3 Sep
2002
3 Sep
'02
5:09 p.m.
Yup, made with a diamond stylus. The machine that made
them (as well as a
radio) is still in the home too. The friend that passed away built it into
the wall with a custom cabinet. The family won't remove it because it
would leave a hole in a paneled wall, and they don't want to replace the
paneling.
I would offer to repanel that wall for them (even the entire room to make
sure it matched) if it meant laying my hands on one of those.
Is the family selling the house? If so, stay in close contact, and even
talk to the realitor and see if you can arrange something with the buyer
to take custody of the machine.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
3 Sep
3 Sep
6:27 p.m.
On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Chris wrote:
I would too, but my funds are severely lacking, and the existing paneling
is quite nice (it was custom made back in the '60s). The family would
somehow like to keep that radio too, but they honestly have no sense of
its value or know how to repair it anyway (it is currently nonfunctional,
but I know exactly whats wrong with it).
Yup, made with
a diamond stylus. The machine that made them (as well
as a radio) is still in the home too. The friend that passed away
built it into the wall with a custom cabinet. The family won't remove
it because it would leave a hole in a paneled wall, and they don't
want to replace the paneling.
I would offer to repanel that wall for them (even the entire room to
make sure it matched) if it meant laying my hands on one of those. Is the family selling the house? If so, stay in close
contact, and even
talk to the realitor and see if you can arrange something with the buyer
to take custody of the machine.
Yup, thats why they dumped most of the shop's contents into that dumpster.
They hadn't quite finished when I found out about it, so I did get to go
in and clear out the remaining 10-15% of the shop after I got through with
the dumpster.
-Toth
19 Sep
19 Sep
2:47 p.m.
New subject: OT: Update on console radio/record recorder (was: Re: OT: dumpster dive ...)
On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Chris wrote:
Well, lots has happened this week...
Last week, the house "sold", and (sadly) it sold as a teardown... Of
course, this meant I was able to get permission to pull that console radio
and record recorder. I took some photos of it before I pulled it, and I'll
see about putting them up on the web soon.
The really sad part about the house going as a teardown, is that someone
in my family was also trying to buy the property. Their showing of the
house got canceled at the last minute because the actual owners (not
located here in Houston) figured they already had enough offers on the
property (they listed it too low). Turns out the person in my family who
wanted it might have actually been willing to pay much more than the
"investor" (read: vulture) who ended up buying it.
Gosh this ordeal sure has been tiring.....
-Toth
Yup, made with
a diamond stylus. The machine that made them (as well
as a radio) is still in the home too. The friend that passed away
built it into the wall with a custom cabinet. The family won't remove
it because it would leave a hole in a paneled wall, and they don't
want to replace the paneling.
I would offer to repanel that wall for them (even the entire room to
make sure it matched) if it meant laying my hands on one of those.
Is the family selling the house? If so, stay in close contact, and even
talk to the realitor and see if you can arrange something with the buyer
to take custody of the machine.
5:41 p.m.
New subject: OT: Update on console radio/record recorder (was: Re: OT: dumpster dive ...)
As promised, heres a link to some photos of the console radio and record
recorder: http://techmonkeys.org/~tothwolf/console-radio/
I also put up a couple photos of how the wire recorder that I mentioned in
an earlier email looked before I started work on it:
http://techmonkeys.org/~tothwolf/wire-recorder/
-Toth
6:51 p.m.
New subject: OT: Update on console radio/record recorder (was: Re: OT: dumpster dive ...)
Wow, that's more than just a radio!! The front is beautiful, but it
looks like the turntable needs a lot of work. How is the cabinet
structuraly? Is it solid wood, or a veneer? I had an old console radio
at one time, but it was too far gone, for me to be able to restore it.
