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 Post subject: engraved brass plates for my home brew
PostPosted: May Tue 08, 2012 7:55 pm 
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At last the plates are finisched.This is one(pic) of the two schales (repro from my Vitus ) that I will use for my home brew look a like radio of the 1920 radio.Beneath is a plate that wil come on my frame antenna Heri Lelievre from 1923 (parisian constructor )
The engravement is not realy perfect but I couln'nt be to demanding for the 5 euro's it only costed.


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 Post subject: Re: engraved brass plates for my home brew
PostPosted: May Tue 22, 2012 11:35 pm 
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Incredible job on that unit! That has to have taken many many hours to finish. Brass and dark wood always go so well together.


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 Post subject: Re: engraved brass plates for my home brew
PostPosted: May Fri 25, 2012 8:45 pm 
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yep not quiet a few houers but a few months to be honnest.My next project will be a one valve receiver with an external coil like the Vitus mono baby but as usually I wil not make an exact copy.Here you can see the external coil already made and an example of the original Vitus


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