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History of Porters

I thought that it might be a good idea to write some posts about the history of beer rather than just a bunch of status updates and “how to” articles. So we are going to kick this mini-series off by going out of order. I wanted to do an overall history of beer but that is going to take longer than I thought and I wanted to get the history of Porter out before I share a few bottles of my Baltic Porter with some of you. So here...

Dumont RA-502/503 A

This is a very attractive and reasonably sized 1950s black and white television. This will be a longer restoration as all of the caps and most resisters need replaced. It appears that all of the tubes are intact and there is no damage to the case. This post will be updated as the project progresses.

Webster Chicago Model 78-1

This wire recorder was picked up at a very good price on eBay. The recorder appears to be from 1947 and is in excellent condition given its age. There are some paint chips but nothing too noticeable and there is no rust! This post will go through the process of recapping the unit and replacing any wires or resisters that are bad. So far all of the internals appear to be original. To get the electrolytic caps out I had to remove the metal plate by taking out two screws on the side, there is...

Pioneer CLD-V190 (Repair)

This post is about the repair of a Pioneer CLD-V190 laserdisc player, I bought in “working condition”. When plugged in and turned on the player made a very loud clicking noise and the video and audio was subpar (this format was known to have good quality video and audio). For the purposes of this post I wont go into the details of how the player works or its history since that was done on the time line. So first...