Chuck, that is the most amazing looking thing!!

Imagine that, a 25 inch flat, fully rectangular screen in 1948 :eek:
and it looks incredible, perfect for watching those old movies on.

Eric

Chuck,

That's really something to be proud of... especially with all the work you've put into it! The picture quality on that set is amazing! I'm sure the origional owner never saw a picture near as good as the one you have on it now! Congradulations!

:bigok:

Rob,

The set uses the 5TP4 projection tube. The original was a little tired, this set must have been used hard and long as I found tubes with date codes into the 60's, so I put a new CRT in.

Actually this outweighs a 9PC41 by 300lbs, it tips the scale at 550lbs.

Chuck

Yikes!!! I put hidden castors under my 9PC41. You might consider that. It is cheaper and more convenient than a forklift.

Glad you were able to find a good 5TP4. You can use a 5AZP4, or a 4820A as a replacement if you ever need to. You will have to make do with a potted-on HV ultor lead, or remove it yourself, and possibly have to change a resistor in the HV focus circuit.

Rob

Wow Chuck!
That's one fine looking TV. I've never seen or heard of one before. Any more photos of it? I'll bet the back busting weight limited sales back in the 40's
Jim

Jim,

I have some pictures of it from right after it was delivered: http://www.myvintagetv.com/rca_berkshire_regency.htm


Chuck

A Truetone Anyone?
 

Thought I'd contribute to the B&W thread. Here's a shot of my roundscreen Truetone (trust me ;) ). I have the operating instructions which have a date of '51, although internally I'd say the design was dated then. It uses a continuous inductuner with a dial cord to a seperate tuner for the built-in AM radio. I'm not entirely satisfied with the results, I replaced the dud metal cone crt with a brand spankin' new all glass substitute and I don't think the horizontal circuits like the change. Also odd is the number of capacitors in this baby, and individual electrolytics. Of course I have no schematic for this set, bah! If anyone has any info, give a holler! :)

What's the Truetone set's Model or Chassis Number? Since I have a complete Sams library, perhaps I could locate the literature for it.

I believe it's model number 2D-1195A. Any info you can dig up would be appreciated (it's a factory jumble under there), but no rush! :)

"New" set
 

Here's a pic of my latest set.

Got this beauty off eBay for $20, it looked much worse than it was, just extremely dirty and some mouse rust on the gold trim.

I took it completely apart, washed and waxed the cabinet and repainted the gold screen trim. (the picture below is after repainting the trim but before the wash and wax)

The tubes wouldn't light, I traced it to a bad tube socket on one of the 6CU8's, a bear to change and to make matters worse I had to completely disassemble a parts set to get a replacement socket:mad:

It fires up now, has raster but no picture and some hum bars on the screen, time for a recap but I have other projects to finish first.

It's either the Walnut or Mahogany finish, not sure which, and is otherwise identical to this RCA:
http://www.vintagetvsets.com/rcaswiv.htm

RCA set
 

Eric,

I really like the design of that set; very sleek and functional looking. Is it hand wired, or does it use PC boards?

Re: RCA set
 

Well both actually, the main circuitry is on a PC board but the "Doughnut" that goes around the CRT has some hand wired parts on it.

The PC board is mounted vertically and has a metal shield soldered on the bottom hence the difficulty in recapping it and replacing tube sockets.

I'll take some pictures soon and post them.

Pictures
 

Here are the pictures, I linked to them rather than making four different posts.

This is the PC board

http://www.vintagetvsets.com/images/kcs109chas.jpg

The Back (as viewed from the back of the set)

http://www.vintagetvsets.com/images/kcs109chas2.jpg

The front

http://www.vintagetvsets.com/images/kcs109chas3.jpg

And the CRT, 17" 110 deg and very short neck, not quite as short as the predicta though.
The tube is tired, I have a NOS I will replace it with.

http://www.vintagetvsets.com/images/17cdp4.jpg

I'm guessing that slapping on a swivel base was RCA's answer to the predicta? This came out the same year AFAIK.

Eric

Looks like you have your work cut out for you with all those wax-dipped paper caps! It will be interesting to see a picture of the picture when it is completed.:)

More goodies!
 

Hey guys, lookie what I found!

OK,this one isn't anything to write home about but wait till the next post :D