Philco 608 front faceplate - Printable Version
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Philco 608 front faceplate - chalupa13 - 09-30-2020
If anyone is interested i've posted philco 608 face plate on thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4610721. If you need to 3D print one. I've designed it myself using pictures i found online. It fits great my philco 41-608 (after sanding and painting it, see the pic I've attached). I also made turntable wheels for same model let me know if you interested.
RE: Philco 608 front faceplate - klondike98 - 10-03-2020
Thanks for posting that! I'm sure it will help some folks who need that piece.
RE: Philco 608 front faceplate - Phlogiston - 10-03-2020
Nice job.
It won't be long before you can print a ham sandwich. Well, you can now. It tastes like plastic. One day though - - Scotty have somebody take a look at that replicator. Everything tastes like PVC.
No - really, nice job.
RE: Philco 608 front faceplate - chalupa13 - 10-03-2020
Thanks, I'll be posting more random radio parts on that account. Right now I'm fixing Philco 77 so had to make a couple of pieces for that one as well. Btw there are printers that print food already =).
RE: Philco 608 front faceplate - Nathan Slingerland - 10-04-2020
Great job on recreating this part! I've added a link to it in the Philco Library under a new '3D Parts' section:
https://philcoradio.com/library/index.php/documents/philco_docs/parts/philco-41-608p-preset-button-escutcheon/
We'd love to link to any additional parts you've created too.
Thank you for such a great contribution to the hobby.
RE: Philco 608 front faceplate - NostalgiaRadioTime - 10-04-2020
Very nice! This should also work on the 41-245 table model
RE: Philco 608 front faceplate - Paul Philco322 - 10-04-2020
Beauty, old tech, new tech,
.Paul
RE: Philco 608 front faceplate - Eliot Ness - 10-05-2020
That's pretty cool and looks great. I'd like to play around with 3D printing but making the files seems a bit above my pay grade
Also working the bugs out of the affordable (Chinese) printers looks a bit daunting also. I know Kirk had a friend 3D print some Philco escutcheons that turned out pretty nice.
Keep up the good work and continue to post the items you've made and it might inspire one of us to take the 3D plunge...
RE: Philco 608 front faceplate - Nathan Slingerland - 10-05-2020
Just to make it clear you don’t necessarily need to own a 3D printer to make 3D printed parts.
I've printed several things from Thingiverse (that others have made) for my other hobby of fixing up old Commodore 8bit computers. I don't own a 3D printer - I use one of the online printing services. Last time I used https://craftcloud3d.com/. You just upload the files and then select the material to print with.
RE: Philco 608 front faceplate - chalupa13 - 10-05-2020
Hi Nathan, feel free to add these too.
Power Knob https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4615865
Idler Wheel https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4615867
Wood Baluster https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4615917
RE: Philco 608 front faceplate - chalupa13 - 10-05-2020
I use Ender 3. Probably the cheapest 3d printer you can get. No issues to work out. Requires minimum tweaking and prints are looking great. It probably saved me more money in random parts I've printed than I paid for the printer.