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12-19-2011, 05:51 AM
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That is a great tip for rusty chassis. When I was restoring my Zenith porthole, I saw your video on YouTube demonstrating this technique. I used the Rust O leam Hammertone paint. The paint is kinda thick which tends to fill in the rust pits in the chassis.
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01-20-2012, 10:08 PM
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I pretty much finished recapping this set, I'm really torn on whether or not to recap the Cans, it's working perfectly and they are running stone cold.
I was able to use the innards from an RCA focus coil to replace my shorted one. It was really a bit anticlimactic to recap this chassis, it works about the same now as when I started, more stable perhaps and it's totally stable for the time I've been running it. I need to replace or repair the Electromagnetic speaker, I subbed a PM speaker for now and this set has the loudest clearest volume of just about any vintage set I have. It had a bad buzz at first but then I found a Capacitor I forgot to solder to ground, it went away after that. The cabinet has been sanded with 800 grit, then with 3000 grit followed by a buffing with some 3M Machine polish. After that I stained it with some Minwax Red Mahogany, it looks great but isn't super shiny, waxing it might help or I might just leave it alone, I like the smooth Satin look it has now. Need to get some Grille cloth and put it together. I posted a 30 second video of the chassis playing.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJhycMbn7vk
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01-20-2012, 10:26 PM
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Awesome! The picture looks great and the sound is booming
 What did you sub for the original speaker field coil ?
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01-20-2012, 11:48 PM
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I may have something suitable, or maybe I'll stick a nice 12" speaker inside there. 
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01-21-2012, 12:07 AM
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Cool, these speakers are hard to find. Still no clue what's wrong with mine, but no smoke yet
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