[Hallicrafters] Re Coloring Dial Bulbs

[Peter Markavage]

Maybe they're going to migrate the name to what their 1-800 is,
1-800-the-shack. Or maybe they'll change it to "the ? shack". You're
right, radio really doesn't apply any more.

Pete, WA2CWA

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:12:49 -0500 "Duane Fischer, W8DBF"
<dfischer at usol.com> writes:
> Ed,         
>         
> Radio Shack carries almost nothing in the Ham or general 
> communications
> equipment line any longer. Even the parts are being slowly phased 
> out. When an
> item is phased out, it is no longer replaced as it used to be. The 
> name "Radio
> Shack" no longer applies.        
>         
> Duane W8DBF
> 
> ----------
> From: edben <edben at prodigy.net>
> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: Peter Markavage <manualman at juno.com>
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re Coloring Dial Bulbs
> Date: Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:10 PM
> 
>     Lafayette Radio, Pete?  Boy, do I miss them!  Too bad there's 
> not more
> competition for "R-S" today!  I still remember placing my first mail 
> order
> with them in the very early 1930's.  The order included my first 
> electric
> soldering iron, priced at, would you believe, 18 or 19 cents!  I 
> couldn't
> afford the Jackson iron which was all of  69 cents, I believe!  Of 
> course, I
> did peddle the local paper (3 cents a copy, or as low as 12 cents a 
> week) to
> make money for my early radio hobby.
> 
>     And yes, I do speak up once in a while, but the younger guys are 
> doing a
> good job of carrying the ball and keeping this Net a good place to 
> keep
> tuned in to!
> 
>                                 Ed Benjamin, the old WWII Liberty 
> Ship Radio
> Operator
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Markavage" <manualman at juno.com>
> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 6:15 PM
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] Re Coloring Dial Bulbs
> 
> 
> > I use to go to the craft shops, you find them in all the strip 
> malls
> > under a host of names, and get those small bottles of paint that 
> they
> > sell for glass painting. Very abundant supply during the Xmas 
> season. I
> > don't remember the cost but it was relatively cheap. Lasted for 
> many many
> > years before the paint in the bottle got too hard to manage. When I 
> was
> > doing service work for Lafayette, the paint on the lamps used in 
> their
> > receivers use to chip off after a few years so I use to repaint 
> them with
> > the stuff from the craft shops.
> >
> > Pete, WA2CWA
> >
> > On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:00:52 -0500 "Duane Fischer, W8DBF"
> > <dfischer at usol.com> writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > For those of you who have the need to color a lamp in your
> > > Hallicrafters, or any
> > > other electronic item, here is some information that should 
> prove
> > > very useful.
> > > It is courtesy of Ed Benjamin, one of the list subscribers, who
> > > rarely posts
> > > publically.
> > >
> > > Hello, Duane.
> > >
> > > Your friend may find it even easier to locate than I did.  I
> > > heard about it some time back on the good old Hallicrafter's
> > > List, and found it at Ryder's Hobby Shop.  I doubt if Ryder's
> > > have got all the way to California yet, but the paint
> > > actually comes from Japan, by way of California.
> > >
> > > The product is "Tamiya Color Acrylic Paint".  The hobby shop
> > > has it in a 10ml size (which will color a lot of bulbs!) for
> > > $2.  Now, just don't try to convert that to dollars per pint,
> > > or none of us could afford it!
> > >
> > > Luckily for your friend, it is distributed in the USA by
> > > Tamiya America, Inc., 2 Orion, Aliso Viejo, California 92656.
> > > Their phone number is 949 362-2240.
> > >
> > > I really like the way it works.  It's clear as a bell, and
> > > one dip leaves the bulb fully coated with brilliant color.
> > >
> > > Ed Benjamin

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