[Hallicrafters] SX-96 (Dial Glass)

[GARDGORE at aol.com]

I did a "google" search and turned up a few SX-96 parts rigs so that might be 
worth checking out. Your original dial glasses can probably be resilkscreened 
by a local graphic arts and screenprinting shop. The yellow pages will 
probably turn up many close to you. I had this done for a National NC-183D a while 
back and the cost then was about $40 I think. They were in the shape you 
describe yours and needed art work to fill in the missing detail. The result was 
absolutely perfect. In addition to keep them from standing out like a sore thumb 
you can ask them to "age" the white a little so they don't have that brand new 
refrigerator white look while the rest of the receiver has patina. If you 
decide to get new ones made a possible issue is the thickness of the glass. Your 
glass is thin and for some reason the glass the repro guys often use is 
thicker. This can be a problem in some receivers where there is limited clearance or 
due to the style of the mounting hardware. The SX-88 is one such case being a 
receiver that often needs dial glass work due to the black mask flaking off. 
There is only about .020 clearance between the ends of the dial shafts and the 
glass and trying to get thicker glass to fit can be a problem sometimes, 
something the repro guys do not consider. There is excellent resources out there 
if you need repro parts made and they can get the right glass if asked.

Regards, 
Greg Gore; WA1KBQ