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Philco 39-6 dial cover and grill cloth.
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05-22-2016, 11:28 AM
(05-22-2016, 09:56 AM)KCMike Wrote:   + one on making sure your staples are not too long. I did that once to a little table radio I had spent much time restoring. The staples punched through the front in two places. I was able to refill the holes but felt dumb for not checking the length first. Icon_eh

(05-22-2016, 10:19 AM)Ron Ramirez Wrote:  +2. The same thing happened to me on a wood 38-14 I had carefully refinished. Icon_sad Icon_crazy

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I learned the "short staple" rule on a nice little Emerson tombstone many moons ago Icon_redface
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RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover - by OldRestorer - 05-15-2016, 07:53 PM
RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover - by morzh - 05-15-2016, 08:26 PM
RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover - by KCMike - 05-15-2016, 09:10 PM
RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover - by morzh - 05-15-2016, 09:16 PM
RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover - by KCMike - 05-15-2016, 09:27 PM
RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover - by morzh - 05-15-2016, 09:37 PM
RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover - by Arran - 05-18-2016, 11:24 PM
RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover - by morzh - 05-19-2016, 08:37 AM
RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover - by morzh - 05-20-2016, 07:05 PM
RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover - by KCMike - 05-20-2016, 07:22 PM
RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover - by morzh - 05-20-2016, 07:24 PM
RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover - by morzh - 05-20-2016, 07:52 PM
RE: Philco 39-6 dial cover and grill cloth. - by Eliot Ness - 05-22-2016, 11:28 AM



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