An old friend had a TV repair shop in North Hollywood CA for 45 years. (Television Company of No. Hollywood) He retired in 1998 but continued to fix TVs as a hobby til 10 years ago. He repaired a few vintage TVs for me and he mentioned to me that, "in the last 10 years I've run across problems I've never seen before". Referring to the fact that TVs had age related issues that the average repairman never had to deal with before. He would have been amused at the split half-inverted picture this TV had. 😁
No point doing a re-cap of the chassis if the picture tube is a dud; that would be like beating a dead horse. If the casing was in better shape, then "maybe" a scrounged good CRT of similar type to the original could be a suitable replacement (if available) followed by a full chassis re-cap and routine alignment to bring the whole thing back to full working order might make the repair somewhat worthwhile ... _but I can't see Shango investing any more time on this one, other than to keep it as a parts set_
Plastic injection moulds are usually made out of hardened steel. A silicone mould for casting resin could be made, but resin would just look weird, and it would probably even more fragile than the old case.
I’m thinking vacuum forming might be a better option? (If you’re not familiar with vacuum forming plastic sheets - google it or look on RU-vid; it’s quite a nifty trick). 🤔
This is a great video. Hitting on all cylinders. FLIR footage made it even better, being able to visualize and actually see the heavy current flow in the clip lead. You're making me want to get a flir camera, damn you:) Would love to see it further rehabilitated. Perhaps one section at a time, so as to see the progression as the performance of the set gets better and better. Lots of interesting stuff to see in the video, was sorry to see it end.
I was curious about the name, and from what I found this creampuff was sold as a dual purpose table top/portable set, which is the "dual" in Dualette. There was a matching base to make it a floor model - think of a docking station. Sylvania bragged about the excellent chassis quality.
we had the same thing around here before we lost analog stations. our channel 6, we could also listen to the audio on the very lower edge of the radio band. i remember if we were away and would miss the local news we could still hear the audio in the car on the radio
I have one very similar to that. It's an old Panasonic 12 inch black and white. Oh how I miss those two separate VHF and UHF tuner dials. I hooked it up to my first converter box for atsc television in 2010. Oh glorious black-and-white.❤❤❤❤
Unusual style! That's what makes it special. I wouldn't really want it, though. Unless I could get a lot of money for selling it. But alas, that's the way the TV crumbles. It's like watching TV on a slinky.
... and to male it more complicated, for an extra $10 you got a dual speaker dualette ... B.t.w.: The flimsy cabinet, the avoidance of screws wherever possible and the use of tape to hold everything together officially reduced the dualettes weight to keep it portable. Sylvania claimed.
If anything you have taught me is when my mother built her first television herself, since she learned and work at Bendix Radio in Towson Md. from the middle 40s to the middle 50s when she went to Westinghouse Aerospace also in the Baltimore area. You have showed me the basic stuff she needed to build it. I bet she would had used a multi meter similar to yours. It was amazing what she knew all those years. I give you allot of praised for knowing the old electronic systems today
I really like the narration while you got the variac and FLIR cam going. It definitely reminds me of the early NASA launch sequences, watched on a b/w sets in the late 60's.
Found an advertisement from Catalin Styrene bragging about them making the Dualette cabinet for Sylvania. That explains the crumbling plastic. I'm balding, so a man-bun is out of the cards for me, but just seeing this gives me a hankering for PBR 40's, and trying on skinny jeans.
I don't think it's weird at all I really enjoyed this video along with all the others you've shared. You're real, witty and funny. I've learned a lot about Electronics following you over the years. Thanks for you being you.
Would love to see this one recapped as long as it does not crumble to pieces while you're doing that. The CRT looked not bad at all. Just check it again after it has been sitting for a while and decide if it's worth it. Hopefully not too much upcoming problems like you had with the Sears. Again, another great videos with birds, airplanes and everything. Best Regards from Germany!
Yeah, please recap this beauty. It looks like an Astronaut's Helmet at 1:27. Wish they would style anything like the 60ies today.. Shango, you're the best !
@ 0:50...OMFG this guy is hilarious. Love watching these videos 😂 Because of this channel, I've been able to restore a couple of vintage sets. But I stay for the entertainment as well as the education.
It looks like the set is in good overall shape electronically, so yeah, I'd recap it. Apparently there's a market for that set, so even if you're not into it, you could probably sell it for a nice chunk of change
I've a military TS 325 A/U meter that is similar to the Weston you have. (In fact, made BY Weston). For an analog meter it's proven very accurate and stupidly robust.
Armor All works very nicely to restore the luster of these old plastic cabinets. I even use it on old 1950's dial cords to make the plastic more supple.
