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H-19 $40!! Rochester, NY (Brighton, 12 corners)
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 7:34 am
by fran604g
Run, don't walk! Looks mostly complete, missing trim piece for around turntable.
No affiliation.
http://rochester.craigslist.org/atq/4462141688.html
Re: H-19 $40!! Rochester, NY (Brighton, 12 corners)
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 12:05 pm
by Curt A
Missing the fancy grill that you will never find and I don't see a reproducer. Funny, that is the only thing that is somewhat attractive about an H-19... but the motor is worth that price... (maybe if it works - there has to be some reason that it's not in the case).
Re: H-19 $40!! Rochester, NY (Brighton, 12 corners)
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 12:38 pm
by fran604g
Curt A wrote:Missing the fancy grill that you will never find and I don't see a reproducer. Funny, that is the only thing that is somewhat attractive about an H-19... but the motor is worth that price... (maybe if it works - there has to be some reason that it's not in the case).
Right, I was thinking maybe a $20 bill could end up grabbing it. It looks like the cabinet has been stripped.
Re: H-19 $40!! Rochester, NY (Brighton, 12 corners)
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 1:46 pm
by NateO
I had considered buying this, as a summer vacation project. I think it would be above my skill level, and I have no room anyway. I hope it finds a decent home!
Re: H-19 $40!! Rochester, NY (Brighton, 12 corners)
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 6:39 pm
by Curt A
NateO
I appreciate your idea of restoring the H-19, since I made that same mistake years ago. I bought one with the grill in pieces for $80, thinking it was a bargain for a Diamond Disc machine. I spent hours piecing the grill together and gluing it to an office folder for strength, then cutting it out with an X-acto knife. The diamond was bad in the reproducer, so I had to buy a replacement. The cabinet needed re-gluing and some pieces of veneer were missing...
Long story short, I invested a lot of time and money into a machine that nobody wanted. I figured the restoration experience was worth while.
Then, as I was planning to move it on a furniture dolly, it decided to start down the driveway by itself, hit a bump and fell face forward onto the cement. Good news, the grill held together, but the molding in front got cracked, the motor broke away from the mounts and I had to start all over again... I ended up selling it for practically nothing.
I HATE H-19s and never want to see another...LOL Besides, they have to be the ugliest machine that Tom ever dreamed up...
Re: H-19 $40!! Rochester, NY (Brighton, 12 corners)
Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 10:45 pm
by Edisone
You could do as the Edison Co did in the late 1920s, and use it as a cabinet for an Amberola 30 ...