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Nathan's Philco 15X Restoration
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Thanks for the encouragement guys!

A few more updates:

Shadow Meter

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Interesting that it's branded Westinghouse - perhaps it has been replaced? Or did Philco not manufacture the early shadow meters themselves?
Either way it still works.  Icon_thumbup

Tone Control

Rebuilt - soldered on a 2-pos terminal strip to anchor the caps and used heatshrink on the wires.

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Chassis Derust

Cleaned up with naval jelly (it's a bit too cold in the garage now for Evaporust gel).

I also replaced the rubber tuner support with http://www.renovatedradios.com/product.php?product=321

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Speaker Derust

Naval jelly applied with a small paintbrush.

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Not sure if I'll put back the cloth since it's rusty and seems to be a moisture magnet.


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RE: Nathan's Philco 15X Restoration - by Nathan Slingerland - 11-27-2018, 12:34 AM



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