Admiral 20B1 combo restoration

[bandersen]

The owner stopped by and picked up his restored chassis early this evening. Not only did he put a little cash in my hand, he also left behind some goodies



This homebrew "kinescope Tester" looks to be well made.


The RCA WR-39C Television Calibrator could be fun to try out if I get the matching sweep generator.


This is a nearly restored Admiral 21C1 chassis.


Supposedly the 16KP4A is barely used.


Someone really put a lot of work into this set and used a bunch of Sprague Atoms


I'm thinking I can get it working and slide it into this 16R12 cabinet. The chassis currently in it is unrestored and the CRT has a shorted cathode.


Finally, three organizers full of NOS parts that I'm sure will come in handy.

[bigaudioal]

Nice!! Congrats on that combo restore too. Looked great in the final video.

[kvflyer]

I hate you!!

Just kidding, and I am happy for you. Mostly because this stuff didn't go to the dump as much of it did a few years ago.

Can we ever have enough "Stuff"? I snag any old test equipment because it is usually cheap. Good for a source of parts; knobs, tubes etc...

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by kvflyer

I hate you!!

Just kidding, and I am happy for you. Mostly because this stuff didn't go to the dump as much of it did a few years ago.

Can we ever have enough "Stuff"? I snag any old test equipment because it is usually cheap. Good for a source of parts; knobs, tubes etc...

Fortunately books, tubes, test equipment and discrete parts hang around longer to be discovered later.
Usually, test gear is perceived as very "special" in comparison to some "old TV that won't work on digital"

I save as much books, manuals, parts and test gear as I find if no one else will