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Has anyone else bought a reproduction 1941 Philco radio plastic escutcheon and found that the slots at the top and bottom of the holes for the paper labels wiht clear covers had not been cast into it, making it inpossible to reinstall the clear covers and paper labels? The seller is offering to refund my money, but that still elaves me without a satisfactory repalcement for teh shrunken old plastic part.
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FStephenMasek Wrote:Has anyone else bought a reproduction 1941 Philco radio plastic escutcheon.. .
Bought from whom?
I believe there are two sources for those. Maybe one better than other?
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I bought it from Larry Bordonaro at Old Time Replications, and am hoping that he will re-do the mold. Perhaps several of us need to tell him we will order one to have in stock if he re-does the mold. I see that many places sell the escutcheons and push buttons he makes, but if anyone knows of another source for the escutcheon which uses a correct mold, I would very much appreciate knowing about it.
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As far as I know, Larry is the only person making these. He supplies Radio Daze and anyone else who may be reselling them.
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Ron Ramirez Wrote:As far as I know, Larry is the only person making these. He supplies Radio Daze and anyone else who may be reselling them.
Anything else than Larrry's work is second rate. I've seen Philco buttons sold by another vendor in two colours IIRC. Only Larry's were perfect...
Maybe making the holes was not possible/practical? Isn't there a way to add them? Using a Dremel maybe?
I have a "secretary" (slanted front) Philco ro restore, I need to order the bezel and knobs, maybe I'll have to address
that little problem eventually.
BTW, I wouldn't call them "bad reproductions". I could send you to sellers doing _really_ bad repros...;o)
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I have decided to try modifying the thing. I bought a 1/4" wide chisel yesterday, will sharpen it with a diamond grit "stone," then try to shave down the too-thick litle plastic ledges at the tops and bottoms of the openings.
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I successfully modified the part. I sharpened a brand new 1/4" wide chisel on the diamond hone we have for our kitchen knives, then shaved off some of the plastic at the top and bottom of each opening. I didn't get the pieces as even as I might have liked - some are more like a hump, higher in the center than at teh ends. If anyone else trys it, my advice is to not cut too deep on each pass, and to flip the chisel over, using the back of the blade to chear out the shavings at the ends. You have to make four cuts for each opening, one from somewhere in the middle in each direction on the top and bottom of each opening.
I understand that Larry will be re-doing his mold.
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I've modified several of the 1941s from Radio Daze so that the call letters and plastic cover fit right in. I just used an X-Acto knife with a fresh blade, the type of blade that is cut off at about a 60 degree angle. I was very cautious not to cut too deep, so sometimes it took a few tries to get it right.
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