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Goofy style here . never seen one till this

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"Ken G." wrote in message
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Goofy style here . never seen one till this



Looks like a variable inductor tuned by a brass vane.

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Ken G. wrote:
Goofy style here . never seen one till this


Very COOL.

Ron
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wierd reostat
 

That is probably the correct description
Its in an early Freshman AC console .

wierd reostat
 

Ken G. wrote:
Goofy style here . never seen one till this



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Are you sure it's a rheostat? Could it be a variable inductor?

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"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
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"Ken G." wrote in message
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Goofy style here . never seen one till this



Looks like a variable inductor tuned by a brass vane.


Variable tapped coil, rather than tuned. I've built crystal sets when I was
a kid that used a very crude form of this, with a fixed cap across it made
from wax paper and aluminum foil, and a slider made of brass that was
screwed onto a board and just scraped across the coil's windings to tune the
stations.

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Brenda Ann wrote:


Variable tapped coil, rather than tuned. I've built crystal sets when I was
a kid that used a very crude form of this, with a fixed cap across it made
from wax paper and aluminum foil, and a slider made of brass that was
screwed onto a board and just scraped across the coil's windings to tune the
stations.

Wound on a Quaker Oats box (can?) by chance?

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--
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"Randy or Sherry Guttery" wrote in message
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Brenda Ann wrote:


Variable tapped coil, rather than tuned. I've built crystal sets when I
was a kid that used a very crude form of this, with a fixed cap across it
made from wax paper and aluminum foil, and a slider made of brass that
was screwed onto a board and just scraped across the coil's windings to
tune the stations.

Wound on a Quaker Oats box (can?) by chance?

toilet paper roll!

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"Buck Frobisher" wrote in message
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"Randy or Sherry Guttery" wrote in message
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Brenda Ann wrote:


Variable tapped coil, rather than tuned. I've built crystal sets when I
was a kid that used a very crude form of this, with a fixed cap across
it made from wax paper and aluminum foil, and a slider made of brass
that was screwed onto a board and just scraped across the coil's
windings to tune the stations.

Wound on a Quaker Oats box (can?) by chance?

toilet paper roll!


Yep. Back then toilet paper rolls were a lot tougher (and we still shellaced
them).

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"Ken G." wrote in message
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That is probably the correct description
Its in an early Freshman AC console .


Kinda hard to tell from the crappy photo. Does the vane make contact with
the coil,
or just go near it?