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Originally Posted by wa2ise
Hard to imagine this setup doing anything other than going into oscillation. Especially at 45MHz.
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Right?
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Originally Posted by cwmoser
Justin, I have a Porthole TV exactly like your 16"er that you had the cabinet
restored. Its called the "Lincoln" model.
BTW, that looks like a really nice cabinet refinish.
Did yours have a 16EP4 or a 16GP4 CRT?
My chassis was so rusted that I had to paint it.
But, it looks good now and plays decently.
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The guy who did the work is a miracle worker with wood refinishing. His work is top notch and pricing would be considered affordable even 25 years ago. This cabinet had paint, gouges and a cigarette burn on the top and now it looks brand new. That is also a considerably poorly lit photo. I give him a hard time because when he brings something back he's very modest about it... "okay now, I wasn't quite able to get this or that right"...then he unwraps it and it's gorgeous. He runs a full time business from home out here in Sacramento.
I polished the bezel out on a buffing wheel with some tripoli. High polished the brass and nickel and used some gold touch up paint to shoot the outside, then covered everything over with a clear lacquer.
My 16" set has a 16EP4 in it. Emissions are a little sad on it but still useable. It usually takes about 10 minutes to come up to the good range on the tester after sitting unused for over a week. At first light it always seems like it's completely dead. I think it's gassy.
Here's another so-so pic of that cabinet
