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Getting some of the ugly gone
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Over the last several days I've been working on a couple of bad looking Philcos. One an late '36 84B and the other is an 80B. Both needed the chassis serviced which was done also.

I was a bit surprised that Philco went to trouble to add some nice details to the cabinet on the 80B (bear in mind this was a $15 set in late 1932. Two tone finish, routed base trim, routed speaker panel, and routed front panel edge. The model 81 has the same details too. This helps show the family resemblance to the lager model 91 and other Clyde Sutter designed cabinets. The 84B dropped a lot of the routing and just had the edge and opening cut with bandsaw leaving just a flat edge.


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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
#2

Say, Terry, great job on both! Icon_thumbup

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
#3

Looking good Terry!
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#4

Very nice! Icon_thumbup

Blessings,
Jeff W.
Jonesboro, Arkansas

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#5

Terry;
  The grilles in those model 84s are probably routed to, if not then then used some 1930s version of a RotoZip to cut them. You can tell by the rounded out corners that they used a rotary tool and a jig to cut them, but by then the molded edges around speaker grilles cutouts that sets like the 80 and 81 had were going out of fashion in favor of ones with a 90 degree edge.
Regards
Arran
#6

probably done on a pantograph using a high speed single lipped cutter
#7

As Freddy Prince used to say....  Looking Good!  Icon_thumbup
#8

Wow,
Super nice looking job Terry... I have a chairside here you can do Icon_lol

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#9

Flattery will get you nowhere!!!!
Get busy!!!!  [Image: http://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smi...on_lol.gif].
Just think of ALL the swell pics you can post as your redoing it! All the Phorum members going ew and ah! And and the great big attaboy you'll get from me!!

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
#10

Very nice restoration Terry!
murf




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