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FStephenMasek's Philco 116B restoration - funny - FStephenMasek - 05-24-2017

So, Rima and I were in Yucaipa a few years with time to kill, so visited an antique/junk shop.  Word that I was looking at radios must have been transmitted, as a guy came running down the street carrying this Philco 116B, and I bought it.  Yep, I'm working on two 11-tube Philcos at the same time (the other is the 112).
There was some missing and damaged black veneer and some damaged normal walnut veneer.  I found some strips of black veneer and used some veneer salvaged from some old cabinet to make the repairs.  I also did a few glue, overlap patch, clamp firmly, sand-down repairs.  This is the current status:
[Image: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/FStephenMasek/Philco%20116%20front%20repairs.jpg]
The chassis on one of my chassis stands and the cabinet
[Image: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/FStephenMasek/Philco%20116%20chassis%20and%20cabinet.jpg]
The chassis bottom
[Image: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/FStephenMasek/Philco%20116%20chassis%20bottom.jpg]


RE: FStephenMasek's Philco 116B restoration - funny - morzh - 05-24-2017

The chassis was repaired before, likely in 30s-40s - the two caps in the lower right are replacements.