[Ron Ramirez]

Rise and shine, er, riser time!

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This cabinet's riser had been glued to the bottom originally, and there was still a little wood and glue residue left. A quick sanding with 180 grit sandpaper took care of that.

Using the measurements that had been sent to me by an eBay seller I had mentioned previously, I carefully measured, re-measured, re-re-measured...and then attached the new riser to this cabinet.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/bozak_017.jpg]

I countersunk all of the screws 1/8" or more from the surface, so the screw heads should never come in contact with the linoleum floor where these speakers will eventually be placed when they are finished.

Also, these new risers are far superior to the originals as they are more than twice as thick and, therefore, should hold up very well indeed. The original risers were made from 13/16" wood, relatively thin considering the amount of weight they need to hold up. The new ones will support much, much more weight. Which is a good thing, as I plan to use these as printer stands as well as speakers.

I repeated the measuring and then attaching process with the other cabinet.

Here's how they look now - with risers again, for the first time in at least a couple decades, maybe longer:

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Notice how the insulation is different in each cabinet? The cabinet on the left uses a brown paper type of product while the cabinet on the right uses fiberglass. So I suspect the cabinet on the right is newer...perhaps much newer...than the one on the left. That, or someone replaced the brown paper in the cabinet on the right with fiberglass at some point.

I can sort of guess at the time the original risers were removed and the casters installed, as all of the casters still have Furrow price stickers on them - on the underside which was attached to the bottom of the cabinets until recently. Furrow was a home improvement center that went out of business in 2001, and the stickers look much older than that...I'm guessing 1980s...

Anyway...the cabinets are now on their way to looking original again.