I didn't have the ambition to complete the job, so I didn't start it. I
ended up selling it in a garage sale. The most use I got out of it was
as a table for my cd player and reciever.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Tothwolf wrote:
As promised, heres a link to some photos of the
console radio and record
recorder: http://techmonkeys.org/~tothwolf/console-radio/
I also put up a couple photos of how the wire recorder that I mentioned in
an earlier email looked before I started work on it:
http://techmonkeys.org/~tothwolf/wire-recorder/
-Toth
20 Sep
20 Sep
4:55 a.m.
New subject: OT: Update on console radio/record recorder (was: Re: OT: dumpster dive ...)
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
Wow, that's more than just a radio!! The front is
beautiful, but it
looks like the turntable needs a lot of work. How is the cabinet
structuraly? Is it solid wood, or a veneer? I had an old console radio
at one time, but it was too far gone, for me to be able to restore it.
I didn't have the ambition to complete the job, so I didn't start it.
I ended up selling it in a garage sale. The most use I got out of it
was as a table for my cd player and reciever.
The cabinet is made up of two major parts. The front part that you can see
in those photos is solid, and I think it is oak. That part is about 5-6"
deep and sticks out from the wall. The other part of the cabinet sets into
the wall and is made of rough pine/fur/scrap wood. The rear part is in
poor shape too, since it stuck out about 10" beyond the wall into a
garage.
The radio itself is a Truetone, though the model number escapes me for the
moment. The record recorder is actually in fair shape, but is very, very
dusty. Much of that dust appears to have crept in from the garage. When I
started looking at removing the radio, I found that someone had removed
the back of the cabinet while attempting to figure out how it was put in,
and it was left off for awhile before I got to it.
I also found the thing was live electrically when I pulled it. Talk about
a fire hazard... The cord for the radio is brittle and bare in lots of
places. I had to cut power to that section of the house twice; once to
remove the radio and record recorder, and again when pulling the cabinet,
since it has a built-in outlet.
I'll eventually do a full restoration of the radio and record recorder,
both electronically and mechanically. Something is strange about the wood
front though, it has a waxy like feel to it right now, and it flakes off.
I'm thinking that may just be 20-30 year old furniture wax that is
deteriorating, but I don't know for sure yet.
If there is interest, I'll post when I get time to take some photos of the
radio chassis.
-Toth
4:18 p.m.
New subject: OT: Update on console radio/record recorder (was: Re: OT: dumpster dive ...)
Tothwolf wrote:
The cabinet is made up of two major parts. The front
part that you can see
in those photos is solid, and I think it is oak. That part is about 5-6"
deep and sticks out from the wall. The other part of the cabinet sets into
the wall and is made of rough pine/fur/scrap wood. The rear part is in
poor shape too, since it stuck out about 10" beyond the wall into a
garage.
The garage?? That's nice.
The radio itself is a Truetone, though the model number escapes me for the
moment. The record recorder is actually in fair shape, but is very, very
dusty. Much of that dust appears to have crept in from the garage. When I
started looking at removing the radio, I found that someone had removed
the back of the cabinet while attempting to figure out how it was put in,
and it was left off for awhile before I got to it.
Truetone.... I have two Trutone/Raymer items. They're newer (early
70's) PA/store music type components, However.
I didn;t realize that was a record recorder. I found a home recorded
record at the Salvation Army store last week. It was the first tiem I
had ever seen one. Actually, before this thread, I didn't know they
existed.
I also found the thing was live electrically when I pulled it. Talk about
a fire hazard... The cord for the radio is brittle and bare in lots of
places. I had to cut power to that section of the house twice; once to
remove the radio and record recorder, and again when pulling the cabinet,
since it has a built-in outlet.
I'll eventually do a full restoration of the radio and record recorder,
both electronically and mechanically. Something is strange about the wood
front though, it has a waxy like feel to it right now, and it flakes off.
I'm thinking that may just be 20-30 year old furniture wax that is
deteriorating, but I don't know for sure yet.
The radio I had was flaking, but it wasn't waxy, it was the finish :-)
If there is interest, I'll post when I get time to take some photos of the
radio chassis.
Yes, please do.
Have you had any time to work on the Fisher I sent you?
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
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