[49Stude63]

Steve really it isn't that bad to refinish, here is my 38-2 before and after stripping with citrus stripper http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community....=201872&ck= and here is a link to some picture of my 38-116 after replacing the dial and I have since replaced the missing knobs with nos ones. http://community.webshots.com/user/49stude63 If you look at the mystery radio link I just sprayed that table model about 3 days ago and have not done the final we sanding yet.
You can use either a siphon feed or gravity feel spray gun, if all you have is a home compressor you would be better off with a non-hvlp type gun, cheaper and less demanding on your compressor. I mask off the back and behind the grille and dial openings so that I don't have massive overspray on the inside of the cabinet. Practice spray the laquer on a regular piece of cardboard so that you get the technique down, so you are close enough to get a good wet coat but far enough away that you don't get runs. Keep your gun to part distance the same and move with a nice steady side to side motion. almost like your arm was on a rail, sounds strange but it is not hard to get the feel for it. The 38-116 is like the 38-2 the grille bars should have a screw top and bottom and just unscrew them (carefully) and I would refinish the bars off of the cabinet, make a mark to id the location for each bar l-r what is top-bottom. If you take the bars off you don't get the puddling or bridging of the laquer at the mounting points.