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Antique Sony 6RC 23 AM Clock Radio Restoration
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jcrubin:
I'd recently picked up this Sony 6RC 23 for my mother who had had this exact model back when.  There aren't too many out there and most are in bad shape when they appear.  This was from Sony's early days, finding one in good cosmetic shape was lucky enough.  Weather or not it worked came secondary.  As far as good looking and broken goes, this win from Ebay didn't disappoint.


  Cosmetically pristine with the exception of the broken bottom switch; the flipped bezel and missing screws told me someone who should not have been in this radio was here, and there would be more surprises to come.  Visual inspections inside showed nothing exceptional, though when powered on, the clock had no movement, and this concerned me.  The radio functioned, albeit barely.


  A complete disassembly was conducted to reach the clockwork, testing the motor itself for continuity.  Sure enough, there was none.  Luckily, it appeared that it was just a broken end lead of the coil that required repair.  Cleaned oiled and reassembly of the clockwork showed that this portion seems to restored to working condition.


  With the clock fixed the project moved towards the broken knob, made from a turned down marker knob, sized and fit over the old stem with epoxy.  This is then checked once dry against the inner plate and bezel.  At this point, the clock mechanics are reinstalled back into the chassis along with the rewired transformer. 


  The volume knob is an easy fix requiring just some deoxit and cleaning.  The tuning knob seems far worse, ill have to source the capacitor. While waiting on the new tuning cap, the front arms bezel and face are reinstalled, the hands calibrated.  The outer bezel trim is also repainted with white paint.


  When the new caps arrive, the old one is carefully removed. Its found that the whole case cracked in half.  The new one fit perfectly in, though it would require re-calibration.  The heathkit AM RF generator is used for this task.


  With that, the last of the components are restored into the unit and brought to Ace hardware to find that last of the missing screws.  This allowed for the final tasks to be completed, finishing this restoration, boxing up the unit, and shipping it out to mom.


cryptoguru:
My parent also likes old ancient things that they bought in their youth. We had a radio for 60 years that is really very big and massive. More than that, its design it scares me a lot of my childhood. Frankly speaking, I proposed them to turn it over and sell it for a symbolic price. But they love it and don't let me throw it in a landfill, they say it's a rarity. So in general, I left this idea alone. But when I was searching for the information about old radios I found Palmgear review about different handheld-cb radios and I offered them to take a seat. It could help them a lot while mom is in the garden or dad is in the garage. Really useful thing.
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