RCA 621TS restoration -- in pictures

[jmetal88]

Wow, that picture looks a lot better than the picture on the Zenith I'm working on looks right now! I still have a bunch of resistors left to check, though, I guess.

[Electronic M]

I tend to use a cork-screw to remove the lytic cores. I also tend to stuff the ends of my restuffed paper caps with paper towel pieces or some such so I can reuse the original wax for an original look and not run out trying to fill all that extra empty space that the paper towel fills.

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

I tend to use a cork-screw to remove the lytic cores.

That sounds easier than the ratcheted-in lag bolt and Channellock pliers method that I have used.

[Sandy G]

I'm in awe...

[charokeeroad]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

I'm in awe...

I'm in AWESOME! too Tom


Thanks for all your hard work.

[miniman82]

There's an RCA ad for the 21-CT-55 where they boast of having many different parts from many different manufactures, so it's not a stretch to imagine the same thing happened even earlier on.

[kvflyer]

Nice job Tom as usual. I really like that style of set but most likely won't ever find one that I can afford. I am glad that you got it because you have done a wonderful job.

[Tom Albrecht]

Thanks for all the kind comments, everyone.

I'm just a hired mercenary on this one! It belongs to someone else. Should turn out really well once the cabinet is refinished.

[Boobtubeman]

Immagine what that RCA AD would look like TODAY

[mstaton]

A blank page. LOL

[Glenz75]

Originally Posted by mstaton

A blank page. LOL

HAHAHAHAHA! So true!

Tom, what great work you have done on that RCA Cheers

[Reece]

The last 'lytic guts I yanked smelled faintly just like a dairy cow barn. Weird.

[Boobtubeman]

Actually, besides a blank page, i was thinking something modern, along the lines of an assembly line with the molding boards with parts like youd see when assembling a model car

SR

[Tom Albrecht]

I received a request to bring back the original pictures to my posts in this thread. Originally they were hosted by a different site, and are now lost. So I will post all the necessary pictures here in new posts at the end (I still have the originals) and link them back to the old posts (which will all show a new edit). I hope the moderators don't mind this method of fixing the problem.

So here goes... There will be multiple posts to cover all the necessary pictures.

[Tom Albrecht]

More pictures...