12-11-2023, 09:44 PM
Hi and welcome,
On the Bakelite block caps as time progressed Philco used less and less of them. Early sets may have ten or more. I'm working on a model 90 from '31, it has 8 in it. By the late '30s Philco was just using them for the ac line bypass which is the case in your set. Mostly your set has tubular caps which probably don't have the value marked but a part number. You'll have to check it against the schematic and parts list.
Looks like someone tried to clean the dial... You'll be needing a dial https://www.radiodaze.com/philco-37-61-27-5205/ Another quick check you can do is measure the resistance between pins 2 and 3 on the 42 tube. Should see a several hundred ohms, if not the opt is suspect. Or if you have a 6F6 instead of the 42 it would be pins 3 and 4.
If you are good w/color there's hope for the front panel. The good new is that the black/gold lines are pretty much in tacked. The other black lines and browns take a good eye to recreate but it could be made to look a whole lot better than what it is now.
https://philcoradio.com/library/download...%20246.pdf
GL
On the Bakelite block caps as time progressed Philco used less and less of them. Early sets may have ten or more. I'm working on a model 90 from '31, it has 8 in it. By the late '30s Philco was just using them for the ac line bypass which is the case in your set. Mostly your set has tubular caps which probably don't have the value marked but a part number. You'll have to check it against the schematic and parts list.
Looks like someone tried to clean the dial... You'll be needing a dial https://www.radiodaze.com/philco-37-61-27-5205/ Another quick check you can do is measure the resistance between pins 2 and 3 on the 42 tube. Should see a several hundred ohms, if not the opt is suspect. Or if you have a 6F6 instead of the 42 it would be pins 3 and 4.
If you are good w/color there's hope for the front panel. The good new is that the black/gold lines are pretty much in tacked. The other black lines and browns take a good eye to recreate but it could be made to look a whole lot better than what it is now.
https://philcoradio.com/library/download...%20246.pdf
GL
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
