decojoe67
One of the Regulars
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Those are neat TVs when you get them to work -- but they're difficult to work on because of the way the chassis had to be compressed to fit in the cabinet. My best friend's father was a machinist for GE, and got one of the earliest versions of that set -- which my friend still has. The cabinet's kind of rough after forty years in the attic, but the set itself is still solid.
I bought this set from my repair tech. who did a complete re-cap on it. We had the chassis out and I was amazed at the complex, cramped look of the components from underneath! The set plays very well now with lots of contrast. Intereseting story about early version! The good news about the bakelite cabinet on this model is that, with a little elbow grease, they can be buffed up to a like-new gloss. The bad news is they have many weak points and are usually found cracked to some degree. Even this one had a minor one that I sured up with JB Weld from the underside. Here is shot of the set working, but the camera washed out the picture a lot.
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