I have acquired a top head for my Vortex and will be cleaning everything up. Painting it and getting it installed at the tower site.
Not sure if there is interest in seeing a restoration thread on a Vortex or not. But I will be rebuilding the gear box and some other stuff that's not typically documented here.
If there is interest I will make the effort to take pictures and post them... if not I will not bother other than the finished unit in the air.
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Re: Vortex "restoration"
I think restoration photos would be really nice! There's not a whole lot of pictures of the internals of Whelens out there, and I think it'd be very interesting to see!
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Re: Vortex "restoration"
I agree with Snowpix! I don't think we've ever seen a Whelen restoration of any kind yet. It would be neat to see the inner workings of a Whelen rotator and how the hard-wiring looks compared to collector rings on other sirens.
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Re: Vortex "restoration"
pics will be appreciated! this might help with my 3d printed vortex
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Re: Vortex "restoration"
Please post pictures!
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Re: Vortex "restoration"
I agree. Pictures would be great!
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