Hi Jeff,
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Nolan, I was wondering. How is the restoration of that MJ-1035 (the one that was wrecked in shipping some time ago) coming along? If you are using another MJ to repair that one, you shouldn't have much trouble, I wouldn't think.
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It's going well. I'm in the process of fitting the replacement chassis and still waiting for the new tubes I ordered. This thing takes a whole series of 6v tubes that I didn't have. In fact, did you know the MJ 1035 -Zenith lingo for a 10-tube chassis- actually has twelve tubes? That's a lot for a table radio.
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The desk in your office with the C730 on it looks almost exactly like my computer desk...
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Well, everyone is into this hobby for their own reasons, but my favorite part is actually using and enjoying the equipment. Although I’m a far cry from the more experienced members of this forum, the only interest I have in working on them is to make them useable. Same with my motorcycles, my cameras (my professional photography is based on vintage twin-lens reflexes; Rolleiflex and the Minolta Autocord) and my antique furniture. If I, or others can't use it, it's worthless to me. Seems to me a properly serviced Zenith is ideal for this kind of thing.
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....I was amazed when I read your thread, "Catching a Buzz . . . " What amazed me was your statement that you used two speakers to test your C730 in which you had an annoying buzzing noise; you said one of those speakers was an 8" one from a junked C845! I was floored. I didn't know (in fact, it never occurred to me) that anyone ever junked radios as well-made as any of the large Zenith table sets were, not to mention the company's other table and console sets from the '20s to the end of their radio era. Was the '845 that speaker came from really in such bad shape that it could not possibly have been restored?
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The only radio I've ever 'junked' is the MJ 1035 we were speaking of before. It is beyond my skills to repair. I am however, keeping all the parts.
As for the junked C845, that radio was parted out and scattered long before I purchased the remains. This stuff all came from eBay, or surfing in the antique shops near my home. These people know me very well and save any old radio bits they come across. I'm out of room! Right now, the only items I'm interested are Zeniths and German sets. My brother Nathan is also an avid (junk) collector. It's a wonder our wives haven't left us...