Here it is three years later and a few issues have come up.
- The finish on the top of the cabinet developed small blisters. Likely because I ran the set with a radio on top and a small towel between that trapped the heat.
- The horizontal and vertical hold became extremely touchy.
- The picture became dim.
So I've been re-restoring this set for the past few weeks as some of you may have seen in my YouTube videos.
First I re-refinished the cabinet using Constatine's grain filler instead of shellac this time around.
Then I tackled the hold issue and quickly found the hold control was rotted out. Not the easiest control to find.
Amazingly, I found a beat up "barn fresh" GE810 less than 50 miles away on eBay at a reasonable price
I kept my fingers crossed and got lucky. Not only is the hold control good, the 10FP4 CRT is excellent. That's the "new" chassis on the left.
I was also able to salvage the grille cloth so say goodbye to the bleached canvas
I also repainted the mask gray rather than green.
Note I'm currently working on that frame and it will look a lot better with all the grain filled it.
