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23rd Jun 2021, 8:34 pm | #21 |
Octode
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Re: Dansette covering?
I will have to ask my mate Tony at the Larkhall Inn where I drink most lunchtimes. He used to make Dansette record player cabinets as well as Roberts radio cabinets when he worked at Bath Cabinet Makers (later Arkana) during the 1950s and 1960s. Many radio and TV cabinets were made here in Bath including cabinets for Dynatron amongst many others. If anyone would know what materials were used then he should, I will try to catch him on Friday.
Neil
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24th Jun 2021, 7:40 pm | #22 |
Triode
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Re: Dansette covering?
Thanks very much Neil. That is very good of you.
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9th Jul 2021, 3:22 pm | #23 |
Octode
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Re: Dansette covering?
Well, I had a chat with Tony today (he has been on holiday for a week). All completed cabinets made at Bath Cabinet Makers were veneered, these were cabinets for radios, televisions and radiograms. All cabinets for portable equipment such as for Roberts, Hacker and Dansette were made as bare-bones plywood cabinets and then sent out to another plant for the covering stage. I am fairly sure that Roberts radios were finished off in Walcot Street (only a five minute walk from home) but anything bigger was sent further afield.
Attached image shows both the old and new factories where cabinets were made. The new factory is now a Lidls store and is a listed building. Neil
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10th Jul 2021, 12:51 am | #24 | |
Nonode
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Re: Dansette covering?
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It's worth having a look as, while not an exact match, they have a number that are a similar flexibility and can certainly be used as a vibrant and personalised covering material. |
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10th Jul 2021, 9:20 am | #25 |
Dekatron
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Location: East Sussex, UK.
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Re: Dansette covering?
I think the 'alternative' coating was PVC. Certainly smells similar to a reel of PVC covered cable when new. Best quality was a fine cotton cloth but cheaper alternatives, usually on cheaper makes, was printed paper which sometimes had a PVC coating and sometimes a cheaper sort of flexible varnish.
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12th Jul 2021, 11:32 am | #26 |
Triode
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK
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Re: Dansette covering?
Thanks again Neil. An interesting piece of history
Barry |
12th Jul 2021, 11:37 am | #27 |
Triode
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Location: Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK
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Re: Dansette covering?
Thanks Uncle Bulgaria, that is really helpful.
The Rexine (or Rexine lookalike) seems to be the most common used by Dansette restorers and I have not been able to find anything remorely resembling the cloth appearance of my Dansette Bermuda. However, the link to FJ Ratchford you posted looks promising. They certainly have many more options available than other places I have searched. I shall have to settle down to a good browse through the Ratchford website Barry |
12th Jul 2021, 11:41 am | #28 |
Triode
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Re: Dansette covering?
Thanks vidjoman, another very helpful tip.
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5th Sep 2021, 1:40 pm | #29 |
Hexode
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Re: Dansette covering?
my father used some kind of printed paper - also appears used on record cases as I have one in front of me now and its wearing on the folds badly. I heard on Youtube the paper types are no longer avalible, is that true ?
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9th Sep 2021, 9:36 am | #30 |
Triode
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK
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Re: Dansette covering?
Yes, it seems the original paper covering is no longer available. However, the Ratchford link I mentioned earlier looks encouraging. They sent me some samples which look like they'll do the job.
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9th Sep 2021, 11:37 am | #31 |
Nonode
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Cornwall, UK.
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Re: Dansette covering?
Ratchford's sample cards are remarkably attractive!
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