I'd like to have this Lucite Farnsworth

[Sandy G]

Yeah, I've got the picture of that Bad Boy in an old textbook on TV...Wonder if it HAS survived somewhere ? Its "Basic Television-Principles & Servicing", by Bernard Grob, copyright 1949 by McGraw-Hill.

[Phil Nelson]

Well, you can always make your own Lucite cabinet, as this guy did for his Pilot TV-37.

http://www.electronixandmore.com/tel...lot/index.html

Is that photo in Chapter 1 of the Grob book? I have the 1954 edition and don't remember seeing it.

Phil

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

Well, you can always make your own Lucite cabinet, as this guy did for his Pilot TV-37.

http://www.electronixandmore.com/tel...lot/index.html

Is that photo in Chapter 1 of the Grob book? I have the 1954 edition and don't remember seeing it.

Phil

Yeah, Phil, its Chapter 1, "The Television System", on page 7, Fig. 1-7. The '49 edition must be different, & the Farnsworth, I guess, looked positively "prehistoric" to the overachievers of 1954...My book has a little bit on Color TV, but, at present, "Many problems remain to be solved...There are no color broadcasts...Much experimental work has been done...Successful demonstrations have been held" ! There's also a LOT about FM radio, because that was/is TV sound, & it was in & of itself, sort of "New hat". Imagine what ol' Bernie would think of color, HDTV, & the fact that CRTs are now passe'...

[Phil Nelson]

In the 1954 edition, that figure shows a Hallicrafters TV chassis. Every bit of metal on the chassis sparkles like the sun. I don't remember hearing that Halli made a chrome chassis set. Maybe they shined this one up extra nice for the photo op.

This edition has a final chapter about 50 pages long on color TV, including a schematic for the CT-100.

Phil

[Eric H]

I believe the Farnsworth GV-260 is based on this set, and those are probably about as rare.