18-06-2012, 03:59 PM
That's a kind-sized flywheel John!
I've got a couple of German piano key radios to sort one day. It's all that piano key switchery that give me the heeby geebies.
Also, I don't find German circuits very easy to follow, due to unfamiliarity I suppose.
They do appeal to me greatly, in a way that few post-war British radios do. If/when I get round to the two that I have, I'll probably get a local firm to spray the cabinets with catalytic lacquer, as near as original as can be had. You can buy pre-cat cellulose lacquer here in aerosols, but I don't think that DIY spraying - certainly not by me - comes close to commercial standards. Same with cars - to bead blast an alloy wheel and powder coat it to any colour is £40. Wouldn't cost much less than that to use aerosol sprays to get nothing like the standard of finish. A man's got to know his limitations!
I've got a couple of German piano key radios to sort one day. It's all that piano key switchery that give me the heeby geebies.
Also, I don't find German circuits very easy to follow, due to unfamiliarity I suppose.
They do appeal to me greatly, in a way that few post-war British radios do. If/when I get round to the two that I have, I'll probably get a local firm to spray the cabinets with catalytic lacquer, as near as original as can be had. You can buy pre-cat cellulose lacquer here in aerosols, but I don't think that DIY spraying - certainly not by me - comes close to commercial standards. Same with cars - to bead blast an alloy wheel and powder coat it to any colour is £40. Wouldn't cost much less than that to use aerosol sprays to get nothing like the standard of finish. A man's got to know his limitations!
Regards, David.
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G-QRP Club Member 1339.
'I'm in my own little world, but I'm happy, and they know me here'
