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Philco 39-12 all restored! - OldRestorer - 01-25-2017
Well I decided to dig in to this Philco close and play record player / radio. The speaker transformer had broken off in shipping and the wires had snapped so I repaired that and it still didn't work. I noticed that the 41 tube was not lit and found a break in the tube from the broken speaker hitting it. Once that was replaced it came to life. I recapped the chassis and put in one of my rebuilt cartridges (SAMS
). The record is the test record so it doesn't sound very good but she plays real nice and the radio plays exceptionally well with a short antenna...https://www.dropbox.com/s/p8dvmbfy6ir1v6b/IMG_9162.MOV?dl=0
RE: Philco 39-12 all restored! - OldRestorer - 01-25-2017
Oh and did you know that early Philco record players had Philco Phonograph labeled caps?
I have never seen one in any Philco record player I restored...
RE: Philco 39-12 all restored! - Paul Philco322 - 01-25-2017
I enjoyed your talk, when is your YouTube channel going up!
I could have interviewed you as a guest and had some real fun and fine radio talk!
You are a budding Talent.
Paul
RE: Philco 39-12 all restored! - Bill Bacco - 01-25-2017
Nice Job!
RE: Philco 39-12 all restored! - OldRestorer - 01-25-2017
I got a Philco 41 RP-2 off ARF and it came today. I tore it down and rebuilt it in 2 or so hours.
Here is her playing through an unfinished radio...
video:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ez6jmwud1xljqpz/IMG_9156.MOV?dl=0
RE: Philco 39-12 all restored! - Eliot Ness - 01-27-2017
Pretty slick
That's the first "close and play record player" I've seen.
RE: Philco 39-12 all restored! - PhilcoJohn - 01-27-2017
Kirk.....Nice job and also a nice little video..Thanks!
RE: Philco 39-12 all restored! - markmokris - 02-02-2017
That's is real cool Kirk!
Hey are you still growing your own Rochelle Salts for the crystal cartridges?
Mark K8KZ
RE: Philco 39-12 all restored! - OldRestorer - 02-02-2017
I had to quit that idea Mark.
It went over $250.00 in costs and it worked zero times.
I found a company that would cut them but it was $5000.00 for 1000 slices. Thats 500 carts if you dont break a single one. I am using Donor carts. I bought a bunch from Gary at VM.
It is a super secret that no one will share for some reason but they are Ronette 500 carts.