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dgadzinski
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Post subject: Emerson 503 Before and After....Added video on making a lens  Posted: Jul Mon 09, 2012 4:24 am |
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Spent the whole day working on this. Pulled the chassis and recapped, replaced a bad 35Z5, new line cord.
Replaced broken dial string, painted the metal plate behind the dial (paint flaking off).
Glued loose veneer and replaced a couple of very small spots where the veneer was missing. Made a lens using .015 PETG. Finished the cabinet with Minwax Red Oak stain. Lacquered with Minwax semi Gloss Clear Lacquer....blah, blah, blah.
Reassemble, plug in, turn it on, tune in your favorite oldies station, crack open a beer and enjoy.
Side Note: It takes Nucow 6 months with a team of Engineers and Artisans to do this.
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After Posted: Jul Mon 09, 2012 6:58 am |
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Now that is quite the difference!! I never would have thought that anyone could bring the Grill-(white part) back so clean and bright white!! Congrats on a great little restoration, you should be proud!!!!  Lynn
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After Posted: Jul Mon 09, 2012 4:38 pm |
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Nice work!
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Pbpix
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After Posted: Jul Mon 09, 2012 4:51 pm |
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Excellent.
Is that dial cover cone-shaped or only looks that way?
If so how did you make it so its cone-shaped?
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dgadzinski
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After Posted: Jul Mon 09, 2012 6:35 pm |
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Pbpix wrote: Excellent.
Is that dial cover cone-shaped or only looks that way?
If so how did you make it so its cone-shaped? It is convex.... Here is a youtube video on how I did it.http://youtu.be/laOsR8fRTio
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dgadzinski
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After Posted: Jul Mon 09, 2012 6:38 pm |
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philcolynn wrote: Now that is quite the difference!! I never would have thought that anyone could bring the Grill-(white part) back so clean and bright white!! Congrats on a great little restoration, you should be proud!!!! Lynn The truth is since I decided to do something with the knobs and the plate behind the dial graphics, I painted that grill with an off-white enamel. The phenolic material yellowed unevenly and cleaning had no effect so I decided to paint.
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Pbpix
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After Posted: Jul Tue 10, 2012 4:59 am |
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dgadzinski wrote: Pbpix wrote: Excellent.
Is that dial cover cone-shaped or only looks that way?
If so how did you make it so its cone-shaped? It is convex.... Here is a youtube video on how I did it.http://youtu.be/laOsR8fRTioThanks Dave... gee.. that was too easy... lol
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glasdave
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After....Added video on making a Posted: Jul Wed 11, 2012 9:31 am |
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Yes, thanks, a great answer to a problem shape. !
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Bob Masse
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After....Added video on making a Posted: Jul Wed 11, 2012 2:07 pm |
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Great job on the dial lens. Thanks for sharing.
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After....Added video on making a Posted: Jul Wed 11, 2012 9:48 pm |
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Stan Ski
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After....Added video on making a Posted: Jul Thu 12, 2012 12:18 am |
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Mr. Gadzinski , Beautiful job and i am really impressed. Bet you thought i was going to say something silly didn,t you?
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dgadzinski
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After....Added video on making a Posted: Jul Thu 12, 2012 1:11 am |
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Stan Ski wrote: Mr. Gadzinski , Beautiful job and i am really impressed. Bet you thought i was going to say something silly didn,t you?
Stan Ski Yes I did. Are you feeling well? 
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Stan Ski
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After....Added video on making a Posted: Jul Thu 12, 2012 1:41 am |
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Only with my fingers. If i got into how i am feeling it would take up all the web space on this site and i would never do that . OK first there is my RA and then there is my AF. I went to see the Doc today and etc etc. Never mind
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After....Added video on making a Posted: Jul Thu 12, 2012 3:38 am |
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That was great, thanks for sharing your idea's and techniques. Where can you but the PETG material from? The radio looks great as well. Thanks.
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dgadzinski
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Post subject: Re: Emerson 503 Before and After....Added video on making a Posted: Jul Thu 12, 2012 10:03 am |
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I happened to get that plastic from Laird Plastics locally. They have an off-cuts shelf and the sheets I got were about double that size. They charged me $8.00 for 10 pieces.
Any plastics distributor should have this.
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