Brian Cuff

Thanks for the correction, Chris. I should not have been so lazy and - just o and look at the tube!

I have just laid my hands on another 707 which is in a much better condition than my other one - not half as much rust. However, every silver lining has a cloud and this one is a stuck knob - the TUNE...

The capacitor positions are interesting, Till. In my 900, the three horizontal capacitor positions seem to be C11, C9 and C10 in descending order from top of board to bottom. The centre position was d...

It is of special interest to me as about 20 years ago, my company installed a slightly more modern news studio in that very same room in BH. The frame on which the "projector" sat was still in positio...

It's great that this thread has created much interest in the old Baird standard and thanks, Till, for the effort that you have put into researching the way in which the dual standard switching was imp...

Thanks Till I see that the V8 blanking plate is riveted in position suggesting your theory of a factory mod/build. Was there no plate over the V8 holder? The wiring to V8 holder on my 900 has been cut...

occiput said EMI are known to have issued a number of field service bulletins for the first-generation television sets in the period 1936 - 39. One of these was to remove the 240/25 timebase compon...

Occiput mentioned the EMI instructions to remove the 240 line switch and components in their omnibus service data release. This has given me an idea! I would like to re-instate the 240 line circuitry...

I got a surprise when I decided to remove all the components from the Sync chassis in order to get he metalwork blast cleaned and plated. I drilled out all the copper rivets holding the valve holders ...

A bit more progress on the HMV 900 PSU front: The chassis has now been cleaned and primed & painted and looks half decent. I have returned the main power transformer to its rightful place together...

I've bought some olive green hessian-type material for the backs. I think that it will look the part when glued onto the frames. I'll use hot glue with perhaps a lath about 1.5mm thick to hold it down...

I won't forget the BT9121, Till. Especially as you very kindly kept out of the ebay auction in order that Mike Izicky had a better chance of getting it for the BT8161 which he has taken over from me. ...

Well, Till. My project is not so exiting as yours and I shall be following it closely in order to glean some ideas on the art of challenging restorations. It will be, I'm sure, a very interesting thre...

Hi Till the Axminster supplied BT330 is table-top machine which is a relatively easy one-man lift. Maximum planing width is 12" with a thicknessing maximum of about 5". The machine itself is very tidi...

Hi - I'm back again after 9 days in a Duchess of Kent hospice in Reading. They gave me superb treatment and fortunately, I recovered fairly quickly! I lost 2 and a half days though through delirium et...

Do you still want the spare 1804 main mains transformer, Till? I do have a spare and could send that to you this week if I can find a strong enough box. The 1804 chassis is in a double box in which a ...

I certainly wasn't suggesting that VHS machines were used for any form of play-out except in extraordinary circumstances. I my experience, they were very much production department based equipment wit...

There's an HMV 1804 chassis on its way to you as we write so that could be the vision basis of the mirror lid! Thats AC only with two transformers: HT and EHT.

FordAnglia said When I freelanced for WREX-TV the station was all analogue NTSC, and we were not allowed to play VHS or Beta to air unless it was bumped to type-C one inch VT. Thus adding another ...

I though about bidding for something but after looking at the list I thought to myself what would I do with anything I bought? The answer was "nothing"! So I didn't bid on anything and consequently am...