This is a repository of dial scale and label scans.
When ever I work on a radio I try and scan the scales and all labels. I
ALWAYS remove and wrap glass scales in a towel to prevent breakage. I
hope some of these may be useful to you. Send me your scans to share
with appropriate credit to you.
Not in any particular order:
Hallicrafters
SX-24
Band Spread - Cracked scale and scratched cover. |
Main Tuning in good conditon. |
Main Tuning Bezel - scratched. |
Rear of cover - oversized to be riveted to metal bezel. |
Ruler on top of image for sizing. |
S-meter clear cover with mechanical zero is larger to be captured in meter
cover. |
S-meter scale is cracked. |
Click thumbnail to jump to Hallicrafters SX-24
page. |
Dry Transfer lettering used on Dial Scale covers
 Get
your materials together. Have a pattern or the original cover. |
I used Black Gothic letters of appropriate size. |
.015 inch thick clear Polycarbonate sheets. |
 Cut
out a piece a little bit bigger than your dial scale cover. This is
the Bandspread index. |
 Tape
it onto your pattern. |
Line up the transfer letter over the image and gently rub. |
Four "M"s have been transferred successfully. |
All lettering has been transferd. I'm pleased. |
Seal down the lettering with Decal Bonder. |
Trim the both the polycarbonate sheet and the layout image
to proper size. I repeated this procedure for the main Tuning dial
scale cover. |
To see the rest of this radio click here.
GE
Model 202
These images will take some effort to clean up. But
they are workable.
Philco
51-532
37-630
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Original Dial on dark background |
Original on light. |
 See Rock-Sea Enterprises
has sold their business to www.radiodaze.com.
There are others who make reproduction dial scales.
This is a reduced picture of a beautiful dial scale that I
purchased. Their product is great quality. I had to plug them. |
40-150, -180, -190
Philco aftermarket car radios: AR-10 CR-2 & UN6-100
| This Dial Scale was created by Bryan of Middleton,
MA. He offers this file to anyone who can use it for hobby
purposes. Please contact Bryan for questions and comments at Totalrod2
@ aol .com.
Bryan says, "......you
can use the "Paint" program to change or adjust the colors
to suit your own taste, or to match your vehicle. I've already done
the hard part! Save this as a "png" file for the
highest resolution, not "jpeg"......
Bryan L.
Middleton, MA."
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Click on thumb nail for large clear png file.
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Zenith
Models 6-S128, 137, 147, 152 and 6-S-157
color |
Black and white |
Rear colors. |
Emud Junior 196 German Radio
Emud Senior Model 60 German Radio.
Dial Covers - HOW
TO MAKE YOUR OWN DIAL COVERS
I will add more when available.
If you have some images you would like to contribute, please contact me via,
this button, the
page. I will be happy to credit your efforts, link to your site, etc.
Dial glass hints
 | Test an area before cleaning!!! Many printed scales use water soluble
ink. See the 37-630 above. I learned the hard way. |
| Treat that glass with loving care. I always remove glass dial scales
and the metal Transoceanic when restoring a radio. I will inevitably
roll the chassis on the work bench, or scrap the scale with a tool and
damage it. In the case of glass it will break. |
| Once removed (and do it delicately) wrap it in a towel and put it in
a paper grocery bag with a label (write on the bag). |
| Scan Take a photo (electronic or with film) it in case you drop it or for
the reference of others. I would like to load your image here on my Dial
Scales page with credit to you. Do a low resolution scan about 150 dpi
and a high resolution of 300 dpi or greater. |
| Keep it in the middle of the scanner running the direction of the scan
head travels or it will distort and get shadows. Try right side up and
up side down to reduce shadows if they occur. |
| You may need to place a black background over it (a bed sheet, towel,
construction paper) if it does not contrast well. But that will be an extreme.
Imaging programs can do a lot to enhance the contrast. |
| If the scale is longer than the scanner do multiple overlapping scans. It
is easy to paste them back together "after" you have shattered the
glass ;~). Overlapping scans would be posted on the web page. The
users can edit them back together. |
| Photograph or scan all labels before cleaning the case. Many labels
are still attached to the bottom of the radio when I scanned them.
Place the radio over your scanning bed or photograph it. Even if you
have no electronic camera. You will be ecstatic if you even have a scanable
emulsion photo after you loose a dial scale or precious label.
Any friend can scan your picture but thin air does not scan well. |
Images for
private, hobby, non commercial use only.
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