Admiral 26R12 restoration

[kvflyer]

Originally Posted by bandersen

I removed the faceplate and cleaned the cabinet with some warm soapy water....

The speaker cloth has faded quite a bit.

Bob,

I see that you were able to remove the nuts that hold the speaker board to the cabinet. What method did you use? I started to take my speaker board out and the nuts didn't want to budge without breaking. Did you pry up on the two "capture" parts in the center of the nut? Did any of yours break?

Originally Posted by bandersen

I recall someone had asked about the clarity of the faceplate. Here it is before any cleaning. I hope it clears up.
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Bob,

I think it was me that asked about the clarity. I was able to polish the clear faceplate with no problem. But when I look at either one that I have (I have two) in bright light, the clear plastic has sort of a very faint swirl pattern in both of them. I suspect the plastic was about as clear as they could get it but there was still some kind of white swirl in it. Mind you, very faint and it doesn't affect the picture. But I was just interested to see if anyone else noticed it.

And for what it's worth, that foam gasket on mine was as crisp as a 50-year old wedding cake! I didn't replace it yet.

[kvflyer]

BTW, nice to see this restoration. My chassis is copper plated and the reason I have spare parts is because I bought a 16R12 for parts. Mine was missing the HV cage. I was lucky that both were copper plated.


Nice job as usual!

[wa2ise]

Looks like some idiot production manager was screaming at the workers to get productivity up. Which usually means the workers have to skip steps to keep the quality decent... So they didn't take the time to remove the flash.

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by kvflyer

Bob,

I see that you were able to remove the nuts that hold the speaker board to the cabinet. What method did you use? I started to take my speaker board out and the nuts didn't want to budge without breaking. Did you pry up on the two "capture" parts in the center of the nut? Did any of yours break?
Bob,

I think it was me that asked about the clarity. I was able to polish the clear faceplate with no problem. But when I look at either one that I have (I have two) in bright light, the clear plastic has sort of a very faint swirl pattern in both of them. I suspect the plastic was about as clear as they could get it but there was still some kind of white swirl in it. Mind you, very faint and it doesn't affect the picture. But I was just interested to see if anyone else noticed it.

And for what it's worth, that foam gasket on mine was as crisp as a 50-year old wedding cake! I didn't replace it yet.

I used pliers on the four in the corners. I got a good grip on them and sort of unscrewed them while pulled back.
I tried to pry up the capture teeth with a small screwdriver on the rest, but couldn't manage it. I had to mangle them by bending them with needle nose pliers.
None broke though and I might be able to unbend and reuse them.

I propped it up in front of a window and, yes, it sure does have those swirls.


Here it is after cleaning with warm soapy water and Novus #2. Not much of an improvement. Those swirls are definitely in the plastic and not surface dirt.

Originally Posted by wa2ise

Looks like some idiot production manager was screaming at the workers to get productivity up. Which usually means the workers have to skip steps to keep the quality decent... So they didn't take the time to remove the flash.

LOL - I bet you're right.