[murf]

Have a nice RCA 29k2 console radio I brought home today, only to discover after the ride home, that the slide rule dial glass had cracked.
Anyone have one or know of anyone who makes a replica?
Thanks
murf

[BrendaAnnD]

Murf,

If nobody else can help, and your dial isn't too badly shattered, you can put the pieces back together and take a high res scan (a high res photo will work, too, but harder to work with). Then email me the scan and exact measurements. I can reproduce the dial scale itself on a color transparency and mail that to you. You could then get your own piece of glass cut (or plexy!) and attach the repro scale to it.

[murf]

THat just might work Brenda,
I will pm you with a scan or picture.
Probably a hard one to find.
murf

[TA Forbes]

Brenda:

[Arran]

Try Radio Daze, they make repro glass dials, or you could hunt on fleabay for one from a parted out set.
Regards
Arran

[murf]

Brenda was nice enough to make me a transparency.
We'll try that and see how it looks.
Thanks again Brenda.

[BrendaAnnD]

In case anyone would like to see what I do with these beasties:

Before:
   

After:
   

Lots of work with Photoshop Elements, then printed out on a transparency. This is the first time I've had to do it without having the original dial to work with (other than a scan). I usually have the original to compare the transparency to make sure the final dimensions are correct.

[TA Forbes]

Mighty fine work, Brenda!!

[Gene Pederson]

Great work Brenda!!!

Gene

[Jayce]

Good work Brenda! I'm having a real facepalm moment right now because I know where possibly two or more of these sets are sitting right now. The same place I dragged my model 90 out of! At least I know what model they are now.

[BrendaAnnD]

Darn.. after all the work, and printing out the transparencies, I've just checked against the original with one of the transparencies, and the transparency is smaller/narrower. I'm going to have to get some legal size (8.5x14) transparencies and reprint them and remail. Sorry about this, Murf.. printer limitations. Shouldn't be too long, though. I could also send you the finished file and you could perhaps have Kinko's print a transparency for you in the meantime.

[Old Buzzard]

Murf;

Check your PM.

-O.B.

[Phlogiston]

As people scan these things it would be nice to place the "art work" in a sticky where it could be reused.

[jerryhawthorne]

Russ, there is a sub Phorum where labels etc. are filed for reference and recovery. With the help of Ron, I have posted several labels for Philcos there. Brenda's hard work needs to be saved for others as you indicated.
Regards, Jerry

[Ron Ramirez]

http://philcoradio.com/phorum/forumdisplay.php?fid=25

Intended for Philco items but I would not object to other makes/models as well.