09-11-2014, 11:47 PM
I bought my first antique (pre-50s) console today, a Philco 41-608 for the tidy sum of $50 with a 8/10 condition on the cabinet condition. I had plans of restoring the chassis with modern capacitors.. but someone beat me to it! No wonder it already works!
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All it really needs for the radio is a new power cord, or at least the plug end. Are these old cords more or less safe if they aren't frayed or patched? Only the end has been repaired with a typical 40-50 year old "do it yourself" plug end.
Anyhow... the record player is in very sad shape. The "beam of light" plastic cover is cracked up pretty bad and the wires from the tone arm aren't connected to anything.
The record cutter stuff seems to be intact, but missing the knob and was dangling down in the cabinet. Not that I care about that much.
The power switch for the turntable are running through a cylinder hanging down low in the case and leading to this: (The two leads from the switch are circled in green)
[Image: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/i...y1169b.jpg]
I need help on this, big time. I don't see where the record player could tie in to power or sound. Since it's been messed with and restored in the chassis, it could be they just didn't bother soldering in the wires for the record player. Maybe they planned to do it later but then never got around to it. Who knows.
[Image: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/i...ny1168.jpg]
All it really needs for the radio is a new power cord, or at least the plug end. Are these old cords more or less safe if they aren't frayed or patched? Only the end has been repaired with a typical 40-50 year old "do it yourself" plug end.
Anyhow... the record player is in very sad shape. The "beam of light" plastic cover is cracked up pretty bad and the wires from the tone arm aren't connected to anything.
The record cutter stuff seems to be intact, but missing the knob and was dangling down in the cabinet. Not that I care about that much.
The power switch for the turntable are running through a cylinder hanging down low in the case and leading to this: (The two leads from the switch are circled in green)
[Image: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/i...y1169b.jpg]
I need help on this, big time. I don't see where the record player could tie in to power or sound. Since it's been messed with and restored in the chassis, it could be they just didn't bother soldering in the wires for the record player. Maybe they planned to do it later but then never got around to it. Who knows.
