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PLEASE show your mechanical sets
ANY prewar mechanical set owners here??
please show your sets, with a screen shot a plus!!! in europe there's a nbtv club, little to scarce info on such rarities. DOES anyone watch theirs regularly??
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1977 Zenith Chromacolor II A Very Modern Zenith |
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Unfortunately, I don't own a complete mechanical set. I have picked up bits and pieces over the years (mechanical mirror drum assembly, daven disk, daven tv amp, raytheon neon tubes, Jenkins Lens etc). I also collect original manufacture litature, booklets and magazines for mechanical sets. I currently have brochures for Daven, Western, Jenkins and Baird.
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Don't have a vintage set, but did a homebuilt using disk purchased from Peter Yanczer. Just sitting on the bench lately.
http://www.bretl.com/mechtvprogress/mechtvprogress.htm http://www.bretl.com/mechtvprogress2...vprogress2.htm |
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This is an RCA/NBC set from 1929. This was the model of set RCA used to take the "Felix" picture in my avatar.
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Wow. This is a ultra-mega-rare TV set. Is it yours?
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Captain,
This is my set. There are actually 5 known sets, 3 of which are in the Ford museum and 1 at the ETF. Here are some pictures of it operating, both with an original neon lamp and with a modern RGB LED lamp. |
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What is that mirror drum from? It looks really cool. Darryl |
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Thanks for those nice shots. You kept the full shot. Life magazine, unfortunately, cropped their shot and showed less than the total 60 lines.
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You put a tricolor LED in that 82 year old mechanical TV, and without any other mods, got color pictures?!
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Seems like an intuitive thing to do, but likely requires some support circuitry.
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Audiokarma |
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The set, and the pictures of its video, are amazing!
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Chris Quote from another forum: "(Antique TV collecting) always seemed to me to be a fringe hobby that only weirdos did." |
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AWWESOMME PICTURES EVERYBODY! Thanks for the post. These are rare creatures indeed and color pictures unreal
Can someone PLEASE pm me w/any ss motor control circuits for a color wheel project? HOW do I sync color wheel w/ an Aurora converter? another question for a seperate mechanical tv project IS THAT tri color LED display available???
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1977 Zenith Chromacolor II A Very Modern Zenith Last edited by vintagecollect; 05-20-2011 at 12:31 AM. |
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Here is another mechanical color set, using a mirror screw:
http://www.earlytelevision.org/color_mirror_screw.html |
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They are available on my website but keep in mind it's not really a display, just a tri-color lamp basically replacing the neon lamp with a color light source.
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