John's Ideas to Restore Dead Technology

Welcome to the Dead Technology Ideas Page

Here you will see some of the ways I restore dead technology. This page shows the different ways or techniques I have used or try for the first time to restore or repair items.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


1.  Stuffing New Capacitors into original bodies- RCA 103 Radio                              LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 1
2,  Restoring a 1950s Transistor Radio- Sylvania 3203GR Radio                              LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 2
3.  Repairing and Restoring an American Bosch Model 360 Radio Speaker                 LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 3
4.  Repair and Restore the Philco S8200 Oscilloscope                                           LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 4
5.  Restoring a Farm Radio- Sentinel 243T Radio                                                    LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 5
6. Restoring Cracked Late 1950-1960s Plastic Radio Cabinets                                      LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 6
7. Restoring Out of Tolerance Resistor and Capacitor for Atwater Kent 20                    LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 7
8. Restoring and modifying a 1961 Emerson 911 Transistor Radio    LINK:  RESTORATION IDEA 8
9. >> VINTAGE TV Restoration: 1948 Motorola VT-71 Vintage Electrostatic Television  LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 9
10. UV-199 Replacement for 1924 RCA AR-812 Superheterodyne Radio                            LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 10
11. Electronic Restoration of an RCA 128 Radio with an Interesting Family Story   LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 11
12. Total Restoration of a Termite Infested Crosley 66TC Radio                                   LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 12
13. >> VINTAGE TV Restoration: 1950 RCA Victor TC-125 (KSC34C chassis) 12" Roundie Console LINK:  RESTORATION IDEA 13
14. Repair the World's First Transistorized Production Oscilloscope the Tektronix 321      LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 14
15. Restoring 1937 Troy Radio 59PC Phonograph Radio Set                                       LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 15   16. >> VINTAGE TV Restoration: 1949 General Electric 806 Table Model Television LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 16   
17. Repairing a Radio- Throw Away Headache Sanrio Hello Kitty 55997LINK:  RESTORATION IDEA 17
18. Making  a Vintage No 6 Dry Cell Run Again LINK:  RESTORATION IDEA 18
19. >>VINTAGE TV RESTORATION: 1946 RCA 630TS (KCS20A chassis): First Mass Produced Television LINK:  RESTORATION IDEA 19
20. Getting and Odd Ball Test Instrument back into service: SICO TV Cross-Bar Generator     LINK:  RESTORATION IDEA 20
21. >>VINTAGE TV RESTORATION: 1960 Hoffman K1919 (355 Chassis) 19" PortableLINK:  RESTORATION IDEA 21
22. Restoring Vintage Triplett 650 Vacuum Tube Voltmeter (VTVM)LINK:  RESTORATION IDEA 22
23. Restoring Deformed Tuning Knob for Zenith N723 AM/FM Radio.LINK: RESTORATION IDEA 23  
24. Repairing a Tungar Trickle Charger (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)LINK: 

SAFETY TIP:  

Modification to Transformerless or AC/DC Radios to prevent electrical shock 

LINK:  SHOCK HAZARD MODIFICATION


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