[DeLorean00]

Originally Posted by bgadow

Very patient & understanding wife! Well, mine has put up with more than I expected, a few times in the past. Never quite like that, though

For those pesky paper labels, WD-40 works well for me. Gentle & safe compared to some concoctions.

Thanks for the tip on the WD-40, that does work very well! Yeah, I am very lucky my wife is so cool about this. It is because she is so understanding I am putting myself under more pressure to clean this place up so I don't make her regret never complaining. haha

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Hehehehehehehe..When mine moved down here to Greater Bugtussle, she told me, "Look. I've been an RN for nearly 40 years now. I can KILLL you a good 40 different ways that they'd never figure out. Don't Mess w/ME, Buster.... I had a nervous grin, but SHE sure as hell wasn't grinning, never figgered out if she was pullin' my leg or not, So I've tried to be pretty much a Dood Widdle Boychik ever since.. I THINK she was kidding, but I also never have been one to take a Tobacco Stick to a large Hornet's Nest, either...

Sounds like my wife and yours have something in common. My wife is a licensed embalmer and a funeral director, and that is her side job. Her day job is DOJ. So she can kill me, embalm me, and cover it all up in one day. lol.

Originally Posted by CinemaDude

Wow! You must not be married. Or if you ARE married, she must be one incredibly rare woman!

I once brought home a Simplex 35mm projector with a massive Perless-Magnarc lamphouse and cast iron pedestal; it took up the entire hall entrance of our apartment. It dripped oil. It was a beautiful beast to behold, but my fiance hated it...couldn't understand why we had to live with it. She would complain for half an hour after every time she had to come or leave the apartment as one had to squeeze past it to get in or out the door.

Once when we were going to a party, as we left, both us in our party best, sliding past the Simplex XL, the fiance's dress got smeared with grease and oil. Then and there, I was roundly chastised and given an ultimatum: "Either that thing leaves or I do."

I didn't miss her as much as I thought I would.

Haha great story!! I am married to a very patient woman, but I can say as soon as this stuff starts leaving grease on her nice clothes I am going to have to move. lol.

Originally Posted by decojoe67

When it comes to hobbies it never about the thing you choose, it's about how it takes you away from life's issues for a while and makes you feel content. When you look at any pastime, they all can be nitpicked so as to seem a ridiculous waste of time.
I look at radios from the '30's and TV's from the '40's as works of art and, as an art teacher in school once said, the definition of art is finding beauty in ordinary, everyday items.

This is a great comment. Thanks, it really is about having something that gives you a moment away from the stress of the rest of your life. I enjoy vintage Radios and TVs restoration because almost all the ones I have were on the way to dump or being reused into something that isn't a TV or radio. I like to restore them back to working and make them look nice and hope they will stick around another 60-80 years. It seems that broken old radios or TVs with peeling veneer are considered garbage, where a working one that is refinished will be a priceless antique that gets a place of honor in a lot of people's homes. I have given away a lot of my radios to friends and family members once I am finished. I don't want to collect them, I only want to enjoy working on them.

Originally Posted by CinemaDude

Hi De Lorean00 -- I have been trying to give away an Advent VideoBeam 1000A CRT projector for years. Maybe you are the fellow who would want to give it a good home. The original post is here: http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=271393. It's not quite as "vintage" as your great find, but it is half century old circa early 1970s, which is pretty vintage in my book (as am I!). If you have any interest in it, let me know and we can work something out in terms of getting it to you. Anyone else want this very impressive working beauty, it sits here waiting for you...longingly like a pup at the pound. http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/images/smilies/yes.gif

Here is a youtube demo (not mine) which does give you a very good indication as to unit and he does have it in operation in a lit room. The image is quite bright, but in a darkened room, the picture is really spectacular giving the technology at the time. The narrator implies that there were very few of these units; actually they found a niche in the bar industry. Many sports bars installed these units. The circuitry is modular and as a service tech once explained to me, every circuit can be replaced on site. He said, short of a bomb exploding under it, it could be repaired without taking in to a shop. And like the model in this demo, mine is still operating flawlessly with a picture that belies its standard TV technology. Hook it up to a DVD player and it gives a very impressive 7ft diagonal image, albeit it letterbox bars for today's 16:9 authored content. It could be yours!

Contact me here: CinemaDude

PS -- my unit is in better condition that this one -- no missing knobs and no chipped cabinet. I'm just sayin... My screen has legs so it doesn't need to be mounted on a wall, it can be free standing. That screen, BTW is a concave silver surface, the curve is matched to the image convergence so while the screen is curved to get all the light back to the seating area, the geometry of the image is not distorted...all lines on the curve remain straight. The curve, however almosts fully eliminates off axis hot spots.

That is really sweet! I would love to have it. My main problem are getting it out to California as we are on the other side of the country and also I need to make room for it. I really appreciate the offer I will consider it if I can work that stuff out.

Originally Posted by vortalexfan

Well the cord on the signal generator wouldn't be a problem for me, as I could just wire a new cord onto it.

PM me a price and some pictures, and I'll get back to you
about the tube tester and the signal generator.

Thanks!

Okay! Give me a few days to get stuff sorted out and I will get you some pictures and prices.

Originally Posted by electronjohn

Still can't get over the quantity and variety you've acquired. Gonna need a bigger garage!

Yeah, it is never-ending! I am very lucky to be in a spot to buy this stuff and also be close to where it was. It ended up being 18 truck loads. As for the garage, I do actually have a 3 car garage, I have a separate one-car garage on the other side of the house. But I have a collector car in that garage, so yeah I probably do need a bigger garage. I was thinking about having an outdoor building made that I could store some of the CRTs and stuff in.