The steps to made EKII 1939

[Gew44]

That's a 'manual' soldering iron as opposed to an electric one.

Ian

yep, you have right made putting to heat the tool head .

Sorry I've confused during the writing......

Thanks

[Biro]

Great photos thankyou very much for sharing.

I was particularly drawn to what looks like a lone vaulted EK1 sitting on its own ... and a couple of what could be round screwback disks in your post number 7.

Do you have the facility to post close ups?

Marshall

[darobs]

Great to see

Thanks for posting.

[Gew44]

Great photos thankyou very much for sharing.

I was particularly drawn to what looks like a lone vaulted EK1 sitting on its own ... and a couple of what could be round screwback disks in your post number 7.

Do you have the facility to post close ups?

Marshall

I tray....

[ChrisJ]

That's a 'manual' soldering iron as opposed to an electric one.

Ian

Yes it is. I've used exactly the same tool many times ! The tool is heated in a flame, and not by electricity.

[Thomas Durante]

Great thread Max, very interesting.

Thanks for showing, very informative and well laid out.

Tom

[StefanK.]

The pictures 7,8 and 9 indicate that the persons are working on crosses that we would call a Juncker type. One can see the bump on the frame for the ring, but also the tenderly thin frame which is typical for Juncker. Also the core seems a little but convex, which is also a fingerprint for Juncker.
If the last picture - which shows the steps of the last manufacturing process - does belong to the same series (which i believe because it carries the same name and organizarion), the firm must really be C.E. Juncker or whoever who made and supplied the EKs to that famous manufacturer.

[streptile]

Terrific photos Max -- thanks for posting them!

The pictures 7,8 and 9 indicate that the persons are working on crosses we would call a Juncker type. ... the firm must really be C.E. Juncker or whoever who made and supplied the EKs to that famous manufacturer.

Stefan, I have thought the exact same thing. Do you not also think we could be seeing W&L though?

[StefanK.]

Terrific photos Max -- thanks for posting them!



Stefan, I have thought the exact same thing. Do you not also think we could be seeing W&L though?

The one big difference between W&L and CE Juncker is - according to my investifations - the finishing of the parts. Especially in the earliest stages of the war the crosses of CE Juncker (of all grades) show a heavily finishing of

.) the ribbed portion on of the frame, especially the "hollow" lower side. Consequently there is often a huge gap between the core and the frame. That lets the ribbing seem very narrow and less relief-like. One can see that feature on the finished EK 1 on the last picture of the photo session. If you want to see a super-overfinished RK go to the thread "RK today" from sepp45 and take a look on von Brauchitsch's RK which must have been produced in septcember of 39. This one is over finished as one can be.

.) the edeges of the frame: Juncker crosses (of all stages) show all a very smooth finishing of the frame's edges, which gives them a smooth and curved appearance. in contrast, the typical w&l ek is angular as one can be (i have seen angular Jncker frames, but i have never seen round w&l frames).

Moreover the convex core as well as the broader juncker numerals instead of the narrow w&l numerals speak clearly for juncker imo.

Greetings,
Stef

[StefanK.]

Great photos thankyou very much for sharing.

I was particularly drawn to what looks like a lone vaulted EK1 sitting on its own ... and a couple of what could be round screwback disks in your post number 7.

Do you have the facility to post close ups?

Marshall

Did you recognize the convex EK1 in the upper left corner of the cardboard? From the pictures it looks like a textbook Schinkel Ek1 by "Schickle"......

[Gew44]

Thanks to all for kind words.

But I discovered how I can enlarging the pictures leaving their with good detail, same picture showed for Biro.

I try to put this new enlarged photos.

If sombody ask me the "combo" is for me a pleasure the send their to your e-mail address.

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