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Originally Posted by Sandy G
I wish I knew how to work on TVs like that, but I'm too damn stupid to figure it out...I'm serious. I NEVER COULD make head nor tail out of basic electronic theory, & I've studied it, had people try to "splain" it to me, watched instructional videos...The whole 9 yards...It's like there's a 10' high wall there that can't be breached...Its like its worse than Chinese Algebra or some damn thing...I am in utter AWE over you wahoos who CAN & DO work on 'em, & can make 'em "shine" like that..My hat's off to you..But I'm still not 100% convinced that electronic theory, watts, volts, amps, capacitance, resistance, diodes, triodes, etc, all that stuff is a bunch of made-up hooey to keep us peasants in utter thrall, that Electronics really IS actually magic, & all youse byrds are really wizards 'n' warlocks, practising your arcane & black arts...
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Wizards 'n' warlocks, practicing arcane and black arts?
Just take a look at Phil Nelson's avatar (above in this thread). I think there is your answer!
Actually, it does take some time --and a GOOD teacher or book (some are impossibly obtuse)-- to catch on. Give it time and keep trying, if it matters to you. Eventually, you'll learn it.
As for the restoration that is the topic of this thread, man, that is beautiful! Very, very nice to see that people are continuing to restore these old sets even in the face of the death of analog, and a quality job like yours is an inspiration to all of us who restore anything. Thanks for sharing it!
Incidentally, if anyone has sets like that one which they don't want anymore since there are no more analog broadcasts, there are people in other parts of the world like Hong Kong, who can still use them to receive analog TV broadcasts over the air. I don't mind taking charge of seeing that they find good homes, if you send a few those smaller sets to me!
Back on topic (
), I use a citrus-oil based cleaner, which, while it can partially strip very old finishes if you work it hard enough, wasn't designed for stripping. Think I'll try the stripper version next. The citrus smell is sure a LOT nicer than that horrible, toxic smell that most commercial strippers have. I used some commercial stripper on some vintage (metal) fans recently, and despite pretty good ventilation, felt sick afterwards. (
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