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wiseguy · #**136** 10-02-2002, 06:59 PM

the 7GP1 is the same as a 7GP4,used a bit earlier before the 7JP4 or 7JP1, I did not want to use the 7JP4 that the set has because it was a N.O.S tube,and want to keep the hours on the tube low,(the 7JP4 with a white phospher is neat to watch with the clock) no part of the admiral is used,just to hold the CRT in place..the little clock board is not so tiny as it is a kit from david forbes website,if you are creative you can make this board drive any electrostatic CRT,the drive board is pretty intense to build,and it only draws about 7W..!! the board will not drive the filaments on the 7gp1 high enough,so i made up a regulated 5 volt dc power supply just for the filament,still just cool to watch itself,the digits are drawn (simple so to speak) and formed from circles,lines and arcs..aligning the board is a real trip!! you can make the H/V X/Y totally out of phase and in phase to make some interesting patterns on the CRT during the "DRAW" process.
it is safe to leave alone itself running as it draws less current than a lot of bedside clock radio's draw,(all mine have been running 24hrs a day for almost 2 years)..
CRT's are fun to play with..

terry

Unimatic1140 · #**137** 10-12-2002, 06:53 PM

I usually go to the estate sales here in Minneapolis-St. Paul every weekend, and once in a while I find something really cool. Today I found this beautiful Emerson 12" TV from 1949, model 644. After I finish working on my Zenith Porthole, I'm definitely going to begin restoration on this beauty...

***Eric H*** · #**138** 10-12-2002, 07:57 PM

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Today I found this beautiful Emerson 12" TV from 1949, model 644

Ohh Ooh Ahh!! Oh man, I am intensely envious of your find!

Gorgeous set!

Eric

Charlie · #**139** 10-12-2002, 10:25 PM

That Emerson is really cool lookin! I wish I would have better luck finding goodies like that more often. Perhaps I am not waking up early enough in the morning!

Just got home from being on the ship for 50 days. Hopefully I'll get lucky with something like that! Guess tomorrow I'll grab a newspaper to find the garage sales for this week.

Rob · #**140** 10-12-2002, 10:37 PM

Uni,

That is one awesome score! Beautiful Emerson. The stand really works well under it too.

Rob

Marlin Mackley · #**141** 10-13-2002, 08:51 AM

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Originally posted by Charlie
.... I wish I would have better luck finding goodies like that more often. Perhaps I am not waking up early enough in the morning!...

Charlie, you need to consider the Marlin method of finding goodies. First, spend all the money you have. Second, spend all the credit you have in the charge cards. Third, now walk in to any garage sale or antique store, or just answer the phone, and I promise you great things will fall on you, now that you would not be able to pay for them!
Marlin

ChuckA · #**142** 10-13-2002, 08:36 PM

Here's the newest addition to the "family". A Sparton 4940, nice bright pictures on it (I was to lazy to run the antenna over for this picture).

Chuck

Rob · #**143** 10-13-2002, 09:54 PM

Chuck,

That's the nicest Sparton 4940 I've seen. My cats would like like it, that huge expanse of grille cloth to sharpen their claws on.

Rob

Marlin Mackley · #**144** 10-14-2002, 10:19 AM

Hey Chuck, great Sparton! I have one that looks like Rob's cats got hold of. Also mine is missing the knobs and the chassis mounting rails.

I hope to get a look at those knobs and rails someday for duplication. Right now I can't put the chassis on the cabinet.
Marlin

ChuckA · #**145** 10-15-2002, 01:18 PM

Marlin,

If you need pictures of anything on the set let me know.

Just got back from a TV run, brought home 4 more projection sets, 2 RCA's (9PC41 & 8PCS41), an Emerson (609), and a small unit I can't remember the name of right now.

If anyone needs parts from an Emerson 649 projection set let me know, I have a junker that's going to be reduced to parts. The cabinet is to far gone for a reasonable restoration.

Chuck

Rob · #**146** 10-15-2002, 01:35 PM

Chuck,

You are headed towards a real vintage TV museum with a projection technology annex fast! Nice work.

Rob

ChuckA · #**147** 10-15-2002, 06:30 PM

The fourth set is a Norelco (Philips) Duo-Vue, a small table with a Protelgram projection unit inside, you set a normal 10"-12" TV on it.

Connect the Duo-Vue to the horiz, vert & video circuits of the TV.

You can view the program on the 10" set or if you want a big 3'x4' screen roll the unit away from the wall, turn the switch and the picture is projected on to the wall.

Guess I'll have to move this one to the fast track for restoration.

Chuck

Rob · #**148** 10-15-2002, 06:38 PM

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Originally posted by ChuckA
The fourth set is a Norelco (Philips) Duo-Vue, a small table with a Protelgram projection unit inside, you set a normal 10"-12" TV on it.

Connect the Duo-Vue to the horiz, vert & video circuits of the TV. ...

Chuck

Chuck,

I passed on one of these a year ago at Rochester AWA for $25 because I didn't have the room for it in my small car along with the CTC-4 early color set I bought. It looked like it was missing a lot of circuitry to be a TV receiver. With your explanation it makes perfect sense.

Rob

ChuckA · #**149** 10-15-2002, 07:04 PM

Rob,

Luckily I got all the paperwork with this one. All I have to make up are the 2 connecting cables and sockets.

Chuck

ChuckA · #**150** 10-30-2002, 01:37 PM

Here's a couple of pictures of my Emerson 609 projection set. Finished re-capping it today.
Pictures are pretty good on it, even though the flat mirror is a bit hazy, they sure didn't hold up well over the years, the mirrors in the projection box (Protelgram) faired much better.