FS: Heath Decade Condenser Box, Reduced

[Paul Hendershott]

I'd be very interested in pictures anyone had of the early Heath equipment
in these handmade wooden cases - if anyone who has pics wouldn't mind posting
them or if anyone knows of an existing site, that would be great too.
Thanks
73    Paul    kb9yvp


van lincoln wd8aam wrote:

> According to a older person I talked to in Benton Harbor last year,
> that had worked at and/or knew about Heathkit ooperations in the
> early years, the wooden cases were handmade in the local area by
> a small shop, and sold as optional cases for the equipment.
>
> In my opinion, they are highly collectible, and there are not very many to be
> found, as they were pretty much handmade in small quantities.
> The dovetail jointing is a work of art.
>
> As a 'side note', some of the later speaker cases, and other wooden products
> that heath sold (including some furniture I believe) were also
> prototyped/kitted
> in the same local area woodshops.  Don't forget, Grand Rapids Michigan
> is/was a large
> furniture manufacturing area in years past, and was only two hours north of
> Heathkit.
>
> van  wd8aam
>
> Ed, Terry, others, please fill in the gaps................
>
> At 10:01 AM 9/20/01 -0500, Fred Olsen wrote:
> >> Neil Morrison wrote:
> >> I had no idea that they put these in wooden cases. How many other items
> were
> >> cased like this, do you think?
> >
> >Neil, it was all(?) older gear, from the early '50s 'red-line' era.  Off
> >the top of my head I can think of the R and C decade boxes, the early
> >"IB-" impedance bridges, and the bench versions of the TC-1 and TC-2
> >emissions-type tube checkers.  These units are VERY pretty when
> >restored.  The early warm gray panels with wine red graphics go well
> >with a polished maple case.
> >
> >Those with more knowledge than I please jump in.
> >
> >Best,
> >Fred
> >
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