Looking for prewar projects

[rld-tv01]

Another option is to find an early postwar TV kit which used prewar parts. I have a 3 inch NCR kit and an unidentified manufacturer 7 inch kit which uses a 7ep4 CRT. Attached are pictures but they are not for sale.

As you can see from the NCR chassis it is pretty crude. There has been discussion over the years of getting a group of laser cut TV chassis custom built but I don't think anyone has done it. Peter Yanczer had Mechanical TV 12 inch aluminum disks laser cut and sold them for $125 so the price shouldn't be too far out? I have a $200 engraver router but I haven't tried metal only wood with it. MY engraver router used bits versus laser for cutting.

BTW, last year a collector in Canada advertised his entire collection for sale on the ETF classifieds which contained many prewar sets which were most likely in the $10K-$15K or higher price range. A Meissner prewar TV kit with no cabinet sold for about $3500 years ago at an ETF convention. That price was cheap at the time and even in today's recessed prices I don't think you'll find one that cheap.