My Philco "Light Beam Indicator" solution - Printable Version

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My Philco "Light Beam Indicator" solution - Tgace459 - 05-27-2016

After googling around for a while I found only a couple of posts/forums/etc that addressed how to replace missing or broken Light Beam Indicators. The Philco 37-61 Tombstone I have been working on had a broken Indicator disk and no Light Beam apparatus at all.

My solution was to salvage the undamaged back side of my existing indicator disk:

[Image: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/1200x/3a/62/02/3a6202db21f4a4459858f7ff44b220b7.jpg]

I was fortunate in that the unprinted lower half was intact and not brittle. I took to it with a metal ruler and a utility knife till I had the proper shape that would fit in behind the indicator disk. I then took a Dremmel cutting disk and sliced in the slot for the light to pass through.

[Image: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/1200x/1c/3c/2d/1c3c2d63f9bbc68196bf3011369d0a7f.jpg]

Preliminary testing looks like it will work. I'll post a photo of the indicator when I get everything assembled and back in the cabinet. First I have to refabricate a light bracket and reflector since someone back in time somewhere gave up on fixing the indicator and spliced in a different pilot light.

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RE: My Philco "Light Beam Indicator" solution - morzh - 05-27-2016

Great solution.

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RE: My Philco "Light Beam Indicator" solution - Tgace459 - 05-27-2016

Worked out OK:

[Image: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/1200x/5a/ed/f5/5aedf56adc8e9826d659b82d524aa4aa.jpg]

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RE: My Philco "Light Beam Indicator" solution - klondike98 - 05-28-2016

That worked nicely!

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RE: My Philco "Light Beam Indicator" solution - Eliot Ness - 05-28-2016



You need to post that picture (post #3) in the "Philcos all aglow gather here" thread:

http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=6296

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RE: My Philco "Light Beam Indicator" solution - Stan the Man - 07-01-2016

On the first Philco I did, Mine was all there but was broken at the top and warped really bad.. It threw the beam off to one side.. What I did was to use a clear, thin plastic welding lens cover.. I cut it the same size as my indicator card and glued them together.. I then used some small screws to put it back on.. Again, mine was all there,.. just a little worse for wear..


Stan

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