01-10-2023, 06:29 AM
I don't know that anyone ever had a business of selling vintage radio backs. Given how easy they are make (unlike plastic dial covers) the average person should have no trouble reproducing one. I would think that the most difficult part would be getting a clean, hi-res, to-scale scan of an existing back.
I have only ever needed one, for a Northern Electric "Midge". I had a couple of parts sets so I scanned the best back, cleaned it up in a graphics program (Corel Paint maybe? - it was a long time ago), then printed it in colour and glued it to a piece of Masonite Hardboard. Once it dried solid I sealed it with spray lacquer and cut it out with a coping saw and a brad point drill for the holes (brad point = clean start). I glued the antenna coil to it and it's in place to this day.
I have only ever needed one, for a Northern Electric "Midge". I had a couple of parts sets so I scanned the best back, cleaned it up in a graphics program (Corel Paint maybe? - it was a long time ago), then printed it in colour and glued it to a piece of Masonite Hardboard. Once it dried solid I sealed it with spray lacquer and cut it out with a coping saw and a brad point drill for the holes (brad point = clean start). I glued the antenna coil to it and it's in place to this day.
