Help with piccolo j-310 pincushion

[JohnCT]

Originally Posted by Pjaska

That is really nice of you john but i wonder how long it would take to reach finland?
I also think that the cap will probably not fix the pin cushion tho.

I don't know how long it would take to get there, but I bought an oddball vacuum tube off ebay years ago from somewhere near you and it took about three weeks if I recall correctly.

I got my collection of high value/high voltage plastic capacitors from the sustain boards of plasma TVs I scrapped out - very handy in rebuilding bypass filters in old tube radios and such - once done they will last forever. If you can ask a local repair shop if they have any scrap sustain boards they're willing to give you, that's a good place to start.

In any case, if you'd like either or several of those caps I have I'd be happy to put them in a padded envelope and mail them to you.

I also don't have a lot of faith that a new cap will correct your pincussion error. Can you post a picture of it running?

John

[Pjaska]

Here it is running, i think it looks worse in person. S/N looks good to me but E/W is bowed inward.





It is bowed so much that i dont think it left factory this way..

I will ask monday if anyone has caps or scrap boards so i would not have to wait 3 weeks