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O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - Ronin61 - 08-04-2013
Just bid on one on eBay and accidentally won it. My god what have I done. Going to need a lot of help guys and gals so I know I can count on the members of this forum. One good thing I have a mentor who has restored a few of these and he's ready to go. Pictures to come as soon as I can get some. O my god what have I done.
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - murf - 08-04-2013
Good luck on the restore.
Very complex chassis.
I have a 38-116 that I am still working on.
HAd to walk away for a while and work on some easier ones.
Great radio though.
murf
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - jerryhawthorne - 08-04-2013
We are all here for you. Finished one for a friend (38-116) and murf is right, it is a bit of a challenge but nice sounding radio when done. Now we need some pictures which all of us like!
Jerry
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - Ronin61 - 08-04-2013
Here's the first picture of the 37-116 and the cabinet looks great, the grill cloth is a little bit ragged but I purchased some new cloth a few months ago and now I know where it's going to end up.[Image: http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a508/ronin61/null_zpsc8d357af.jpg]
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - morzh - 08-04-2013
I have just made mine sing today.
The chassis is, well, not too bad except the RF part (*luckily I was able to recap the radio without having to take that apart).
It's just big. Yep, that's it - it is big and that whart's scary.
So. Don't rush. Take the chassis out, put it on the table, look at it awhile. Get to know it, so to speak. If you have to change the dial - take apart the dial assembly AND document every step and catalog every part.
When recapping, hand-draw a simple diagram what wire came from where and to where so you don't have to guess when reconnecting stuff.
Take your time - it ain't gonna be fast. But it ain't too bad neither.
PS. And it is a decent looking cabinet, so you may not necessarily have to do much, if anything, woodwork-wise.
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - jerryhawthorne - 08-04-2013
Ron, very nice looking cabinet, hopefully little to do other than some good cleaning and a wax. Fine looking radio but a lot of work to recap. As indicated, take your time.
Jerry
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - murf - 08-04-2013
One thing I did to make it easier to work on, is I made a wood frame to attach the chassis to, which is also made to spin 360 degrees.
Have to get it up high enough to allow it to rotate and clear everything on the chassis.
It is just to big and heavy to try to roll around on a bench.
murf
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - Ronin61 - 08-04-2013
VMore pictures[Image: http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a508/ronin61/null_zps90f3e68b.jpg]left side[Image: http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a508/ronin61/null_zps5301c083.jpg]right side[Image: http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a508/ronin61/null_zpsf813c74c.jpg]
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - Ronin61 - 08-04-2013
Thank you for all the encouragement , I'm looking forward to the challenge and with my mentors help this big sob is going to sing.
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - jerryhawthorne - 08-04-2013
Very nice Ron and I agree with Murf I wish I would have designed a quickey devise to hold that dang chassis to allow me to set it at various angles, it is total beast to move around. Especially when I only have one arm that works well.
Handling that chassis on the bench was the worse part of the whole rebuild.
Jerry
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - Electrothaumaturgist - 08-05-2013
Looks like a very fine base to work with. Excellent find!!!
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - morzh - 08-05-2013
I did well without that contraption to rotate the chassis. Agreed, this would be nice but I am not very handy person and it is not entirely unmanageable.
But if you have the time and the desire, sure.
As a matter of fact you can make a gimbal and attach it to the chassis
would be an interesting experiment. 
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - murf - 08-05-2013
That's pretty much what mine is.
It has brass bearings on the 2 sides imbedded in the wood frame surrounding the chassis.
This frame rotates about the brass bearings and is suspended between a couple A frames.
Works great.
murf
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - Eric Adams - 08-06-2013
How about some photos, Murf. My stand is rather primitive.
Thanks,
RE: O man now I've done it, Philco 37-116 - morzh - 08-06-2013
If it's a gimbal that should be cool!