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16B cabinet color - streetmechanic - 12-05-2022

The house of a recently deceased neighbor is being cleaned out and this kinda tired 16B was headed for the dumpster. I thought
I'd see what I could do with it and, with the amount of labor involved, I might as well do it right-  so here's my question: What
color were the dark parts of the cabinet, black or very dark brown? Was the finish meant to be opaque or was the grain meant
to show through? The cabinet was stripped long before I got it.
  One idle curiosity question too. I'm not used to seeing eight-sided knobs on Philco products. How long were they used and did
the whole product line get them or just some models?
   Sorry for asking questions you guys probably settled long ago.
-Dave

RE: 16B cabinet color - Nathan Slingerland - 12-05-2022

Hi Dave - a previous post on the colors for these cabinets: https://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=8830

RE: 16B cabinet color - klondike98 - 12-06-2022

Here's the link to our gallery photo as well:
https://philcoradio.com/gallery2/1935a/#Model_16B

RE: 16B cabinet color - Radioroslyn - 12-06-2022

Hi Dave and welcome to the Phorum,

You found one of Philco's best table top sets. It's a beast! I have a couple of the them.
Here's a link to the 1st cabinet I did. https://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=19986
It was stripped too. And broken. I ended up using
Mohawk Van Dyke Walnut M100-0353. I don't think it's as red as the extra dark walnut.
Also used a lot of sanding sealer. The hypo work wonders for doing the pinstriping.

I'll mention while your working on the cabinet be sure to check the joints. Loose joints
can cause splitting and cracking of the corner and top panels as it's a heavy set to pick
up by the rear arch.

As for the knobs I can't think of many sets that use them. Would have been around 1934
-35. Renovated Radios was making repos for all 3 of them.  And the grille cloth can be had
from Micheal Katz.

GL w/your new project!

RE: 16B cabinet color - GarySP - 12-06-2022

Hello Dave and welcome to the Phorum! Terry wasn't kidding when he said "beast". Make sure the table you put it on is sturdy as well! The others showed you where to start, so I'll just say Good Luck! Take care and BE HEALTHY! Gary