This guy's got balls...

[RobtWB]

this thread reminds me of a mid 80's Curtis Mathes (NEC set) I picked up at an estate sale.
brought the set indoors, removed the back and plugged it in. near instantaneous flaming flyback - kinda neat to watch for ~ 10 seconds. unplugged the cord and blew out the flames.

replaced the flyback and the set works fine.

[old_coot88]

Originally Posted by RobtWB

this thread reminds me of a mid 80's Curtis Mathes (NEC set) I picked up at an estate sale.
brought the set indoors, removed the back and plugged it in. near instantaneous flaming flyback - kinda neat to watch for ~ 10 seconds. unplugged the cord and blew out the flames.

Another reeeminder to never, ever ever leave a vintage TV running unattended.
Bill(oc)

[Bill R]

I haven't done any alignment in years. I don't know if I can even find all the cables for the 415. If anyone has a set I would be interested. Anyway I would like to see more alignment videos as well. Radio and TV.

[ctc17]

The 415 is an awesome piece of gear. The cables are very important and the demodulator probe is key to chroma circuit alignments. I have a good factory one and plan on making copys of it.
The alignment videos are pretty rough and amateur. I plan on doing a few more fm radios, stereo mpx and many more tv sets.

[AUdubon5425]

I have a 415 on the way, provided it survives shipping.

[doogie812]

I used to tell my customers that all electronics runs on smoke… Once you let the smoke out it does not work anymore. Doogie