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06-29-2021, 06:37 PM
Hello! Anyone ever seen a heavy steel and chrome cabinet with a 38-15 inside.  Well I found one! And it’s quite amazing! 


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Arran
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06-30-2021, 01:32 AM
It's a custom cabinet of some kind, perhaps made by a welder, definately not a factory original.
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06-30-2021, 09:41 AM
Quite the creation! Someone put a lot of time and effort into creating that! Maybe it was built to use in a fair or display back in the day.
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06-30-2021, 10:22 AM
I agree, Brad. It looks like something which may have been a "final project" done by a student in a metal working or welding class in a vocational school, or perhaps as a project entered into a fair for judging toward a prize, perhaps for 4H. I know they do more than just agriculture having been a club advisor myself. However it came to be, it shows a lot of time, effort, skill, and planning. I think it is VERY cool !
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06-30-2021, 11:44 AM
Definitely custom, but very well done. I think it deserves to be preserved and enjoyed.
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06-30-2021, 07:16 PM
Very nice! Still has at least two original Philco tubes, but what brand is the tube second from the right? “Jim” something... Great find! Joe
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