Interesting video. This is the most cheaply made Sylvania set I'd ever seen but due to the uniqueness of the styling, I think it's worth a recap. It looks like it's from 1961 as a saw a partial date code of the OEM tube above the H.O. tube. It was " 11" but couldn't see the third digit but the first "1" would mean 1961. The next two would be the week. Sylvania always stacks their date code and their EIA code vertically. OEM tubes always are a green print and their replacement tubes are yellow or red print with an alpha date code. This TV looks very similar to the one in the movie "Driving Miss Daisy." It was in her kitchen and her domestic help used it to watch soap operas. LOL!
Id say as a general rule if you break out a TV you have to diagnose and repair. I really like your style of repair and it really fun to watch. Since you left this one in an unknown state I will go to bed sad.
I think one of these, or a set extremely similar, can be seen in Driving Miss Daisy in the kitchen scene where Idella is watching it as she works and passes away.
That is the cheapest junk tv you have ever shown on your channel. I agree it is a nice looking TV. It I have also learned after years collecting old radios. The neatest looking most collectible ones are always the cheap neat looking junk. Take a same size zenith table top and 3D print a “duellette” case for it hipsters would love that😂
you know what the dualette really stands for? it's that it was "dual purpose" according to the dealer ads - being both a portable set you could haul around AND a table model that "blended in with home decor"
As described upon introduction of the Sylvania Dualette in 1958. "As the name implies, it can function both as a table model and a portable. It was designed to fill the demand for a table model that would fit in with any home decor without sacrificing the moveability features of a portable. The set has an all-plastic cabinet and its over-all weight comes to 33 lbs..." Regarding the speakers... "The set will be available in two models - the 17D203, with a 3 1/2 inch front mounted speaker, in coral and white, listing for $189.05 and the 17D303 with dual front mounted spekers, in turquoise and white or beige and white, listing for $199.95". Of course, overtime, your plastics may vary ;-).
Chevy Vega of TV sets. Cheaply built, failure prone, but good-looking. I would absolutely repair that set. And... neither tube testers nor schematics are always right. I've heard vertical bottom foldover that made the yoke pound on the glass of the CRT like someone drumming the neck with a screwdriver. The 21LU8 got pretty toasty. Philco, bad capacitors, easy fix. If it's more than twenty years old, after the inspection, it gets the Variac for a slow and gentle power-up. Always.
"Black Beauty" was the nickname for a street drug in the 70's (biphetamine). So one might get some strange looks with the T-shirt. Mind you, that might be what the wearer is going for...
Hi Shango, this tv set might not be your cup of tea, and I understand that. But it seems that young people like this kind of stuff you might as well get it recapped and what else is necessary to get it to work properly and then sell it. Let them take care of the "looks" themselves. It will make another interesting video and from the money you will get for it you can buy parts do a repair on another project. (and make another video 😁) Thanks for the upload!
Shango, That is a cool looking set ! You should fix it ! There must be a plastic protector spray ?? or a plastic restore spray somewhere ! Maybe ? Re-Cap !! Re-Cap !!...or install a new flat screen in the case !! Yea ! That would be one of a kind ! heheh ! Peace
Keep it , Recap it and then sell it, , just be sure it goes to a good home though be cool to watch old 1960's or even 1950's TV shows on that set, that's what i would do as i'm a collector of vintage tv shows , i have lots on tape and some on DVD , this would be a perfect set for those shows to run on too. that's how i would use it, so give it a new home. don't destroy it, as i think it deserves another life that i would give it if it were Recapped. i would then actually use it too just for the old programs though. so do it, recap it.
Not that bad for a mostly dead tube, and I'm curious to see how it goes with a total recap (that's just my feeling of a viewer though). With a respect to your time, thank you for the show PS its textolite looks fine btw - the quality of the thing
Man that TV looks like it traveled to Mars on the old "Mission to the Red Planet" that was filmed back when that set was made. Very early rocket designer set made to last 100 years in space, 20 on earth.
It does have two speakers but that's not the reason it's called a dualette. It's called a "dualette" because it's both a table model and a portable. I read that in a 1959 magazine ad for this television. 📺
Tape still holding the wires back after nearly 60 year's they knew how to build stuff back then, like the old saying goes sometimes the simplest idea is the best
Shangie shangs! Funny what things do and don't gather followings. It's usually not the quality built stuff, but the disposably built stuff (even from back in the 60's).
Awesome! A new TV video. I have a question about your NTSC colour bar generator. Why do some sets do a vertical 50/50 split, and others seem to put the blue/black/white bars only on the lower 15-20% of the screen?
This video... You sounded high in the beginning, lots of good jokes, but the you relapsed back to your old self again at the end. well it's looking like a keeper, and I can't wait for part 2! P.S. I have a feeling a speaker's missing.
I had the 21" version. Put a new crt in it.A customer had to have. I called it the mouth open. Worked really well, had super cascade tuner. That was in late 60s
I never knew that sylvania did anything other than valves/tubes, the question is does the owner want you to keep going. Your videos are always good :-D
