I would be glad to answer any questions and try to help you with refinishing it if you like. Let me know what you need from there and I will do my best to help. With the toner laquer you need to put light coats on over and over until it gets to be as dark as you like with light sanding in between to make it smooth.
After that put clear laquer and sand it using up to grit sandpaper to make a smooth finish then polish. Let me know of any questions along the way. Hey Warren, how does that radio perform on FM? Does it drift a lot?
There is one for sale locally that I am tempted to get, but I was mostly interested in the fact that it receives the modern FM band. Rich Rich; Before you go running out to buy a can of stripper, get a container of Gojo cream hand cleaner, and some rags or paper towels, and rub down the cabinet with it.
You may be surprised how good the finish actually is once decades of dirt, grease, and furniture polish are removed. Regards Arran. Thanks for the input Warren!
I got excited after seeing what you did to your and sort of got ahead of myself. First I need to make the electronics work.
I'll be ordering caps tomorrow. I do have a couple of electronics questions for you but I'll start a new thread in the Philco Electronic Restoration phorum. I want to make it work and want to make the cabinet look nice, but it doesn't mean as much to me as the so I'll be using it to learn on.
Threads: 1 Posts: 2 philco: Radio-Phonograph; Greetings. While restoring my own Philco , I noticed that the original Philco Service Manual had errors in its part placement drawing, meant to help locating probing location for diagnostic. I was relying on this for capacitor replacement and have bad surprises I heard there are many errors in the vintage documents, to prevent problems, nothing like pointing them out.
The pins at wich the C are connected are wrong. They aren't what I saw in my , and they aren't what I see in the diagrams. PayPal and charge cards accepted. Select Set and Folder Number:. View Sample Files. Instant Downloads Over 3, of the most popular Photofacts now available for instant download.
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