[Test-Equipment] Anyone want a Marconi TF1313 LCR Bridge?

[Sandy]

Any photos of it before and after the incident?
I'm not familiar with that actual bridge.

73,
Sandy W5TVW

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From: Pete Lancashire
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 1:18 PM
To: Discussion of Electronic Test Equipment
Subject: Re: [Test-Equipment] Anyone want a Marconi TF1313 LCR Bridge?

Totally forgot to add upside down meters :-)

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Pete Lancashire
<pete at petelancashire.com> wrote:
> If my benches were not full, it would be fun to have. Its specs are
> not that bad. Sadly the shipping
> is a killer. Maybe post it on a couple of the Yahoo groups ?
>
> Industrial Design Observation ... Why did Marconi have to use such big
> dials on their stuff
> from that era ? You should see a couple of the signal generators !
>
> -pete
>
> PS All my chemicals are now either in the garage or only used on the
> back porch. I was touching up
> on old Tek side panel and the nozzle jammed full open. In the few
> seconds it took me to toss the can
> into the trash can there was blue paint everywhere.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Barry <n4buq at knology.net> wrote:
>> I have a Marconi TF1313 bridge that I'd like to basically get rid of.  I 
>> bought it about a year ago and had gone through it with the intent of 
>> restoring it.  I cleaned it up and replaced several parts and it worked 
>> well on C.  L and R seemed to need some work but had intended to address 
>> those.
>>
>> While it was on my desk, I had a spray can of paint stripper explode and 
>> splatter a large area of my workshop with its contents (I didn't discover 
>> this until a few days later).  I had it looking so good and working 
>> better than it was so I was pretty heartbroken.  Lots of other equipment 
>> on the desk took damage as well.
>>
>> The 1313 took the brunt of the splatter.  Amazingly, the paint they used 
>> was mostly impervious to the stripper.  The lettering is now faded just a 
>> bit (mostly due to my attempts to try to clean the stripper residue off). 
>> The major damage is to the plastic dial face.  It is damaged beyond 
>> repair.
>>
>> I think the same dial cover is used on a few of the models so perhaps its 
>> possible someone may have a donor.  Otherwise, someone might be able to 
>> craft a replacement out of clear plastic.
>>
>> At any rate, my workshop arrangements have changed and I no longer will 
>> have a place to work on these things and really need to move this on. 
>> I'll listen to any offers - I just don't want to set it out to the trash.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Barry - N4BUQ
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