CTC-7 metal table top

[IsthmusTV]

No, I never found a back. I'm thinking about going the perf metal route, too. I thought I read somewhere on VK that Home Depot may have something suitable. I probably won't have time to mess with it until the summer.

Recapping the color section was the biggest PITA but not too bad. Does yours have the metal shield over the color demod section? Mine is missing but it doesn't seem to cause any problems. Maybe it's more to keep the 3.58 MHz oscillator from radiating.

I had problems with intermittents on the video output board. The 12BY7 really cooks it. I reflowed all connections and that seems to have fixed things. But the tube socket for the 12BY7 has seen better days.

I look forward to seeing your progress.

-Clark