Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - Printable Version
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Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - Fred Taylor - 09-02-2015
Here is a little Rex Cathedral radio that our President ( Jim Sargent) of our radio club ( VRPS) here in Dallas area wanted me to restore a beloved baby Rex Cathedral radio cabinet. The cabinet was pretty much roached out but was salvageable. I agreed to take on the job and this will be posted in our club news letter. It will show other members that now matter how bad the cabinet may be it can be repaired so don't throw it away . Being a rare radio it was worth the effort
RE: Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - Fred Taylor - 09-02-2015
A few more pictures
RE: Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - ccomer1955 - 09-02-2015
Beautiful. You don't have a series on how you re-assembled the grillwork, do you? Did you reinforce the broken areas, or simply re-glue them to the front?
RE: Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - Fred Taylor - 09-02-2015
(09-02-2015, 10:47 AM)ccomer1955 Wrote: Beautiful. You don't have a series on how you re-assembled the grillwork, do you? Did you reinforce the broken areas, or simply re-glue them to the front?
I carefully removed the outer layer of veneer (decorative face ) and made a new back.
RE: Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - ccomer1955 - 09-02-2015
Beautiful work. Thank you for posting it. The photos really help those of us trying to learn the proper techniques. I'm struggling with my first attempt to re-veneer a curved surface (veneer strips about 406 inches wide and maybe 2.5 feet long going horizontally across the front and side of a 41-280 cabinet). Matching the veneer has taken me forever (still not sure I have it), and I have yet to sort out the best way to laminate it to the body of the cabinet. Then matching toner, and more. So, seeing things like this work give me hope. Really beautiful work.
RE: Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - klondike98 - 09-02-2015
RE: Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - PhilcoJohn - 10-12-2015
Fred... What can I say? Not surprised of the outcome! It looks beautiful! Nice save.
RE: Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - morzh - 10-14-2015
Fred. It is magnificent. It is becoming boring. Screw up something for a change, will'ya!
RE: Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - Joe Rossi - 10-14-2015
Beautiful!
RE: Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - Alan Douglas - 10-15-2015
No two-toned panel?
RE: Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - Fred Taylor - 10-18-2015
(10-15-2015, 06:50 PM)Alan Douglas Wrote: No two-toned panel?
Your right , its not two toned. I screwed
up but the owner likes it just like it is. I can two tone it with no problem later and will let him know about it when I see him at next radio auction!
RE: Rare (Rex) cathedral rebuild - Alan Douglas - 10-19-2015
He was probably so amazed with the woodwork he hasn't noticed the color scheme yet.