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My Philco "Light Beam Indicator" solution
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After googling around for a while I found only a couple of posts/forums/etc that addressed how to replace missing or broken Light Beam Indicators. The Philco 37-61 Tombstone I have been working on had a broken Indicator disk and no Light Beam apparatus at all.

My solution was to salvage the undamaged back side of my existing indicator disk:

[Image: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/1200x/...b220b7.jpg]

I was fortunate in that the unprinted lower half was intact and not brittle. I took to it with a metal ruler and a utility knife till I had the proper shape that would fit in behind the indicator disk. I then took a Dremmel cutting disk and sliced in the slot for the light to pass through.

[Image: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/1200x/...9d0a7f.jpg]

Preliminary testing looks like it will work. I'll post a photo of the indicator when I get everything assembled and back in the cabinet. First I have to refabricate a light bracket and reflector since someone back in time somewhere gave up on fixing the indicator and spliced in a different pilot light.


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My Philco "Light Beam Indicator" solution - by Tgace459 - 05-27-2016, 01:10 PM



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