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38-10 Finished - FStephenMasek - 03-20-2011
I did not strip and refinished this one. Instead, I repaired two veneer chips on the top, lightly sanded the old lacquer on the photofinish on the front, applied stain to the front, to deal with a scratch and three gouges, used toned lacquers to refresh the finish on the top and sides, then applied clear gloss lacquer.
This radio works very well, pulling in AM stations without any antenna, and shortwave this morining with just an 8' wire.
For safety, I installed a three wire cord (Sundial Wire), and a fuse. This radio performs significantly better with the chassis grounded. I omitted the original capacitors from each side of the power cord to the chassis, as they would put AC on the chassis, and with the three wire cord, be dumping power into the ground, a hazard. I installed an X-safety capacitor across the hot and neutral wires (after the switch).
I carefully cleaned a few rust spots with Naval Jelly, then carefully polished the chassis with Simichrome.
The $39.95 original price is $600 in today's money, so it was a significant purchase for the original buyer.
I have about $115 in it:
$25 purchase price
$25 miscellaneous (capacitors, cord, plug, terminal strips, de-soldering wick, chemicals, lacquer, sandpaper, etc.)
$23.00 new dial from Radio Daze
$7.27 6Q7G
$2 6K7G had in stock
$2 6F6 had in stock
$2 6A8G had in stock
$4.50 chassis screw sleeves
$24 reproduction tuner supports (3), dial bumpers(2), chassis corner mounts(4)
The first two photos show the effect of lighting, angle, and flash on the apparent color of the finish.
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[Image: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/FStephenMasek/Philco38-10rightfinished.jpg]
[Image: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/FStephenMasek/Philco38-10backfinished.jpg]
[Image: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/FStephenMasek/Philco38-10chassistopfinished.jpg]
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New (reproduction) dial and rubber dial bumpers
[Image: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/FStephenMasek/Philco38-10newdialandrubberdialbumpers.jpg]
new rubber chassis mounts
[Image: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/FStephenMasek/Philco38-10newchassisfeet.jpg]
new rubber tuner mounts
[Image: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/FStephenMasek/Philco38-10newrubbertunermounts.jpg]
Before (I had the piece for the large chip, so glued it back, and fixed the smaller one with new veneer)
[Image: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/FStephenMasek/Philco38-10frontbefore.jpg]
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Re: 38-10 finsihed - Michael Dennis - 03-20-2011
Wow! Beautiful! Very well done!
Mike
Re: 38-10 finsihed - Radioroslyn - 03-22-2011
Very Nice!!!!
Terry
Re: 38-10 Finished - FStephenMasek - 03-22-2011
Thanks! It looks nice in our radio room.
Re: 38-10 Finished - Ron Ramirez - 03-22-2011
You did a great job, Stephen.
Re: 38-10 Finished - FrAnKiViTy - 03-22-2011
Nice Job on a sweet looking radio !
Re: 38-10 Finished - FStephenMasek - 03-22-2011
Thanks, Ron - it is good to read that from someone who is a "Mr. Philco."
Re: 38-10 Finished - Chuck Schwark - 03-23-2011
Outstanding restoration.
Thanks for preserving another piece of our radio heritage - especially a Philco.
:-)
Chuck
Re: 38-10 Finished - FStephenMasek - 03-23-2011
Wow, now two "Mr. Philcos." Thanks!
RE: 38-10 Finished - FStephenMasek - 11-08-2012
Since I have a 38-7 which I like better, I sold it at the Antique Phonograph Society event last year. Nobody offered more than $115, so that was my selling price. With zero for my efforts, that is what I had in it, so break even it was. With economic recovery far off, and even more so in California, I've cut way, way back on radio buying.
RE: 38-10 Finished - Eric T - 11-10-2012
That is a beautiful radio!
RE: 38-10 Finished - codefox1 - 11-10-2012
Wonderful job.
RE: 38-10 Finished - TA Forbes - 11-10-2012
Excellent job on the chassis! I am currently doing a resto on a model 15X chassis and am also going for the natural metal finish look. It's a lot of work!!!!!
RE: 38-10 Finished - chris25260880 - 11-10-2012
Very impressive
RE: 38-10 Finished - Todd - 02-24-2013
Thank you for helping me with my 38-10F project. It is now in fine working order.