FS: Heath Decade Condenser Box, Reduced

[van lincoln wd8aam]

I am looking at the 1955 catalog, and it shows the DR-1 decade resistance
kit and the DC-1, decade condenser kit,
both in a polished birch case.  Right alongside (same page) is the RS-1,
and CS-1 cap/res decades in plastic cases.
Same functionality.  It says to me that the wood is for shop use, and the
plastic for portable use.  Then on page 23 the TC-2 tube tester is sold for
$29.50 with a polished birch wood case, and the TC-2P (same unit) but with
a 'portable suitcase style' case is sold for $34.50.
Also, a little box shows that both style cases are also available for the
TC-1 tube checker, and the portable case's price is $7.50, and worth
every penny of the price!  The impedance bridge is now in the metal case
(in 1955)

van

(you're right!)




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Yes Fred, I think you have raised a valid point, and now you
have me running for my catalog collection.  I hope I have a few
before '55 that I can look up.

(my prized heathkit is a A-1 amplifier built on a 'steel' chassis,
from 1948 [war surplus xfmr/tubes] complete with the original
engineering diagram. (I wish they had used wood
for that.  It would have made a beautiful restoration piece.)
I like old heathkit stuff, just can't find enough of it anymore.

will advise what I find, if anything from the catalogs.

van wd8aam




At 11:31 AM 9/20/01 -0500, Fred Olsen wrote:
>> van lincoln wd8aam wrote:
>> early years, the wooden cases were handmade in the local area by
>> a small shop, and sold as optional cases for the equipment.
>
>Van, I think perhaps that the wood cases weren't optional, per se, but
>either one of two model options, as with the TC-1 and TC-2 'bench'
>versus the TC-1 and TC-2 'portable' models ; or a production choice.
>The IB-1 and -1B impedance bridges would not have been expected to be
>very high-volume kits, but they needed a different case from anything
>else in the line; and they weren't envisioned for portable use.  I
>suspect it was cheaper to contract for the wooden cases rather than tool
>a distinctly different metal one.
>
>The point regarding having furniture makers readily available is also
>entirely correct, and I would think weighed on Heath's decision.
>
>Anybody who ACTUALLY knows what he's talking about (unlike me), please
>help out.  ;<)
>
>Fred
>
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