Westinghouse K840CK15 Restoration

[etype2]

Thanks for that Steve. I’ve noticed those in photography sessions. Good idea to invest in a smaller version. I used a shaded lamp with a 4 watt incandescent bulb on the floor, that’s why the light looks warm on the pencil box.

As to Wayne’s suggestion, I read about the importance of setting white balance manually as AWB in not reliable. Future photo sessions will be set manually.

[etype2]

Here is a short video done at the same time as the photos. First 52 seconds, slightly over exposed.

https://videos.files.wordpress.com/g...mg_3940_hd.mp4

[oldtvman]

WTMJ, back in the sixties and seventies, I worked at an RCA distributor and put up the largest antenna we had in an effort to pull the Packer games out of TMJ and WISN, from South bend, that was quite a trick, sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't

[etype2]

Had the largest Jerold I could find, maybe 9 feet long atop a tower tripod with rotor mounted to our roof in Milwaukee. When conditions were right, a station from South Bend came in. Can’t remember which one. This was the same time period, 1966-70. The Packers would play at Milwaukee County Stadium twice a season.

[oldtvman]

Originally Posted by etype2

Had the largest Jerold I could find, maybe 9 feet long atop a tower tripod with rotor mounted to our roof in Milwaukee. When conditions were right, a station from South Bend came in. Can’t remember which one. This was the same time period, 1966-70. The Packers would play at Milwaukee County Stadium twice a season.

Those were the days that die hards had to go the extra mile, now everything comes down from high power satelites. BTW, I just missed out on a Bart Starr autographed Packer pennant for $17, almost made me sick

[etype2]

It was exciting to see distant television stations come in. Also got Grand Rapids and Traverse City. WGN, channel 9 and WFLD, channel 32 ninety miles away came in snow free on my CTC-19. Channel 7 came in with snow and channel 5 rarely. Rockford channels were good, Janesville, Madison. For some old timers from Chicago, became a fan of Irv Kupcinent’s (Spelling?) show on Saturday nights.

Sorry you lost out on the pennant. Something equally as good will come along.

[etype2]

The original Westinghouse H840CK15 had the raised control lettering painted white. The letters are under each control knob to define their functions. The letters are so small and fine, about 3/16 inch and slightly raised. Any ideas on painting the letters? Decals? Thinking about somehow rubbing an adhering substance other than paint over the letters, but I don’t know what to use.

[Dave A]

Years ago I refinished a pot metal foot on a radio leg that needed a gold leaf finish. It was a two step. First was an Elmer's type glue painted on and then the leaf was on a thin mylar plastic held over the surface and then a paint brush on the mylar side pushed the leaf to the glue on the surface. It was a kit I bought a hardware store. The idea is to coat the letters with a water based glue (ink roller?) and then a transfer of some sort Just an idea that popped in to my masked head.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Dave A

Years ago I refinished a pot metal foot on a radio leg that needed a gold leaf finish. It was a two step. First was an Elmer's type glue painted on and then the leaf was on a thin mylar plastic held over the surface and then a paint brush on the mylar side pushed the leaf to the glue on the surface. It was a kit I bought a hardware store. The idea is to coat the letters with a water based glue (ink roller?) and then a transfer of some sort Just an idea that popped in to my masked head.

I've got some old IIRC Irish brand reel tapes that came with a gold leaf sheet that you would place over the label and write on to create gold writing .... perhaps something like that could be rubbed on and protected with lacquer.

Paint pen might be another option.

[etype2]

Those are good ideas. I’ve worked with gold leaf sheets to personalize things. It might just work with very light pressure and multiple try’s. Can’t remember if once the gold is transferred, is it permanent? If it gets on the background, needs to be removed quickly. I guess that is what the glue is for to apply only to the letters.

The paint pen sound very interesting for this job. BUT ... Uber patience and steady hand.

I just tried graphite from a soft pencil, not a permanent solution.

[NowhereMan 1966]

Originally Posted by oldtvman

WTMJ, back in the sixties and seventies, I worked at an RCA distributor and put up the largest antenna we had in an effort to pull the Packer games out of TMJ and WISN, from South bend, that was quite a trick, sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't

Back in 1972 when Franco Harris had his "Immaculate Reception" as the Pittsburgh Steelers played the Oakland Raiders at Three River's Stadium, the game was blacked out on local Pittsburgh stations so we had many stories where people had to use their outdoor antennas and/or rabbit ears on their old sets in the attic to watch the game from WJAC, channel 6 from Johnstown, PA

[Tom9589]

When I was in high school in the 1960s and was building a lot of my equipment, I came upon some transfer letters. They were available in black or white. The letters were sans-serif like the lettering on the TV. You placed the sheet of letters on the surface you wanted to place the letter and rubbed on the back side. Toward the end I got pretty good at making decent labels for my controls. A light coat of spray Krylon and the results looked really good. Unfortunately, the stationery store which sold these letters has been long gone for over 40 years.

I just googled "Transfer Letters" and got a lot of responses, including Amazon.

[etype2]

Hey, that’s a great idea. I never knew about these. Now the only problem I see is lining the letters up evenly. I don’t think it matters if they don’t line up with the raised letters as they are nearly invisible, just trying to get then even as they would be added one letter at a time.

Building models as a kid, the decals were slippery, but could always eventually line up. If the transfer letters are dry, might be difficult. I’m going to look into this. Thanks.

[Steve D.]

Marshall,

You can also try Radio-Daze. They used to provide custom order decals: https://www.radiodaze.com/contact/

[etype2]

JACKPOT! They have Westinghouse graphic decals which are useable and also custom graphics. To late to call East coast today. THANK YOU.��