoff!
Now let's finish this thread up.
Today, the belts arrived from Adams Radio:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...62_033.jpg]
Not bad, really. I ordered them on New Year's Day and they were mailed the next day. Five days from MI to southern IN, probably by way of Butte, Montana, San Francisco and NY.
Why two sets of belts? The other two will be used in my other 9-S-262 chassis, which will be a project for warmer weather as mentioned previously.
So I installed the belts, reinstalling the tuning and motorized tuning shafts at the same time. Then I reinstalled the dial assembly, tone control switch, the disks that show control functions, dial glass gasket and the dial glass itself (once it was cleaned).
Here's how things looked just before I reinstalled the dial glass:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...62_034.jpg]
I then put the speaker back into the cabinet, and stuck the chassis in the cabinet just to listen to it:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...62_035.jpg]
Only one more thing to do, and that's to replace the temporary green AC cord with a brown one. Then it will be completely finished.
Observations:
It has no trouble picking up my home SSTRAN transmitter with no antenna - but that is no surprise, being as how it is sitting very close to my SSTRAN.
It does sound very good in the cabinet.
It's still playing in the basement as I type this.
Having been warned that having the motor belt too tight could burn the motor out, I set the tension on it as loose as I dared to. It runs somewhat slowly going up the scale until it gets past 100 on the AM dial, at which point it runs fast. It runs fast going down the scale from any position on the scale. (Yes, I did oil the felt washers of the motor.)
The tuning belt seems rather tight, but at least now I can tune the thing with the tuning knob only, without having to assist with one finger pushing the upper pulley along.
I think it turned out very well; better than I expected, actually. I think Little Joe is looking down upon Grandpa and is pleased with my work.
I think his mom and dad will be happy with the radio.
My most sincere thanks go out to thirtiesradio, Sam (mafiamen2), John (Eliot Ness), Geoff, and Sean for the assists in this project.
Now let's finish this thread up.
Today, the belts arrived from Adams Radio:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...62_033.jpg]
Not bad, really. I ordered them on New Year's Day and they were mailed the next day. Five days from MI to southern IN, probably by way of Butte, Montana, San Francisco and NY.
Why two sets of belts? The other two will be used in my other 9-S-262 chassis, which will be a project for warmer weather as mentioned previously.
So I installed the belts, reinstalling the tuning and motorized tuning shafts at the same time. Then I reinstalled the dial assembly, tone control switch, the disks that show control functions, dial glass gasket and the dial glass itself (once it was cleaned).
Here's how things looked just before I reinstalled the dial glass:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...62_034.jpg]
I then put the speaker back into the cabinet, and stuck the chassis in the cabinet just to listen to it:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...62_035.jpg]
Only one more thing to do, and that's to replace the temporary green AC cord with a brown one. Then it will be completely finished.
Observations:
It has no trouble picking up my home SSTRAN transmitter with no antenna - but that is no surprise, being as how it is sitting very close to my SSTRAN.
It does sound very good in the cabinet.
It's still playing in the basement as I type this.Having been warned that having the motor belt too tight could burn the motor out, I set the tension on it as loose as I dared to. It runs somewhat slowly going up the scale until it gets past 100 on the AM dial, at which point it runs fast. It runs fast going down the scale from any position on the scale. (Yes, I did oil the felt washers of the motor.)
The tuning belt seems rather tight, but at least now I can tune the thing with the tuning knob only, without having to assist with one finger pushing the upper pulley along.
I think it turned out very well; better than I expected, actually. I think Little Joe is looking down upon Grandpa and is pleased with my work.
I think his mom and dad will be happy with the radio.My most sincere thanks go out to thirtiesradio, Sam (mafiamen2), John (Eliot Ness), Geoff, and Sean for the assists in this project.
--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
