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Parmak Farm Radio - Phlogiston - 06-22-2020

https://www.russoldradios.com/blog/back-on-the-farm-radio

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RE: Parmak Farm Radio - Eliot Ness - 06-23-2020

Not too many of those around. Beautiful restoration Russ

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RE: Parmak Farm Radio - Phlogiston - 06-23-2020

thanks.

No, like I mentioned the ID on RM is kinda' messed up, using the model names "1937, Deluxe, 525" and a bunch of other combinations, all of which relate to the radio - in the correct order.

Somewhere on the site I have a picture of its big brother, a 735, as I recall. A truly impressive "farm radio". I think it is in the "rare & unusual" tab.

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RE: Parmak Farm Radio - klondike98 - 07-05-2020

Another wonderful restoration Russ!!

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RE: Parmak Farm Radio - Paul Philco322 - 07-05-2020

Nice set, sounds swell. 

Paul

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RE: Parmak Farm Radio - morzh - 07-05-2020

Great looking set.

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RE: Parmak Farm Radio - Phlogiston - 07-05-2020

Thanks guys.

I am about a day away from buffing out the 5-F-134 cabinet. This is the 2nd farm radio - the one that needed to have the chassis replated.

Since I was doing one chassis, I decided to replat a 5-S-127 chassis as well. On it the variable cap and IF transformer covers were done as well. I had mentioned zinc plating previously. This chassis will also fit in the same Zenith cabinet.

I will add it to the blog asap.

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RE: Parmak Farm Radio - rfeenstra - 07-05-2020

Do you have pics of the re-plated chassis? Perhaps I missed it in your blog.

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RE: Parmak Farm Radio - Phlogiston - 07-06-2020

It will still be a few days before I have the Zenith reassembled. I will post pictures of the process then. The zinc plating was pretty easy and inexpensive.

Picture: from left to right -

As found
Cleaned up (some base metal exposed)
Replated

The picture was originally vertically oriented making the can on the right appear larger. In the original orientation it was closer - so appears larger.

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RE: Parmak Farm Radio - rfeenstra - 07-06-2020

Nice. looking forward to seeing the whole chassis after re-plating. When I clean up a rusty chassis with a lot of base metal showing, I paint, but would like to re-plate if it looks closer to original. Extra work as the sockets need to be removed. Although, I'm used to that with the Scotts!

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