650X Grille Cloth - Printable Version

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650X Grille Cloth - Bill Bacco - 01-20-2026

Does anyone have a good source for Grille Cloth for a 1936 650X Console.  It is a V (Chevron) pattern.  See attached pictures.

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RE: 650X Grille Cloth - morzh - 01-20-2026

Have you looked at Mike Katz' place?

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RE: 650X Grille Cloth - RodB - 01-20-2026

That would be Mike Katz at

https://www.radiogrillecloth.com/

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RE: 650X Grille Cloth - Bill Bacco - 01-20-2026

I did but the color of his V pattern (#14) is opposite of what mine is. The gaps on mine are lighter and the lines brown.

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RE: 650X Grille Cloth - Brad Winder - 01-20-2026

Interesting. I hadn't noticed that his pattern was the opposite.

Was there possibly two (or more) versions that Philco used?

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RE: 650X Grille Cloth - Brad Winder - 01-21-2026

So, I went through my collection last night, looking at V cloth and what I noted was:
-Mike Katz duplicated the 37-116 cloth
-Seems that version of the V cloth is different from what they used in other 1934-38 sets.
-Philco changed the pattern to accommodate the grille openings and allow the use of one cloth vs having to splice in three separate pieces to get the V centered.
-The reproduction cloth he produced 30 years ago is ALSO a duplication of the 37-116 cloth...never noticed this until now.

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