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Old 7th Apr 2020, 11:17 am   #1
Heatercathodeshort
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Default Television Tilly oh sorry, trolley.

It's always a delicate path to take. I am fortunate to have workshop space divorced from the house and try as best I can to house the vintage bits and pieces in my collection shed or workshop.
There are a few vintage receivers and grams in the bungalow but they are all in use and not just ornaments or display pieces.
It is only too easy to allow the living accommodation to get clogged with basic junk especially if space is short as it often is in a modern house or flat.
First it is just the odd radio, then another arrives and you dump it on top of the first one and so on.
Eventually your living space becomes impossible resembling one of those homes you see on those Hoarders documentaries, crunching TV22s, DAC90s and all manner of delights underfoot.
I can understand where this comes from. I think we are all teetering on a minor version of the above. My parents war time generation suffered shortages to such an extent that they found it difficult to discard anything post war that might be useful, and it often was!

Time and again especially when friends visited they have wanted to see my most recent project maybe mentioned on this interesting Forum. It was then a matter of locating it then connecting standards converter etc and the usual mass of wires. Something had to be done and in a mad moment of enthusiasm I built this 'demonstration' trolley from a pallet and scrap wood.It is constructed with large wheel castors and can take the heaviest receiver while remaining steady being fitted together with dowels and 'W' woodworking adhesive.
A separate box houses the AURORA, DVD player and Digi tuner box. The Aurora is fitted in it's own box at the rear of the container with co-ax sockets and input selector switch mounted on the sides as can be seen in the pictures. The shelf in the middle can be removed to gain easy access for wiring etc. The finished item was rubbed down and given a couple of coats of light oak varnish.
Power is supplied via a two double 13amp sockets again mounted in a heavy box constructed from 2X2 timber and heavy plywood, complete with neon mains indicator.It is solid and incapable of flapping about when connecting equipment.
It is only necessary to plug in, connect the aerial and demonstrate any receiver of your choice, simple. It also makes a good 'soak' trolley and is equally at home demonstrating radios, table grams and record players.
Now here is the clever bit. The trolley does not look out of place in a room setting as can be seen.
With a few lengths of that expandable PVC spring curtain hanging wire fitted around the top and some trendy Laura Ashley fabric concealing the innards,
your good lady of the house will have nothing to complain about.You can sneak it into that vacant corner of the living or bedroom until required..
You can put a nice pot of plastic Geraniums on the top to finish it off.
Hope you like the idea and construct one during these strange times.
Regards, John.
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