Posts: 4,950
Threads: 54
Joined: Sep 2008
City: Sandwick, BC, CA
I think that would depend on the total depth of the new speaker cone verses the old, if it's deeper then the old cone then it may be wise to add a ring under it as a spacer just to bring it out a bit. On most of the speakers I have taken apart the cardboard gasket material was glued on top of the edge of the cone. Take your time figuring this out, I think you will need to shim the voice coil just to make sure everything lines up when it goes together. Normally the form for the voice coil sticks above the center of the cone about 1/16 of a inch or more, in this case they also have the spider glued in place above that, so I would remove the spider and voice coil from the old cone, provided the hole in the new cone is the right size, shim between the voice coil and the pole piece with the coil sticking out the right depth, glue the voice coil to the cone. Then take the shims out, put the spider in, re-install the shims though the slots in the spider, put the center screw back in the center of the spider, then glue the spider to the cone, then after that has dried glue the cone to the frame. Don't take this literally because I may have missed something.
Regards
Arran
(This post was last modified: 01-30-2013, 12:01 AM by Arran.)
Messages In This Thread
RE: Philco 15DX restoration - by Arran - 01-29-2013, 11:45 PM
Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)
|
Recent Posts
|
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
|
Hi OSanders,
Look carefully at the band switch. Turn it slowly and "wiggle" it around the desired band. ...MrFixr55 — 12:33 AM |
5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes
|
I think that RCA and GE introduced metal tubes in the USA in 1936. I don't know if they were being made by RCA, GE or b...MrFixr55 — 11:20 PM |
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
|
Vlad95,
Thank you for the stringing guides and wow there are so manyosanders0311 — 06:01 PM |
5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes
|
A pre war Hallicrafters, and an early one too, very nice! 1936 is pretty early for metal tubes too, which would explain ...Arran — 05:58 PM |
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
|
Thanks Rod,
"When you hear the background hiss and no station it usually indicates that the oscillator quit" ...osanders0311 — 05:52 PM |
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
|
RodB
:beerchug:Vlad95 — 10:22 AM |
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
|
Vlad, you nailed it. Swiss and German roots.RodB — 09:54 AM |
5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes
|
Well this is a Hallicrafters SX/9 circa 1936.
No real issues so far although I dodged a real bullet with a cap that was...bridkarl — 07:59 AM |
5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes
|
The pinout is the same but the 5U4 has a 3 amp filament, verses 2 amps or less on the 5Z4. I think that the pinout of a ...Arran — 12:04 AM |
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
|
By the way.
osanders0311
Take a look here: Dial cord stringing Guides
May be here you can fount correct string settin...Vlad95 — 11:15 PM |
Who's Online
|
There are currently no members online. |
|

|