Will probably look a lot darker when you get it indoors ; )

I am almost done with the cabinet. I went to Lowes and bought some 8" legs and stained them to match the cabinet. I used a sand blaster to blast the faceplate. It is in primer ready for paint. I may do that this weekend. I got the chassis today that I bought off Ebay. The chassis cost $1.99 and $26.00 to ship. It is a dead ringer for my Sylvania chassis. It is in way better shape. The plastic surrounds on the tube sockets are all there. I would have had to replace 5 or more sockets on the other chassis. The flyback on this one looks good also. I may have it going soon! :banana2:

polaraman

Polaraman,

I'm curious as to how you're going to repaint the mask. Will you go for the multi colored original look, with the various gold/biege and silver?

-Steve D.

I am going to multi-color the mask. I bought some semi gloss brown and silver metallic paint. I actually have two colors of silver. I am going to test both. Then I will decide on which to use. Brown was the color of the paint on the mask. Plus, the gold for the square around the silver.

I am putting together an order for caps and some grill cloth from AES. The grill cloth will be the crowning touch.

It really has been fun. I can't wait till it shows a picture.

Another Note: I found a guy that is selling veneer. If I had to do over, I would Mahogany veneer the set. The veneer on it now is oak. Mahogany is just a favorite of mine. I bought some mahogany and maple veneer from him. I have a radio or two that needs a new mahogany skin.


polaraman

I am so jealous of the luck you guys have!
Being able to find a mint '65 chassis and have it delivered to your door for 27.99!
I know you are a great guy and deserve it but so am I and I never have that kind of luck!
I am very glad you are trying to match paint properly. I think art supply companies have a better selection of non or low-metallic colors with matte or low gloss finishes, etc.
Good luck!

I don't think that guy on ebay who sold the chassis is bragging to all his buddies what a kill he made on that chassis, even the auction probably cost him more than that!

I tried asking the seller if he had the rest of the set. He would not answer the question. The tag on the chassis is from a replacement CRT. (RE21FJP22)
I am going to email him back to see if he has the CRT. Even if the rare earth crt is a dud it will be worth rebuilding.

At least the seller did not toss the chassis in the trash. Most un-knowing folks would have done that. I am very happy to have it.

polaraman

P-Man, that looks remarkably like the chassis from my Sylvania rectie. I thnk I only had to replace FOUR tube sockets, though!

veg

Veg- I think it does also.

Here is a pic of the tube layout on the set. I decided to go for it after seeing it was a roundie chassis. It was meant to be!!! :)


polaraman

I am painting the faceplate. I already have the silver inner painted and just sprayed the gold outer ring. I am using Plasti-kote Classic Metals paint. There no name of the color on the can. I guess the cap is the tip off. What if somebody switches caps? :no: I got it at Michaels craft store. It is really coming out nice. All that is left is to paint the outer brown color. I will then mount it in the cabinet. I have a CRT waiting to be installed.

The new grill cloth and lytics are coming from Antique radio. The picture is the grill cloth that I am considering using.

polaraman

Looking good, looking good!

Here I will tell my crt bezel story. Had a late 70s XL100 with some chips in the paint so I taped it off & sprayed the faceplate. Looked great. But...I guess because I did it with the set together there wasn't enough of a gap between the crt & faceplate. So anytime you touched that bezel you got one heck of a static shock!

How do you work with this heavy CRT? My Felton is a metal cabinet with wood-colored vinyl over it. I'd like to remove the CRT, but I have never handled a heavy CRT and am not sure how to do it. Since my Felton cabinet won't come apart, what is the best way to remove it, put it on something, keep the purity magnets from coming loose, etc. Not to mention that if it implodes, there is not much of a chance of me living to tell about it which makes me very nervous. :)

Thanks.

Jonathan

P.S. DAMN good job you did. Keep up the good work. :)

Jonathan,

I lay the set face down and prop it on the front with some towels. You have to remove the chassis also. I mark the things on the neck before removing them. then you can place then exactly where they were. Then you can remove the 4 bolts that hold the crt shield. Wear a face shield for protection during this process. It will protect your face and neck if an implosion happens. REMEMBER there is 2.5 tons of negative pressure in the CRT. Am I right on this number? You can then bend over to remove the CRT. Be cafeful that it does not contact anything on the way out. One small -sharp blow could implode this thing. I also have elbow length leather gloves to compliment the face shield.

Do not do it if you do not need to.


polaraman

Well the face plate is all painted up. I have to do some fine detail work and it will be done. I ordered the grill cloth and am waiting for it to come. I will wait to install the grill cloth then install the face plate. CAPS are coming with the grill cloth.


polaraman

Wow that loks nice! How much area does the grille cloth cover?