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Old 03-24-2005, 07:21 PM
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Sylvania roundie

Picked this one out of the shop today. It is rather complete set. It will need a new CRT. The flyback is toast!


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Old 03-24-2005, 07:23 PM
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The last picture was the best. Now for the bad!

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Old 03-24-2005, 08:12 PM
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good for parts

looks like you'd be better off using this one for parts. lots of internal damage

besides you may put all those parts in the set and find some part broken which you cant get
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Old 03-24-2005, 08:15 PM
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Know when to say when. Spend your time on a more promising set.
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Old 03-24-2005, 08:20 PM
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I was a freebie. I could not turn it down. It is pretty hammered though. I put together a CTC 15 that was in worse shape than this set. I just got the new flyback and will have my CTC 15 frankenset running soon again.


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Old 03-24-2005, 10:01 PM
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I have that same model Sylvania roundie. Mine has a pretty good picture but I lucked out as it had a black-matrix tube installed in the late 70's
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Old 03-25-2005, 06:20 AM
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Bad cosmetics do not always mean bad problems...I have a Zenith which had been left outside for years...crt bad. I constructed a new cabinet and installed new CRT and the chassis worked fine.
Cabinet on this one looks solid...it's certainly not a lost cause, just will take a little work.
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Old 03-25-2005, 08:25 AM
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It will need a new CRT.
How can you be so sure until you get her fired-up?


















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Old 03-25-2005, 08:34 AM
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Too bad that crt is busted, it looks like it was a good quality RCA replacement.
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Old 03-25-2005, 11:47 AM
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I do not know why the shop always busted the CRts. I am going to get the safety glass off of it. There are a few more roundies in the shop. I will be posting more pics soon. One is a real nice CTC 16. it is missing the tuner. My roundie collection will be getting a boost from this. Most of this stuff was buried under 30 plus years of junk. Most of the sets are mising parts because they were used to fix other sets. Still today they do not use new parts to fix a set. Too expensive I would guess.


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Old 03-25-2005, 01:24 PM
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Rough, but a Sylvania, that makes for a novelty. Could use just the exterior trim to construct "Frankenset II" with another cabinet, crt, chassis...btw, I've been anxious to see "Frankenset I" come back to life!
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Old 03-25-2005, 01:43 PM
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Frankenset 1 is on the menu for this week. Hope to be posting some pictures soon. If I get that CTC 15 chassis on ebay then I am really be in business.


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Old 04-11-2005, 07:25 PM
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I am making progress on the Sylvania. I got all the junk stripped off the cabinet. I had to install a new strip of trim at the top of the front. Put two 3" wide strips of wood on the bottom to hold the legs. Glued may of the joints again and added screws to stiffen up the joints. Home Depot only had Birch or Red Oak sheets. I went and picked the best Oak I could find. Think the man was getting pissed that I had all those sheets of wood standing on end. Needed to do that to pick the best grain. Bought some Red Mahogany stain and some modern varnish. Next I will have to strip the front of the old stain. Think I have a flyback coming. Once I get that I will start the electronic part. I have a CRT that is weak. I will put a brightener on it to see how it does.

Waiting to see how Blue Lateral makes out with Hawkeye on the CRT rebuild. I have one that the filament will not light up. It has not gone to air and is rebuildable.


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Old 04-11-2005, 08:02 PM
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Looks like it's coming along pretty good! Too bad you're not in my area. I could hook you up with my Sylavania Roundie. I'm still not sure if I want to hold on to it or not. It's not in horrible shape, but not the best either. I've got some tunar trouble. Color sync goes out once in awhile, but when it's in sync it has a fantastic picture. The sharpest of any roundie I've seen.....
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resolder the heater pins before you give up.
saved many a crt that way.
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