That shutter dial is the coolest thing! That is quite the mechanism! That 15 inch speaker must be really bassy!I really like that photo print you have!I love the 1920's-early 30's era.
I just got my Zenith 12S370 working today, I bought it at an estate sale a couple of months back and I just got it working sounds awesome! You need to get yours working you wont be sorry.
I have the exact same model. Had the electronics fixed and the tubes replaced at a shop in Stillwater Minnesota over a decade ago and it still works fine.
I took the AM band plates off, as well as the outer log ring, and scanned them on a flatbed scanner. Then I used Microsoft Paint (I think) to zoom in on every single letter and symbol, re-drawing them in white pixel-by-pixel. Then I filled in every other part in black. I printed the result out on card stock on our inkjet printer and then cut them out, blackened the edges with a marker, glued thm in place and coated them lightly with laquer or maybe some craft finishing spray.
The if I'm not mistaken, this radio has a motorized dial. When using the motorized dial, the larger dial will spin fast and the small moves slowly, making a distinct whizing sound.
....but then eventually lost the touched-up image file in a hard drive crash or PC death. It really was a long time ago. I was really happy with the results, though.
That shutter dial is the coolest thing! That is quite the mechanism! That 15 inch speaker must be really bassy!I really like that photo print you have!I love the 1920's-early 30's era.
I just got my Zenith 12S370 working today, I bought it at an estate sale a couple of months back and I just got it working sounds awesome! You need to get yours working you wont be sorry.
I have the exact same model. Had the electronics fixed and the tubes replaced at a shop in Stillwater Minnesota over a decade ago and it still works fine.
You must have refinished the cabinet it looks fantastic.
I took the AM band plates off, as well as the outer log ring, and scanned them on a flatbed scanner. Then I used Microsoft Paint (I think) to zoom in on every single letter and symbol, re-drawing them in white pixel-by-pixel. Then I filled in every other part in black. I printed the result out on card stock on our inkjet printer and then cut them out, blackened the edges with a marker, glued thm in place and coated them lightly with laquer or maybe some craft finishing spray.
The if I'm not mistaken, this radio has a motorized dial. When using the motorized dial, the larger dial will spin fast and the small moves slowly, making a distinct whizing sound.
I have this set. This set is from 39, only the 15 tube models were motorized. 1938 models (9 tube and up) are motorized.
Beautiful radio!! I look forward to seeing how the electronic part of your restoration is going.
It sounds AWESOME when electronically restored. Look up "Zenith Shutter Dial" on You Tube and you'll see what I'm talking about.
thats sad poor thing if you try you can get it running ive always wanted a shutterdial radio
wow thats cool.
Retrochad could fix that and get it running.
Look him up on youtube here.
Enjoyed the clip. Could I get the details of how you restored the shutterdial face? Thanks
....but then eventually lost the touched-up image file in a hard drive crash or PC death. It really was a long time ago. I was really happy with the results, though.