[tubenutt]

Here's my latest bench victim, almost done! See how the bottom shot looks totally re-worked.....NO?? That was the idea! LOL
In the shot of the top, between the transformer and the tuning cap, you can see how I re-stuffed the original filter cans. The top part of the can slips on, then when I tighten the filters down, the re-stuff is invisible. I did these as per the tech tips article about restuffing the old cans on The Philco repair bench.
If you want to try it, follow Chuck's info and VOILA!!
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[Radioroslyn]

Great job! Can't tell anythings been done. The resistors are the tricky part. I've made up my own bed resistors but it's a bit of work. Don't really like the orange drop or yellow tubular look.
Terry

[Ron Ramirez]

Keep up the good work, Steve.

[tubenutt]

Right now, I'm working to make a new set of speaker leads. I have the green and red, but not white/green, so I'm going with white. That will be the most visible of my efforts so far, until time turns the NEW leads into all straw-colored old ones again. CORRECTION: the 1/4"-long bits of shrink tubing will not show, top or bottom, but that's all you COULD see in there.
This radio had an early filter replacement. It looks to be a paper-dialectric 'condenser', beeswax, paper tube and all, but CANNOT be, because its 10mfd/450 V tells me it's NOT. It's a replacement Philco cap made just for this purpose, I betcha! And it reads .02 Ohms!!! That's the combined resistance of my test leads!! SHORTED!! WOW! You can see it to the left of the chassis in the bottom-chassis photo. I have a buddy here in Medford that will want it to restuff it, most likely. Caps are do-able but restuffing resistors are out of my league. I can't WAIT to burn it in!
Then I'll try to align it without ticking my apartment neighbors off with the sig-gen!!