Philly cap box

[mike hadley]

The 4.7uf multi cap was removed from my Philharmonic some time ago, and as I would like to have it looking a little more authentic under the chassis this left me two options,

find a donor chassis, in the UK that is nearly impossible, the other way is to make a box from scratch,

here is a photo showing the wrong cap, bottom left in the picture,as the wires have been cut and were too short to be of use I came up with this answer,

Yup that's right, shoe laces, this brand is unwaxed cotton, as the original colors have faded, they are a near perfect match, both in color and weave. although there a limited color range available.

First cut the end from the lace and tease out the cotton inner,

after pulling these from the shoe lace, this leaves a braid,

the next step was to make a tin box, thanks to Scott Seickel for a couple of excellent photo's

here is my box, made from an old 1/2 gallon can, ready for stuffing,

I used four 4.7uf 600v polypropylene caps, there is plenty of room in the box for these,

the artwork is made with heat transferred laser print,

finally the completed cap with shoelace covers on the modern wires.

The only problem is I can't replicate the rust and 80 years of age,

Mike

[David C. Poland]

Tis .5  (1/2 MFD) each in the 7 cap box.   Sorry.

Some Scott info shows a space between the decimal and the 5. Which is misleading.

But it is actually .5 as per Kent.