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Ducati RR…
- 19th 6 月 201714th 8 月 2024
- by giovanni
Ducati RR3404 Paniere
The Ducati Breveti Society was born in Bologna in 1926 by the Ducati family.
The business grew quickly, so much so, that Adriano Ducati decided to extend the production from condenser to complete radio equipment.
When the Borgo Panigale office was opened further expansion took place.
In 1938, the Optics centre was created and for this reason two other plants were built near Borgo Panigale (one near Bazzano and one in Crespellano).
This production intensified to the point that Bruno Ducati began to study a new project to extend the plant even further.
In 1935, the Borgo Panigale plant was established.
This was a modern and ambitious project intended to create an industrial and technological centre in Bologna.
During this time, Ducati developed abroad opening branches in London, Paris, New York, Sydney and Caracus.
In 1954, during state management Ducati’s production was divided into Ducati Electrotechnics and Ducati Mechanics.
Ducati Mechanics was located in Plant 2, while Ducati Electrotechnics (now Ducati Energia) occupied the rest of the building.
The rest is modern history.
It is not a device purchased in recent times. It was purchased from the grandfather of the current owner.
The radio remained in the family, it was the only survivor of a previous collection; it was too important to remain abandoned in a damp warehouse.
This magic talking box, deserved to see the light of day again and make its baritone tone resonate in the middle of the room.
The page dedicated to this device is different from the usual one, it illustrates the history about this excellent and fascinating restoration.
THE DAY IT WAS DELIVERED TO ME
THE LOUDSPEAKER
- This is a blocked loudspeaker before the restoration
- Fixed on a support deformed by moisture and time
- Details
- The dismantling of the electromagnet
- Here is the magnetic cavity which should be perfect and smooth. Few tenths separate it from the cylinder that flows in it.
- The other side is worse.
- The magnet after restoration
- The spider was completely disconnected
- The cone will be drilled to access the magnet support screws
- The fixing of the spider
- The magnet
- The centre of the cone
- The repair of the holes
THE CABINET
- The rests of the original veneer have been totally deleted. The furniture has been plastered on the corners and where it was necessary. The flanks have been veneered again.
- The sewing work of the various veneer pieces, to rebuild a flaming veneer according to the original, is wonderful. The veneer rectangles are cut and shaped until they achieve the desired design. The various pieces that you see are attached with the sellotape by some painters who wanted to understand the final effect.
- We realized by removing the decoration with the logo, at places where it was not exposed, the decoration itself, was gold. So, it will have to be reinstated. If you look for Ducati Panieri images on the web, you can notice none of the devices have a gold decoration.
THE FRAME
- Let's talk about chassis and mechanical parts, all precision mechanical parts. The frame is crooked, straightened. Who knows what kind of blow should have taken this appliance?
- Details of the bands switch with “lightweight oxidation traces”. Maybe it will not make good contact.
- The tuning wheel missed a piece.
- It is possible to reproduce it to do an insert.
- The variable condenser is badly off.
- The frame is broken and some of the plates bent.
- Some variable condenser repair sequences
- Fixed the chassis, straightened the plates, applied a reinforcing bracket, reclaimed sphere balls from an old bicycle and then adjusted the distances. Now the plates do not touch each other and are in good working order.