|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Willy from TN
I have been a lurker for a while. I thought I would finally post. I got my start in taking old ,dead TVs apart as a kid. I got to where I I got a few going. I would love to have one of the old metal chassis type Zeniths I got going back then.
Anyway I continued, got my education in electronics then went into computers. Now I am getting to enjoy life some after many years of being so busy. So I decided to redo my workshop and turn it into a working museum if you will. I wanted to set it up to look like something from the 50s or 60s. I have a bunch of old magazines, NRI manuals, Photofacts flyers,etc. that I got ideas for my workbench and shop. It's sort of like paying homage to to all the TV guys back when I was a kid who helped me back then.I added a few things like a digital meter,some newer tools and computer to help me even though they weren't in shops then. I wasn't sure if I could post a link to another site but I have a garage site my shop is at during the redo of it. If your interested let me know and I can send it to you. If it is ok to post the link and you want to see it let me know and I can post it. The main thing I need to do to my shop is to rebuild a few items like a 40s O scope and I also want to find a TV shop sign that was outside the store. I have been looking somewhat but no luck as of yet. Well that is a little about me. |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
Nice t'have ya ! Welcome ! Where in Tennessee ?
__________________
Benevolent Despot |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
I am in the Smithville'McMinnville area. Its almost in the center of the state. I am about an hour from Nashville, about 2 1/2 hours from Knoxville and about 2 hours from Chattanooga.
|
#4
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
they live closest to gladeville tennessee its a nice little town, but thats just the closest town. they live in the middle of nowhere! welcome to vk!
__________________
Looking for zenith cobramatic parts -johnny the raster master! Last edited by radiotron; 11-13-2012 at 07:20 PM. |
#5
|
||||
|
||||
I'm about an hour-hour & 20 minutes NE of Knoxville, up close to the Tri-Cities...
__________________
Benevolent Despot |
Audiokarma |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Gladeville is about an hour from me. That is just off the 840 road. It now loops around Nashville to bypass the I40 traffic. As far as Tri Cities I am not sure if I have ever been there. I think Knoxville is the closest I have been there. Thanks for the welcome folks.
|
#7
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
__________________
Looking for zenith cobramatic parts -johnny the raster master! |
#8
|
||||
|
||||
NE Tennessee is a different world than Nashville & points west...We're Hillbillys, & they're more Flatlanders & Delta people...Ain't nothin' WRONG w/that, we're just a bit different....I've got more in common w/folks from Roanoke, Va, & London/Corbin, Ky than w/people from Nashville & beyond..
__________________
Benevolent Despot |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
|
#10
|
||||
|
||||
Memphis has a few weeks of "Cold", a few more of "Nice", but most of the year, it's HOT....
__________________
Benevolent Despot |
Audiokarma |
#11
|
||||
|
||||
Willy, we'd love to see pix of your shop. Post away!
__________________
Reece Perfection is hard to reach with a screwdriver. |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Ok, Keep in mind I do tubes as a hobby and work on computers for a living. So with that in mind I do have newer stuff. Keep in mind I modeled it after shops I remember and pictures I have of older shops. So it may not look like a shop you remember I have other tools in the other part of my shop that is in another section. I have been trying to find items like advertising from shops. I found a really nice original sign if I can buy it. I think it is higher than it should be but if I can sale a older goodyear sign I have from the 30s to finance it I will.
Anyway just ask question if you have them. Keep in mind that not only do I tinker with TVs I also work on tube radios,jukeboxes,computers,printers and anything electrical. Instead of reposting all the pictures and seven pages of info here is a link to it. If people like it enough and want it here I might repost it here as it fits in better here. Here is the link. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=97315 |
#13
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
__________________
Looking for zenith cobramatic parts -johnny the raster master! |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
Thanks for the complement. I joined that other site for the tool info there and I saw a 1930s shop redone. It is really nice and I thought I could do the same but make it like the old TV shops I hung out in. I hope to find a TV shop sign but no luck yet. Hopefully when it turns to cold to be outside for me, usually in Dec to first of March I can spend a lot of time in there finishing the sorting of my stuff. I have thousands of new tubes to sort. I made boxes to put them in. I also need to scrap a bunch of stuff. I hope to show people who may have never been in a TV shop how they were. Now on the quest for a TV sign.
|
#15
|
|||
|
|||
Greetings from the flat end of the state. I am in Jackson, between Memphis and Nashville. I grew up in Memphis then moved to Jackson with my job at the time. I am into color tv from the early 60's. Once you get outside Memphis or Nashville there is very little difference in Tennessee country folks. Welcome to VK.
|
Audiokarma |
|
|