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Old 27th May 2017, 5:09 pm   #1
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Default Ferranti 145 jelly mould.

Picked this up today for 40 quid. In great condition inside and out. Has anyone restored one of these? Any recommendations? I normally use Greygate polishing paste no 5 on bakerlite, especially for getting rid of any haze. What other polishes cleaners have people found that work well. I want to restore this set electrically eventually but am a novice. So i have just bought reading material and dvd course on restoring old sets. Be great to hook with someone local that would be willing to offer some guidance.
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Old 27th May 2017, 5:17 pm   #2
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Default Re: Ferranti 145 jelly mould.

This is as good a place as any to start:-

https://www.vintage-radio.com/repair...ion/index.html

If you type "Ferranti 145" into the Google search box at the top of this page, you'll find several threads concerning these radios.
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Old 28th May 2017, 9:12 pm   #3
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Default Re: Ferranti 145 jelly mould.

I’m part way through restoring one of these sets. The main difficulty to date has been the large amount of perished wiring under the chassis, which is very time consuming to remove and replace. I’d definitely recommend practicing on a less valuable set first. £40 is a steal for one of these in good condition.

If you have a multimeter it might be worth measuring the resistance of the speaker field coil, which should be about 1000 Ohms. Mine seems to be open circuit and will need a rewind. Hopefully yours is OK. I think the measurement is between the first and last tags on the speaker but if you download the Trader sheet for this model it will tell you for certain.

Greygate is excellent stuff. I’ve also used T-cut on Bakelite to good effect but it leaves a horrible residue if any remains in the recesses.

Good luck with the restoration.

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Default Re: Ferranti 145 jelly mould.

One of my friends used brown shoe polish on the DAC90 he had inherited that had sat by the window of his late Aunt's in direct sunlight for decades and had suffered discoloration accordingly. It came up well.
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