Re: [neonixie-l] Dial bezel for the DAC10

[~ Billy … Æsops . Tech ~]

this is the best I can do.  Kinda cheap for such a fine radio.

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Vintage-BUSH-TYPE-DAC-10-Bakelite-Valve-Radio-G647/132488159607?hash=item1ed8e8e177:g:RWQAAOSwsABacJRI

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Vintage-BUSH-TYPE-DAC-10-Bakelite-Valve-Radio-G647/132488159607?hash=item1ed8e8e177:g:RWQAAOSwsABacJRI

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 9:03 PM, Nick  wrote:

> The bezel is always the first to fail. 10s of 1000s of these were made, so
> there are spares out there.
>
> There are two UK-centric vintage radio forums worth asking on:
>
> https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/index.php
>
> and
>
> http://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/index.php
>
> Both are full of helpful folk.
>
> Nick
>
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Re: [neonixie-l] Dial bezel for the DAC10

[Nick]

The bezel is always the first to fail. 10s of 1000s of these were made, so 
there are spares out there.

There are two UK-centric vintage radio forums worth asking on:

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/index.php 

and

http://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/index.php 

Both are full of helpful folk.

Nick

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Re: [neonixie-l] Dial bezel for the DAC10

[Terry S]

The radio was shipped to me from the UK, it was pristine until then. Poor 
packing caused the bezel to crack cleanly in half. I've glued it and it's 
not bad, but I'll continue to look for a better example.

Terry

On Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 8:17:41 PM UTC-6, Nick wrote:
>
> That white bezel often cracks in the corners and discolours. The DAC10 
> runs quite hot - I'm not sure what plastic it's made of (not Bakelite) but 
> it's pretty crude stuff and gets very brittle, as do the buttons. It's also 
> difficult to clean without damaging it - almost everyone smoked in those 
> days and the white plastic was often filthy.
>
> Many DAC10s were distributed by a charity called "British Wireless for the 
> Blind Fund" which supplied DAC10s as they had button preset tuning and were 
> easy to use. The charity was set up after the second world war due to the 
> number of blind ex-service personnel returning.
>
> When I was restoring one one years ago, it had one of the charity's lovely 
> labels on it but in very poor condition. John S. remade the graphics 
> beautifully and I used that to print into a water transfer sheet to make a 
> new one.
>
> Nick
>
>

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Re: [neonixie-l] Dial bezel for the DAC10

[Nick]

That white bezel often cracks in the corners and discolours. The DAC10 runs 
quite hot - I'm not sure what plastic it's made of (not Bakelite) but it's 
pretty crude stuff and gets very brittle, as do the buttons. It's also 
difficult to clean without damaging it - almost everyone smoked in those days 
and the white plastic was often filthy.

Many DAC10s were distributed by a charity called "British Wireless for the 
Blind Fund" which supplied DAC10s as they had button preset tuning and were 
easy to use. The charity was set up after the second world war due to the 
number of blind ex-service personnel returning.

When I was restoring one one years ago, it had one of the charity's lovely 
labels on it but in very poor condition. John S. remade the graphics 
beautifully and I used that to print into a water transfer sheet to make a new 
one.

Nick

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Re: [neonixie-l] Dial bezel for the DAC10

[Terry S]

Thanks for checking, John.

On Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 2:32:07 PM UTC-6, Nixcited delighted wrote:
>
>
> On 4 Feb 2018, at 19:19, Terry S > wrote:
>
> That's true of the DAC 90 but not true of the DAC 10, please google the 
> picture.. It's an ivory plastic bezel surrounding the dial glass, held on 
> with 4 screws.
>
> DAC 10 
> 
>
> Thanks
>
> Terry
>
>
> In that case, my friend does not have a spare one, I already asked him.
>
> John S
>

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Re: [neonixie-l] Dial bezel for the DAC10

[John Smout]

> On 4 Feb 2018, at 19:19, Terry S  wrote:
> 
> That's true of the DAC 90 but not true of the DAC 10, please google the 
> picture.. It's an ivory plastic bezel surrounding the dial glass, held on 
> with 4 screws.
> 
> DAC 10 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Terry

In that case, my friend does not have a spare one, I already asked him.

John S

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