[Arran]

The veneer scraps from redoing the top should come in handy for patching damage elsewhere on the cabinet. I walked away from cabinet with similar damage, one was a Canadian Westinghouse set that had cracks across the grain on the curve, but the way it was built would have made it harder to take apart and repair then your Philco. I then saw an identical one for sale later with out it, but didn't get to look at it for some reason. Much of the practice I got with veneer was in repairing cabinets from farm battery sets, and sets that were just generally rough, and not worth much.
Regards
Arran