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Model 89 front finish
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09-04-2017, 05:34 PM
Hey, guys.  Wonder if someone could tell me if the model 89 has a faux finish on the front.  Something that doesn't look like veneer seems to be flaking off the cabinet I have here.
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09-04-2017, 07:45 PM
Can you show us a picture or two?
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09-04-2017, 07:56 PM
Wish I could, but haven't quite learned that skill yet.
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09-04-2017, 10:54 PM
There is a list of cabinets with photofinish in the Tech Section. The 89 cabinets are not on it.
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09-05-2017, 05:08 PM
Thanks for posting that Bob. So it looks like photo finish wasn't used prior to 1934? Ed
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09-05-2017, 11:27 PM
Don't think they were used till abt 1937.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

Terry
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