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Help! What is it? This is what I found...
Scott D
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08-14-2017, 11:48 AM
Hi all, 

I finally got around to taking apart my newly purchased Philco 84 (1936).  I saw this on the bottom of the inside of the cabinet (see attached picture).  

I had not seen this bottom covering in any of the radios to my recollection.  If they were in the radios I own - they had all been torn out years ago.  I gather it was to keep the heat of the chassis from overheating the base of the cabinet (?).  It didn't seem to been enough to cushion the cabinet.  

At first, I thought it was merely a strengthened cardboard of the day in the mid-30's.  Then I wondered... is it a sheet of pressed asbestos?  Yikes!  

I would just like to be sure of what it is... & whether I should remove it... before I go any further.  Better safe than sorry.  Thanks for being there for me!

So, in all of your vast experiences.... what is it?

Thanks!

Scott


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