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| james_s:
I've restored a few vintage radios, I re-stuffed the capacitors just for the heck of it. At a glance it looks fully original but if you look closely you can tell they've been altered. Also I usually write up a little restoration log and tuck it away in the cabinet somewhere. |
| AlbertL:
Does anyone else love the smell of vintage electronics? I don't know what it is - probably the various waxes and varnishes used on the components, with some phenolic insulation - but the scent under the chassis of vacuum-tube equipment is a wonderful thing! |
| firehopper:
smell of old dust? --- Quote from: AlbertL on June 06, 2020, 01:03:09 pm ---Does anyone else love the smell of vintage electronics? I don't know what it is - probably the various waxes and varnishes used on the components, with some phenolic insulation - but the scent under the chassis of vacuum-tube equipment is a wonderful thing! --- End quote --- |
| GlennSprigg:
--- Quote from: rsjsouza on June 06, 2020, 12:13:34 am ---I also love the look of old equipment, but I don't care too much for what's under the chassis. I recently got a AZ1 rectifier knowing well how it is not as great as a more modern indirect heater, but it is one of the most beautiful vacuum tubes I've ever seen. It has become a spare to restore my grandpa's Philips BX462A. --- End quote --- Good on you mate. Yea, those old original style valves/tubes have a 'look' all of their own!! And the old 'Side-Contact' style base tubes are hard to find. As a side-note of interest... That radio always had an 'AZ1' Directly-Heated-Cathode dual-rectifier. The tube-line-up should be... ECH21, ECH21, EBL21, AZ1. Back then, the Electron Emission of Cathodes was poor, and had since been greatly improved. Later, In-Directly heated tubes were used, as Emission was improved without the 'Cathode' being so hot, but ALSO because they took slightly longer to heat up! The 'UP' side of this, is that all the other tubes/loads could come up to voltage more gradually, without over voltage/current. I know some companies didn't factor this in, but many did!! :-+ |
| GlennSprigg:
--- Quote from: AlbertL on June 06, 2020, 01:03:09 pm ---Does anyone else love the smell of vintage electronics? I don't know what it is - probably the various waxes and varnishes used on the components, with some phenolic insulation - but the scent under the chassis of vacuum-tube equipment is a wonderful thing! --- End quote --- Absolutely!! ;D It's like opening/smelling an old 'book' in one of those old book-exchange shops!! I guess a 'young' person could not relate to it, as they have no 'reference' of old... :D Scent is a POWERFUL thing, to the Brain, when connecting to a historical place/time. But YES... that 'cabinet', 'chassis', 'transformer', 'solder/flux', 'component' smell, literally sends me back many DECADES in my brain, when I first open something up !!! :-+ I think that's half the thrill when working with a new project... |
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