[HN Gopher] 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair ...
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       1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2022-10-16 20:20 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (retrorepairsandrefurbs.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (retrorepairsandrefurbs.com)
        
       | shadowofneptune wrote:
       | I always am amazed by how chaotic point-to-point wiring is.
       | Diodes hanging here, a capacitor there, with no real sense of
       | organization. It's such a contrast from the ordered appearance of
       | a PCB.
        
       | userbinator wrote:
       | Those of you who liked this may also enjoy this channel on
       | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/glasslinger
       | 
       | Also, I was able to find a free download of the service manual
       | very easily.
        
       | ishtanbul wrote:
       | If you like this, you'll probably like this restoration of these
       | old headphones https://youtu.be/98pUBuTar_s
        
       | madengr wrote:
       | Nice restoration. I have a Hallicrafters SX-62 I need to finish
       | restoring. It cool to see Soviet Union printed on the glass.
        
       | jrmg wrote:
       | I love that this is a blog post and not a video. I can read in my
       | own time, not disturb others around me, and really peer at the
       | pictures without having to pause at the exact correct moment.
        
       | baus wrote:
       | Nice. I repair and restore vintage tube amps as hobby. Good
       | distraction from software and modern tech
        
       | sizzzzlerz wrote:
       | Love this. When I was a kid, my friend and I used to visit radio
       | and TV stores to scrounge old radio chasses just like this. We
       | take them home, not to repair them, but to scavenge them for the
       | parts. We'd use these big ass soldering irons or guns to remove
       | the components, pull the tubes, and remove all the pots and other
       | mechanical parts. Once we had pulled everything we could, the
       | rest would go into the trash. All the parts would go into
       | separate storage boxes by type and by value.
       | 
       | Why did we do this? Well, we told ourselves we were going to
       | build some ham radio equipment. Of course, we never did and all
       | the parts eventually got scrapped but when you're 10 years old
       | and summer days lasted forever, it was fun way to spend a few
       | hours.
        
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