[Steve Davis]

The speaker that came with the radio was in good condition, however, I wanted to experiment with replacing the spider. I had another 20 speaker with a bad cone and an open field coil. I rewound the field and installed a new cone with a foam surround. I also installed a modern accordion style spider on the back side of the cone.
 
[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4660/4032...8294_k.jpg]Philco 20 Speaker by Steve Davis, on Flickr
[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4701/4032...3b23_k.jpg]Philco 20 Speaker by Steve Davis, on Flickr

[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4769/3856...f00e_k.jpg]Philco 20 Speaker by Steve Davis, on Flickr

The cabinet was in pretty sad shape. I replaced the front panel, the wraparound and the base moulding. You might say this is a reproduction cabinet using a few original parts, rather than a restoration.

I shouldn't even tell about this part. I had a real "dumb attack" while working on the cabinet. I placed the cabinet face down on the table saw and bumped the blade while it was coasting to a stop, taking a chunk out of the front panel!

[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4719/3970...e4d2_k.jpg]Philco 20 Dumb Attack! by Steve Davis, on Flickr

The damage was not as bad as it looks. The edge of the front panel had not been trimmed yet. When the edge was trimmed, the worst part of the damage was removed. I only had remove a small section of veneer and replace. you have to look very closely to see the veneer patch.

[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4699/3970...aac9_k.jpg]Philco 20 Dumb Attack by Steve Davis, on Flickr

The cabinet has been finished and the chassis and speaker have been installed. I could not find a match for the grille cloth, so I wound up using 70/90 cloth. Also the two small knobs are not correct and have since been replaced with excellent reproductions from Renovated Radios.

[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4712/2806...1284_k.jpg]Philco 20 Reproduction Cabinet by Steve Davis, on Flickr