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Coming up soon: an exciting new restoration project!

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Till Eulenspiegel said
Work on the cabinet continues. There is traces of green paint to get rid of and it ain't easy trying to remove the stuff.

Latest picture of the surface of the cabinet top.  Beautiful veneer pattern and to think they sloshed that green stuff over this?

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I've often had that argument with people who think a coat of reassuringly expensive paint like Farrow and Ball or similar greatly improves "boring brown furniture that no-one wants anyway."

A week or two ago I was at our local auction house and there was the most beautiful 1950s bedroom set executed entirely in birds-eye maple; it consisted of lady's and gentleman's wardrobes, bedside cabinets, dressing table and head/footboards for the bed. If I had the room in my bedroom, that would have come home with me...

 
Posted : 27/09/2017 6:24 pm
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That paint was the most dire sacrilege of the diabolical kind. That cabinet is going look fantastic once it's been restored.

I certainly 'doff me cap' to you on this one!

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Posted : 27/09/2017 9:26 pm
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Well now,

Wouldn't you just believe it? A 101 has come up for sale, but it's in Truro - had enough work done on it to get "..a raster of sorts.." on the CRT.

Lots of cabinet, tiny little screen. Love it! If it were nearer I'd even take a punt at it.......innocent

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Posted : 07/10/2017 9:52 pm
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Hi Marion,  Checked out the distance Newcastle to Truro, it's more than 450 miles.   > Nine hundred mile round trip to pick up an old TV. No thanks, I'll keep faith with the green cabinet restoration. Just got to get rid of the last traces of that horrible paint and then work can commence modifying the cabinet to accommodate the Plessey Mark 1 chassis.

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Posted : 09/10/2017 1:04 pm
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NEWS FLASH!   22:00hrs: The Ebay Decca 101 TV sold for £16.00!

That's a lot less than I paid for the green cabinet.

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Posted : 09/10/2017 10:03 pm
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So I see!.... Arrgghhhh!!nuts_gif

As long as it doesn't end up painted green, gutted and offered for sale a "retro/antique" bookcase.

Like I said, if it had been nearby, I'd have taken a punt at it, but Truro would be around 350 miles from here, and I'm good for around 30~35 miles (on a good day). After that, my lumbar spine gets very angry.

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Posted : 09/10/2017 10:18 pm
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What a bargain but alas too far away for me. Fingers crossed it's gone to an enthusiast.

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Posted : 09/10/2017 11:02 pm
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That method of mounting a CRT always used to give me the 'heebeegeebees' but then, what was the alternative?

Work on recreating the Decca 101 has restarted.  This week I will concentrate on finding a method of mounting the round 12" CRT, the chances are it will have to be those webbing straps and springs.

A new removable front panel has been made and now I have to figure out how the CRT and it's rubber mask can be fitted on a new front panel.  Without having a similar set to copy some artistic license will have to be allowed. However, what does appear apparent in the pictures of the Decca 101 is that the front panel can be removed for screen cleaning.  Rather taking the risk of using a good CR tube  I have a broken CRM121 CRT for test fitting in the new front panel.

The most difficult part of the recreation is those Decca trade mark loudspeaker slats, all eighteen of them!

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Posted : 23/12/2018 6:24 pm
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The new front panel test fitted today.  The original cabinet floor will be chopped out because the Decca 101 service manual informs us that it is possible to carry out most servicing to the chassis by simply inverting the cabinet.

The Plessey sourced chassis is supported on two narrow battens.

Note the green cabinet doors and a glimpse of a Murphy V136 which has suffered the same fate as the Decca 121 cabinet.

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Posted : 23/12/2018 11:45 pm
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The correct rubber mask needed for the Decca 101 was removed from the Defiant TR1250.  

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Posted : 25/12/2018 4:49 pm
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A new control panel made and fitted.

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Posted : 28/12/2018 3:21 pm
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Hi David.

I like the double 13 amp socket fitted to the screen, excellent. ? 

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Posted : 28/12/2018 7:35 pm
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I did have to look twice at that photo.

 

Great job on the cabinet.

 

Frank

 
Posted : 28/12/2018 10:00 pm
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Hi all and a happy new Year. 

As there's no electronics left in this one you could install an arcade monitor chassis and make  the bottom section contain the decoder and audio. I'm nnot sure about the green paintwork but  it all depends whether you want original looks. Me, I'm starting the other way round, once I can get back into trhings after the New Year break. I'm beginning with a chassis and building a cabinet, and although it's going to look retro, it should be totally unique.

 
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Posted by: MongooseDC

As there's no electronics left in this one you could install an arcade monitor chassis and make  the bottom section contain the decoder and audio. 

If you knew David and the work he does, an arcade monitor chassis wouldn't even be the last thing he would consider, in fact it would be complete heresy.  ? 

Besides on page two you should have noticed he already has an appropriate candidate chassis, see here. Also making progress with the electronics here.

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I'm nnot sure about the green paintwork but  it all depends whether you want original looks. 

With Davids renowned cabinet skills, leaving it green was never going to be an option. Again by reading up to page 4 of the thread you will have noticed he has all but achieved its removal, see here.

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Posted : 02/01/2019 8:49 am
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Hi.

Like Chris I've seen David's cabinet skills. He is a true craftsman and also a very generous person. I was gifted his Ekco TSC30A a couple of years ago and to say I was gobsmacked is an under statement. The set has an illustrious history after being chopped in half to make a table model. To cut a long story short David and another friend rebuilt this back to its former glory of a console set. As far as we know it is the only surviving one and it looks superb. I also remember David building a replica cabinet for a pre war GEC and don't forget Mike's HMV900.

I certainly would love to have those carpentry skills he has.

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Posted : 02/01/2019 9:42 am
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Update on the progress of the Decca 101 recreation.

The 6.35mm safety glass was made by a local firm, Traditional Glass.  The correct rubber mask for the Decca was removed from a Defiant TR1250 TV set.                        

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 The Plessey Mk1 chassis from the Defiant will be installed later on.  The CRT chosen for the Decca will be a Mullard  MW31-74.  

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Posted : 24/01/2019 12:58 am
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The loudspeaker baffle board was test fitted today.

The Decca 101 had a large round loudspeaker.  8 or 10" unit?

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Posted : 22/02/2019 10:31 pm
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Meanwhile work continues on the Decca cabinet. Those awful green doors are now showing the veneer pattern.  The eighteen vertical slats were made earlier this year.

Decca 101 Cabinet Doors

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Posted : 27/06/2021 6:40 pm
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But elements of this former hipster horror show still exist.   Those door knobs for example.

Decca 101 Cabinet Doors 2

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