Don't know it would work with PCB mount caps, but when I restored a bunch of 1940s-1960s Cossor and Telequipment 'scopes, I found that as modern caps were so much smaller for a given capacitance/voltage than the originals it was easy to split the can (round the circumference, above the 'crimp') and replace the guts with a new cap. Then put a bit of clear heatshrink tube over the whole can to hold the two halves together.
I also pulled the insides out of the the Selenium EHT rectifiers and hid new diodes inside the paxolin tubes.? Looks pretty authentic but without the risk of smoke and smells!
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On 24/11/2023 14:39, jslcanuck wrote:
Hayseed Hamfest manufactures a wide variety of can caps. They did some direct
replacement caps for an HP volt meter I restored.
Interesting - what a peculiar specialty. Looks like they mainly do twist-lock tabs with
solder terminals, and a few with pigtails. No PCB pins.
Jonathan
