04-03-2015, 04:52 PM
Refinished cabinet , new dial and grill cloth , recapped and tuned, plays very nice. Just noticed my speaker needs rotate 15 degrees clockwise , oops!
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Restoration complete 91b cathedral
04-03-2015, 04:57 PM
Holy crap, man, this is one friggin masterpiece!
Really. You sure it is not an NIB radio you found somewhere and now pulling our legs? 
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. 
04-03-2015, 05:25 PM
(04-03-2015, 04:57 PM)morzh Wrote: Holy crap, man, this is one friggin masterpiece! What is NIB mean? im not pulling nothing, this is the type of work I do on my radios or someone else's radio look at the before pictures from two weeks ago on this site, i'll post it here.
04-03-2015, 05:53 PM
NIB is New In Box.
NOS is New Old Stock. 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. 
04-03-2015, 06:51 PM
The cabinet itself is beautiful, but I have to give you a thumb down
 on the PHILCO decal which looks nothing like the original. You should have used the Radio Daze PH8.
-- Ron Ramirez Ferdinand IN 
04-03-2015, 07:01 PM
The 91 is a great player too. Have had a few over the years and never met one I didn't like! Your is quite spectacular!!!
Terry
04-03-2015, 07:20 PM
(04-03-2015, 06:51 PM)Ron Ramirez Wrote: The cabinet itself is beautiful, but I have to give you a thumb down The place I use to work at would say. Now that's a beautiful job you did, now do it over  Most people would never notice that until you said something, I don't know what to do now, I feel a headache coming on, im going to lay down for a while. It wont happen again I promise. Don't yell at me ive got feelings. 
04-03-2015, 07:22 PM
Is the decal under lacquer or over?
I think Kirk did the same to my 66, but he was able to quickly correct it (not sure what and how he did). 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.
04-03-2015, 07:28 PM
04-03-2015, 07:43 PM
Well...it looks good.
Just make sure you do not show this thread to whoever you are gonna be wowing with this radio 
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.
04-03-2015, 07:50 PM
04-03-2015, 11:25 PM
Fred, I'm not being critical. Really. But if you post something and seek the opinions of others, if it isn't authentic, I will point it out. Not to be "better" than anyone because I certainly am not, nor would I ever want to give that impression. To me, it's about the authenticity. I think we owe it to future generations to try to get our restorations "right" as much as possible. No, we can't always achieve that goal, but we can try. And there is no doubt that your work with cabinets and lacquer is among the best I have seen. You're certainly a heck of a lot better with a cabinet than I am, for certain.
I tried to tell Radio Daze for years that their Philco decals were the wrong fonts. It took an email campaign of other Phorum members to finally convince them to make them correct. http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread...lco+Decals http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread...lco+Decals http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread...lco+Decals -- Ron Ramirez Ferdinand IN
04-04-2015, 07:31 AM
(04-03-2015, 11:25 PM)Ron Ramirez Wrote: Fred, I'm not being critical. Really. But if you post something and seek the opinions of others, if it isn't authentic, I will point it out. Not to be "better" than anyone because I certainly am not, nor would I ever want to give that impression. To me, it's about the authenticity. I think we owe it to future generations to try to get our restorations "right" as much as possible. No, we can't always achieve that goal, but we can try. And there is no doubt that your work with cabinets and lacquer is among the best I have seen. You're certainly a heck of a lot better with a cabinet than I am, for certain.Thanks Ron for everything you do for us here, I was just kidding around on my decal headache. Most of us would never know something is not right unless a senior tells us other wise. That is how we learn. I call it constructive criticism. We all have to swallow it as we grow.
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