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10th Jul 2014, 9:22 pm | #1 |
Hexode
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Location: Wembley, London, UK.
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Fullotone dial glass
Hello to everyone. I am hoping someone can help. I was re-aligning this Fullotone radio today, and suffered a serious disaster. (which could have been avoided if I had removed the glass dial). The radio overbalanced, and the glass got broken, almost in two similar sized pieces. The stations and Meters/Frequency's are printed on the glass. I was wondering if it is possible to make a new dial printing, to attach onto a new glass. Any advice would be very helpful. Cheers for the present. John.
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10th Jul 2014, 11:04 pm | #2 |
Heptode
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Sheerness, Kent, UK.
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Re: Fullotone dial glass
Hi John,
I had to make a new dial glass for a GEC some time back because the background paintwork had crazed making the dial unreadable. The way I produced the replacement is detailed at the following thread: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=75671 It may give you some ideas. However it will be quite a lot of work to produce the replacement. The other option is to ask on the forum under sets and parts wanted somebody may have a spare. Regards Dave |
11th Jul 2014, 1:06 pm | #3 |
Hexode
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Re: Fullotone dial glass
Hello Dave, Thanks for all your advice contained in tread and extension. I am off now to get a new glass cut. How I am going to get the 'station names' onto it is another problem. If successful, I'll send a tread. All the best. John.
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13th Jul 2014, 10:30 am | #4 |
Heptode
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Re: Fullotone dial glass
Hi John,
The station information was not actually on the glass, it was printed on a transparency sheet that was then sandwiched between the glass and a sheet of perspex. 2 pieces of glass could be used each half the thickens of the original dependant on the room available. Dave. |
19th Jul 2014, 10:48 am | #5 |
Rest in Peace
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Re: Fullotone dial glass
Do not save as JPG for this type of image, save as PNG or as a vector, (ie copy image in Visio and paste direct into word.
JPG is a very poor format for line drawings with only a few colours, but fine if you want true colour and compression artifacts. Mike |