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RCA 6K3 Cabinet Restore/Refinish
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MrFixr55,

Well, I did only join earlier this year so I am pretty new to the discipline.  I feel like the lighting on the cabinet is hiding the imperfections, but I think I will be generally happy with it once I get the lacquer finished.  I appreciate all the kind words and will make sure to get some better photos when all is said and done.


So far, technically I have only really operated on two radios, the 37-610 and the 6K3, both of which I'd call at about the 95% complete state.  I have gotten some parts for and tested the tubes in the Silvertone my wife wanted which is the next to be worked on.  And, yes... I have acquired a fair few more that haven't really been touched at all.  I think this winter I will have many good projects for chassis to work on.  I'm eager to try to completely disassemble the AK 469 and really spiff it up, but before that, I have a 54C that a friend would like to have (with Bluetooth) in their inn.  That one will require a fair bit of work, maybe a recone of the speaker.  I know Ron did quite an extensive re-visioning of that model but I don't know that I will go quite so extensive.

I will have some brain-picking to do on the Silvertone in its own thread, since I want to find a way to incorporate an aux input like I have done with the 6K3.

Best wishes,
Roy


Messages In This Thread
RCA 6K3 Cabinet Restore/Refinish - by glyphmon - 06-25-2026, 02:56 AM
RE: RCA 6K3 Cabinet Restore/Refinish - by Arran - 06-25-2026, 02:41 PM
RE: RCA 6K3 Cabinet Restore/Refinish - by Arran - 06-26-2026, 12:48 AM
RE: RCA 6K3 Cabinet Restore/Refinish - by Arran - 07-23-2026, 05:53 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 08-30-2026, 08:07 AM
RE: RCA 6K3 Cabinet Restore/Refinish - by glyphmon - 08-30-2026, 10:51 PM
RE: RCA 6K3 Cabinet Restore/Refinish - by RodB - 09-09-2026, 10:49 AM



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