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Lew Chilton
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Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope new [Re: clintwhitman]
      #3198161 - 07/04/09 07:43 AM

Paul, incredible restoration!

It may be easier to replace the entire power connector assembly than to find a replacement power cord with that peculiar prong pattern.

We used to go to places like C&H Sales in Pasadena, CA (now out of business) or Apex Electronics near Pacoima, CA. Both specialized in surplus aerospace industry electronic and mechanical hardware. All the stuff was stacked to the rafters.

When John Pons, the refractor man, restored my 1964 Fisher 500C stereo receiver, he used humongous military spec. electrolytic capacitors from Apex to replace the original puny ones.

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1961 Swift 60mm model 839 (2); 2003 TV-102/GM-8; 1959 8" f/6 Treckerscope; 1959 8" f/7.4 Murray Scope; 1959 Fecker Celestar-4; 1978 4" Edmund Astroscan; c. 1986 4-inch Celestron-Vixen SP-C102; c. 1950 20X60 Saturn spotting scope; 1963 7X50 Nippon Kogaku binoculars; Unitron #114 alt-az mount (Swifty-tron)


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