1950's Triplett 630 restoration and battery hack

[Pirate88179]

I made my own replacement test leads.  I will post some photos when I can.  I used the original wire from the old test leads and the original bananna plugs.  This works great and it now looks totally original.

Bill

[Pirate88179]

Here is a photo of the completed meter along with the original restored wire and bananna plugs and some probes i had sitting around that were very, very close to the originals.  Notice how well the WD-40 cleaned up those probe wires to make them look new again.  Those wires are over 50 years old.

Bill

[Pirate88179]

I also re-did an old B&L microscope that I had from the old days.  It is a great scope and has the companion light source.

Bill

[Pirate88179]

Meter C.U.

[crowclaw]

That meter looks like new now Bill, well done...keep it away from JT's though!!! The only old item I still have is a Yashica 8mm wind up movie camera from many years ago. I've work in electronics for well over 50 years but don't own any vintage test gear. I have several digital multimeters including one very expensive high performance model, however there was something very special about those old analalogue meters, great memories from times gone by... Splendid refurb job.