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Finished Philco 42-380 Project - Jeremy S - 03-14-2019
I just wrapped up a 42-380 for a friend of mine. His father was the original owner of the radio and he ended up with it years ago. His father is still living, though he is eldery with some health issues.
The electronics received the usual new caps, resistors, and most of the old wiring had to be replaced due to bad insulation. This set uses a 6X5, which I bypassed using two 1N5408 diodes and a dropping resistor to get the B+ within spec. I also added a thermsistor to limit inrush current and a fuse for protection. The owner likes to listen to music and AM radio sucks in his area, so I added an AUX input with my Bluetooth circuit so he can listen to anything that he wants.
The bezel and pushbuttons were warped and crumbling like they usually are, reproductions were ordered from Renovated Radios. The original finish was in pretty decent shape but very dirty and covered in small white paint splatter. The base was falling apart and the finish was flaking off so it was refinished. The rest of the radio was cleaned with Goop handcleaner and touched up with special walnut colored stain. The paint splatter was painstaking removed by carefully using various scraping tools, picks, and my fingernails. Several of the screw holes for the bezel screws were stripped out, possibly from the old bezel warping and pulling the screws out? To fix these I cut up a small wooden toothpick and glue it in the fill the screw hole, and then drove the screw into the new wood.
The grille cloth was cleaned while left on the mounting board using some foaming carpet cleaner. The station and function labels for the bezel were reproduced using MS Excel.
This one will be heading back home to Columbia, SC in a few weeks.
Here is a "before" pic:
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The finished radio:
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RE: Finished Philco 42-380 Project - OldRestorer - 03-14-2019
I love finishing a project.. One day I might try it
RE: Finished Philco 42-380 Project - Jeremy S - 03-14-2019
(03-14-2019, 11:00 AM)OldRestorer Wrote: I love finishing a project.. One day I might try it
I'm good at finishing a project when it is for someone else... just not when it is one of my own
RE: Finished Philco 42-380 Project - Bill Bacco - 03-14-2019
It looks great. Nice Job!
RE: Finished Philco 42-380 Project - morzh - 03-14-2019
Looks very nice. The customer should be happy.
RE: Finished Philco 42-380 Project - Jake Blake - 03-14-2019
Gorgeous restoration!
I had this model a while.
I always wondered why Philco thought those quaint left and right-pointing arrows would mean something significant to the average user. . . . maybe to the audiophile who might understand graphic representations of frequency response, . . . but not to the average 1940s housewife.
Jake
RE: Finished Philco 42-380 Project - Ron Ramirez - 03-14-2019
Fine job, Jeremy, fine job.
RE: Finished Philco 42-380 Project - SteveG - 03-15-2019
Beautiful!! Love it when an original finish cabinet is brought back to life!