Fish tank conversion

[Steve K]

I bought this DuMont last year at the ETF and I finally got around to working on it. When I got it home I realized that I couldn’t find the Sam’s for it and it was full of odd oil filled capacitors and had a strange looking CRT. I plugged it in and just got smoke. I figured without a schematic I couldn’t get it working. I know that a lot of people repurpose old TVs so I figured this would be a good candidate because the cabinet was so nice.

I threw out the chassis as it didn’t look like it had any usable parts. I only had a small fish tank to start with and I had to prop that up on a box. I will get a 5 gallon tank later. To make it easier to feed the fish I put a hinged lid on it. After cutting it out the edges got chipped up so I painted the edges of the opening white to hide the bad parts. I have yet to glue on the knobs. I think it turned out nice.

I decided to save the CRT before the trash men came and turn it into a unique flower vase to put on top of the set. Unfortunately it imploded when I tried to cut the neck off and I had glass everywhere.

Steve

[Chip Chester]

Hey, at least you put the chassis in the recycling bin!



Chip

[CoogarXR]

What a travesty... leaving the wood natural like that... you should have painted it faux-aged green first!

[Crist Rigott]

Ha, Ha, April Fools!

[Kamakiri]

[hi_volt]

Actually, camouflage would be a better choice for the finish. You could also change the grille cloth to tie dye.

[RetroHacker]

Nice work - but, you should at least endeavor to keep it partially original. You need to find some monochrome fish. Those brightly colored ones just don't fit.

[tubesrule]

I like it! You're going to get years of enjoyment out of it now instead of that crappy old B&W TV. Nice job and hopefully this inspires others

[oldtvsandtoy]

Looks like a Sanjarali job.

[John Marinello]

I like the banana peel touch...

[Electronic M]

I'd have gotten a bit more use out of the chassis by whacking those dud glass bottles off of it with a golf club.

April Fools!

[Steve D.]

Had me for about 2 seconds April fools.

-Steve D.

[Phil Nelson]

I still prefer my CT-100 fish tank.



But the Hallicrafters SX-88 took up too much room, so it had to go out with the trash.



Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

[MRX37]

ya the CT-100 never really produced a bright picture. My Funai set beats it hands down

[SwizzyMan]

You could surely light up the entire house with that gigantic light bulb in the center of the chassis!