Raytheon C-1102/12AX22

[M3-SRT8]

Just picked it up. 12" Raytheon mahogany tabletop in super shape. Chassis is clean under the dust, cad plating still shines, unrestored and clean underneath, looks origional.

12LP4A is stamped Raytheon, looks origional to the set. A little sleepy on the emissions reading, but, I'll try to wake it up tomorrow.

Already took the chassis out of the cabinet, separated all the parts from the cabinet, and rubbed it out with some Howards. Good old Howards, it bounced back nicely. Cosmetic resto on this set will be a snap.

I could use a Sam's on it, if someone would be so kind, as well as some advice on what to watch out for on this chassis. It looks harmless enough.

The Speaker Cloth is fried on the set. Faded badly in the sun, no doubt. I took it off the cabinet, and the unexposed part shows it's a diamond pattern, just slightly under 3/4 x 7/16, dark reddish-brown diamonds with gold outline. It's the exact same cloth used on my 1950 Zenith 12" Porthole 2350G. Anybody have a line on replacement speaker cloth for it?

Thanks In Advance;

Lee

PS: Steve, aka Pielock373 over at ARF, visited my house today, and snapped pics of the Raytheon, along with my entire collection of TV's. You all should see it soon. Thanks, Steve!

[M3-SRT8]

Just found the Sam's on line, so I'm all set for that.

Speaker grille cloth? I could still use a line on a good match. Somebody has probably done this before me...

[M3-SRT8]

Here' the Raytheon upon arrival:

[Phil Nelson]

Sheesh, that one looks practically new. A tabletop porthole is high on my wish list.

Re the grille cloth, if it's OK apart from the fading, perhaps you could re-dye it. I haven't done this before, just thinking out loud. It's hard to find an acceptable match for some cloths, and if you're planning to replace it anyway, it's a no-risk experiment. I don't think you'd want to use old-fashioned Rit dye, which takes boiling or very hot water that might shrink your old cloth. Perhaps there are other dyes that don't need high temps. Or perhaps the Rit would work well enough in cooler water, as long as you leave the cloth in long enough. You're not dyeing coveralls for farmhands, just a decorative cloth that will cover an opening and never be touched again.

Phil Nelson

[zenith2134]

A Raytheon Porthole set...you really cannot go wrong !! very sweet condition too.

[M3-SRT8]

Yeah. The Price was Right, also. Free.

I checked the CRT. After Emissions Testing for about 15 minutes, it went into the middle of the Green Section. Holds there, also.

Brought the chassis alive with a Variac, with the 1x2 removed. Tubes lit up, transformer hummed. That's good.

Cleaned the Chassis. It's beautiful. Everything's pretty shiny, almost pristene. All but 5 of the 20 tubes are origional Raytheons.

About 12 Electrolytics and 25 Tubulars. All origional. I'll restuff as many as I can, bury the rest.

I thought of Rit Dye, also. I'll check it out...