Friend of mine produced me antenna tip from stainless steel (turning lathe), I polished it and glued with CA glue on last segment of telescopic aerial.
Nice.
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Well done! Looks really good.Ben
Here are a few pictures of my new beolit find,it`s a 609fm with the original box.
Henrik.
Location: Fredensborg Denmark
Here are a few pictures of my new beolit find,it`s a 609fm with the original box.
Henrik.
That's really nice Henrik - I love the original box!
Hi Ben.
I love it too 😁
Henrik.
Location: Fredensborg Denmark
Last weekend i was very lucky to find this very very nice beolit 1000 for only 400dkr(54euro)
It lacks the antenna knob but otherwise it is perfectly fine and plays as it should
Henrik.
Location: Fredensborg Denmark
Find of the year! 🤒
Martin
Hi Martin,we`ll see when the year is over 😁
Location: Fredensborg Denmark
Wow,
beautiful wood color. It had to be in the dark for a long period of time, because veneer is not changed by sun.
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Hello all,
New member here. I am glad to be accepted in this forum.
My story with B&O began a few weeks ago, when on a local flea market, I found a black Beolit 700 1505, in a somewhat sorry state. The vendor was not able to tell me if it was operational or not, ant let it go for 20 EUR. Cosmetically, some good points, like the antenna which was not broken, and some less good, rusty battery contacts, broken and lost volume and tone control, an overhaul brownish colour, as if it had been either in a kitchen or a smoker's home, although, no old smoke smell came out of it.
When I tried it, it made no sound at all. After a while, I realised this device design had the battery plus connected to the ground. This let me better test it. I have disassembled the electronics, and separated it from the cabinet, which I could deal with separately.
On the electronics side, I was lucky enough to track down a failing component, one of the BF115 inside the sealed FM front-end. I replaced both transistors with close equivalent BF240 scavenged from a Grundig radio of the same age. And this revitalised the radio, both AM and FM have worked on my workbench.
I used worked, because, after I re-assembled the electronics into the cabinet, with two nice redesigned, reprinted Volume and tone control, it does not work any more. Then, I realised I had not re-soldered one wire, a short black wire with a small bit of blue shrinking sleeve around it. It measures 95mm. I seem to remember it was connected to the loudspeaker, that there were 2 black wires soldered together, but I am not sure.
So I am here in front of you asking for help. Could someone advice me ?
If it may help someone here is my contribution with the 3D models of the buttons and the bottom plate slides.
https://a360.co/39z20dg
One last request, on the mechanical side... I seem to have difficulties with the threading of the tuning index. I understand the principle, it requires 3 turns for a full trip, so when at the middle point, there should be 1,5 turns in each directions. After a few failed attempts, I had to replace the cotton wire. I have measured the old one it seems to measure about 80cm but it needs to be more accurately cut. Again, here I need some help.
I am not going to make money with this radio. I like it, and it's a keeper for me!
So thank you for your attention, and maybe time and help!
Jean-Pierre (locked down in the French Riviera)
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