got a RCA table top

[DaveWM]

thx, I will check it out

[DaveWM]

hmmm while waiting for a part on the CTC 16 I took a look under the chassis of this one. there was a can coil just hanging on by its leads. Looks recent. there was anohter can still mounted with no leads attached, looks the same, that was mounted on the side of the chassis with access to a tuning slug.

the replacent can had a tuning screw that stuck out about 3/4 inch, my guess is it would prevent the chassis from sliding back in the cabient (the oher had a slotted slug that did not stick out). So rather than deal with the issue they prior repair was to just let it hang, geez.

I went ahead and took the old unused can out and mounted the replacement (wires still attached) where it belongs. If I get it running I will deal with how to make it fit back in the cabinet. At least I will not worry about the dangling part shorting somewhere. Just for grins I check the continuity of the old part, seem like it was ok.

[DaveWM]

I have been thinking about what to do with this set, I am leaning toward just building a nice wood base with some rubber feet, with a CRT support on it and leaving it all exposed. The wood is pretty far gone (I will keep it and all the bezels etc. incase I decide to try and reproduce or if I find another cabinet that is not as bad and can use parts of the cabinet that are not too far gone. its got a nice square footprint, and everything is on one chassis save the front the supprt of the crt.

I love the tank like build of this, and like to see the tubes glow. I am assuming I am not the 1st to condsider this, was wondering if anybody else has done it and could share a pic to give me some inspiration.