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Tube tester covered with Tolex
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Ok, here she is:
   
   
   
   
 
I used a small wire wheel on the Dremel to clean the metal parts. I used Tolex glue from AES to reglue the loose places. Then, I finished it off with several coats of black shoe polish In the last pic it is testing an 80 globe. This was my first attempt at restoring a tolex covered cabinet. Not perfect, but it does present well for a 60 year old tube tester. I would certainly want to practice on some junk cabinets before I would try to recover anything worth anything, and this glue is hard on paint brushes!

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Tim

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Tube tester covered with Tolex - by TV MAN - 05-27-2016, 11:24 AM
RE: Tube tester covered with Tolex - by Arran - 05-29-2016, 03:03 AM
RE: Tube tester covered with Tolex - by TV MAN - 05-30-2016, 05:24 PM
RE: Tube tester covered with Tolex - by TV MAN - 08-13-2016, 06:24 PM
RE: Tube tester covered with Tolex - by TV MAN - 08-14-2016, 04:25 PM
RE: Tube tester covered with Tolex - by TV MAN - 08-20-2016, 03:10 PM
RE: Tube tester covered with Tolex - by sam - 08-20-2016, 03:23 PM
RE: Tube tester covered with Tolex - by TV MAN - 08-25-2016, 12:15 AM
RE: Tube tester covered with Tolex - by Geoff - 08-27-2016, 02:20 PM
RE: Tube tester covered with Tolex - by TA Forbes - 10-03-2016, 10:26 PM
RE: Tube tester covered with Tolex - by TA Forbes - 10-07-2016, 09:22 PM



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