The PHILCO Phorum

Bought a nice 38-7 looks pretty good and a keeper!

Nice find...they are nice to listen & look at especially in the evening. I found a 38-4 a few months ago. Cleaned it up...and it looks pretty good.

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Jimmy,

What you didn't like the grill cloth it came with ???

Nice finds guys!

Glenn

Glenn,
I wanted to use it for a kilt...it was only big enough for a loin cloth!

Chicago Jimmy Wrote:Glenn,
I wanted to use it for a kilt...it was only big enough for a loin cloth!

wow looks great where did you get the grill cloth?

Chicago Jimmy Wrote:Glenn,
I wanted to use it for a kilt...it was only big enough for a loin cloth!

you don't have that in your "Frunchroom" do ya?

I placed an order with John at grillcloth even before I had the radio,that was when the news came out about cancellation of manufacturing, so I ordered a few different patterns . It was a # 41 pattern, and I figured I would use it sooner or later.

Glenn, yeah..for tree months now.

Chicago Jimmy Wrote:I placed an order with John at grillcloth even before I had the radio,that was when the news came out about cancellation of manufacturing, so I ordered a few different patterns . It was a # 41 pattern, and I figured I would use it sooner or later.

Guess I wont be finding that pattern anytime soon sigh.... thanks anyway... Doug

Chicago Jimmy Wrote:Glenn, yeah..for tree months now.

go figure...
Where you at in Chitown? I lived in Oak Lawn for 12 years and my wife is born and raised in Palos Heights.

Glenn

Glenn, I am in Chicago just west of midway airport. I work at O'Hare airport.
Oak Lawn is 10 minutes from my house. When did you move out of the area?

Jimmy,

We moved in '03. My job relocated us to this area. The only things we miss are:family,Chicago dogs,stuffed pizza,going to Wrigley, not necessarily in that order.

@fixinmyphilco, Sorry for hijacking your thread. It is a bummer about the grill cloth. I made a mistake on my last order and now need to substitute on my 118H.

Glenn

What is the number for the pilot light?

I saw one of those 38-7XX models at an auction a few years ago (or the Canadian version), I don't think that I bid on it, I think that I bid on a DeForest Crosley and a Sparton console instead since they had nicer looking cabinets and were early 30s vintage. At that point I stopped going after consoles that had less then 7 or 8 tubes in the chassis.
I had an idea regarding the grille cloth problem with these sets. The thing to look for is some pin striped fabric of a suitable colour, or something that could be dyed a suitable colour, then stitch two pieces of it together so the pin stripes are at a 45 degree angle (or whatever it was) with the seam down the center. Obviously it would not be as good as the reproduction cloth is but still better then nothing.
Regards
Arran

fixinmyphilco Wrote:What is the number for the pilot light?

34-2184. The closest modern equivalent is type 44. The only difference is, the original had a "special flat filament" and the end (top) of the bulb was painted black. You can't get the "special flat filament" anymore, but you can paint the top of the bulb black if you want to.

Info on this and other Philco pilot lamps from a handy-dandy chart on Chuck's site.
http://www.philcorepairbench.com/lamps.htm

Thanks Ron