08-07-2022, 01:27 PM
Well, I am not sure what I should've called that.
The radio has obviously been tended to by someone, and even the backelites have been restuffed.
I am still seeing things that are not exactly to my standards by nevertheless it could be a good job done by someone. Itr's just I do not leave 1940-s 1950-s electrolytics Sprague Atom in and then turn a radio on without replacing them.
Plus it seems the tin can has not beed redone but bypassed. Which is electrically speaking is just fine. The speaker cord has been made well and the splicing inside the chassis is also done well, not with some unsighty black tape but a good grade thick heatshrink tunig.
So, here are some pics.
The chassis
The restuffing is done with various type caps
Yellow tubular
And some film type I do not use.
Why not? Well, the pins seem to protrude through the body. You could see a lighter spec (could not focus) at the lower end of the cap. It is the pin going through. Has it been any closer to the chassis (the blocks are raised on that cylindrical bushing), this would touch the chassis. I have not looked what cap it is and what voltage is there on taht pin, though I think it is likely OK, so I will check the value and probably leave it be if it is what it should be.
Overall this is how a fragment of the job looks, a close-up.
The speaker has things to be considered. Two larger holes, on the rippled part, that have been covered with what is probably a rubber cement to keep the edges from further rotting. It actually might play OK. I will think if i need to patch them or leave them, or even re-cone.
Speaking of the recone, the previous problem alone might've not make me think of it, but the spider has cracks. They are not break-offs with full separation, but cracks nevertheless, so if I play that, I am not sure how long this would hold, or if it is affecting the sound already.
I have also checked the tubes, all are excellent except one 76 tube, which is less than 50%. Luckily I have a couple, both are very strong.
This is my 4th Philco 16. I have 16B cathedral, 16B shouldered (bought from Ron), 16X I have recently finished (Kirk's forced gift) and now this one, a peaked 16B, also bought when Kirk made me an offer I could not refuse.
Later.
The radio has obviously been tended to by someone, and even the backelites have been restuffed.
I am still seeing things that are not exactly to my standards by nevertheless it could be a good job done by someone. Itr's just I do not leave 1940-s 1950-s electrolytics Sprague Atom in and then turn a radio on without replacing them.
Plus it seems the tin can has not beed redone but bypassed. Which is electrically speaking is just fine. The speaker cord has been made well and the splicing inside the chassis is also done well, not with some unsighty black tape but a good grade thick heatshrink tunig.
So, here are some pics.
The chassis
The restuffing is done with various type caps
Yellow tubular
And some film type I do not use.
Why not? Well, the pins seem to protrude through the body. You could see a lighter spec (could not focus) at the lower end of the cap. It is the pin going through. Has it been any closer to the chassis (the blocks are raised on that cylindrical bushing), this would touch the chassis. I have not looked what cap it is and what voltage is there on taht pin, though I think it is likely OK, so I will check the value and probably leave it be if it is what it should be.
Overall this is how a fragment of the job looks, a close-up.
The speaker has things to be considered. Two larger holes, on the rippled part, that have been covered with what is probably a rubber cement to keep the edges from further rotting. It actually might play OK. I will think if i need to patch them or leave them, or even re-cone.
Speaking of the recone, the previous problem alone might've not make me think of it, but the spider has cracks. They are not break-offs with full separation, but cracks nevertheless, so if I play that, I am not sure how long this would hold, or if it is affecting the sound already.
I have also checked the tubes, all are excellent except one 76 tube, which is less than 50%. Luckily I have a couple, both are very strong.
This is my 4th Philco 16. I have 16B cathedral, 16B shouldered (bought from Ron), 16X I have recently finished (Kirk's forced gift) and now this one, a peaked 16B, also bought when Kirk made me an offer I could not refuse.
Later.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
