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Old 03-07-2012, 01:42 PM
jbivy jbivy is offline
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Originally Posted by Reece View Post
Here's a great site. The site owner has built lots of crystal sets with amazing results, and they are built with outstanding craftsmanship. I learned a lot from him. He's carrying on in the tradition started by his grandfather who made and sold crystal sets to jewelers in the 19-teens (article on those sets towards the end of the website.)

http://www.hobbytech.com/crystalradio/crystalradio.htm
Thanks. This has been a fun little experiment. I hope to get her working better (more selective), then finally mounted in a wooden cuban cigar box i picked up. Im using repro knobs, so from the outside she will look like a period cigar box crystal set.
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