06-03-2012, 10:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-03-2012, 10:15 AM by Radio Fixer.)
Thank you David: it really helps to build up the enthusiam to write another when folks say to you "Hey! I enjoyed your last article.
Its a pity more people dont have a go at it... at the recent BVWS, AGM, Mike B once again asked for 'copy' and said dont worry about standard or pictures... we can knock it into shape. I can tell you from years of talking to Carl that they are always short of material.
As to Robert's efforts perhaps the most impressive thing, to me anyway, is the reverse engineering to make the SW coils. I dont think I would have come up with that, or been able to do it. I wonder what computer prog he used? Maybe Excel? You can do a lot with that. Years ago I was a Visual Basic fan and spent hours at that driving my wife mad... so I packed it in and started on the radio restorations.
As to your Ekco AC77 dial, that as far as I know, is simply a flat piece of glass with no beveled edge or hole for the pointer needed as with the 650. So cheap to get those cut. Also, its possibly a much more common set and so with a lower selling price it should be easier to sell off enough to get back an outlay on glass and screening. I reckon I could take on the artwork over time fitted in with other jobs.
But as you are not local you would have to find a screener, or use my chap by post. Its scary with screeners as you lay out a lot of money with no idea if they are going to come up with great results and perfection is needed for dials IMHO. When my guy said they were done I went to the works with some trepidation I can tell you.
cheers Gary
Its a pity more people dont have a go at it... at the recent BVWS, AGM, Mike B once again asked for 'copy' and said dont worry about standard or pictures... we can knock it into shape. I can tell you from years of talking to Carl that they are always short of material.
As to Robert's efforts perhaps the most impressive thing, to me anyway, is the reverse engineering to make the SW coils. I dont think I would have come up with that, or been able to do it. I wonder what computer prog he used? Maybe Excel? You can do a lot with that. Years ago I was a Visual Basic fan and spent hours at that driving my wife mad... so I packed it in and started on the radio restorations.
As to your Ekco AC77 dial, that as far as I know, is simply a flat piece of glass with no beveled edge or hole for the pointer needed as with the 650. So cheap to get those cut. Also, its possibly a much more common set and so with a lower selling price it should be easier to sell off enough to get back an outlay on glass and screening. I reckon I could take on the artwork over time fitted in with other jobs.
But as you are not local you would have to find a screener, or use my chap by post. Its scary with screeners as you lay out a lot of money with no idea if they are going to come up with great results and perfection is needed for dials IMHO. When my guy said they were done I went to the works with some trepidation I can tell you.
cheers Gary
