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Atwater Kent 55C - she's singing again
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A while back my wife and I visited Phlogiston and his museum and she fell in love with Russ' Kiel Table with an Atwater Kent 60.  I started looking for one to work on and found a 55C in a Kiel Table up in New York.  We took a drive up, managed to just get it into the SUV and brought it home.  At some point a previous owner had started to strip the table but had only partially done the job; so there was still plenty of work to do.  Here are some as received photos.

[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a014kbfhuz4jzs....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kt80yyu9mnkjau....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/use9j1y0jgs69p....jpg?raw=1]
 
The cabinet was in pretty good shape although there were some drink glass rings; someone had previously sanded one edge through the veneer,  and the table top had some issues.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wwu1ztflpz5a0d....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6rp4jxbufymb1y....jpg?raw=1]
 
The stripping and sanding began:
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ylydrtzqu47o6m....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7ovc6b80fexl4....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rv96vs3tgxc03k....jpg?raw=1]
 
Then toners and lacquers.  This is my makeshift spray arrangement so I could get at all the legs, corners etc. by just walking around the table.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/f309jt3jo1uf22....jpg?raw=1]
 
Someone surely polished the cabinet with some type of silicone polish in the past as fish eye was a bit of a problem.  Icon_eek 
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/syf7u8uhs33gu8....jpg?raw=1]
 
It all finally came together.  No claim that it is as nicely done as Russ would do but my wife likes it and I think it came out well. 
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a92xhfxysczo5b....jpg?raw=1]

Now its time to work on the radio.... Icon_smile


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Atwater Kent 55C - she's singing again - by klondike98 - 11-25-2014, 01:08 PM
RE: Atwater Kent 55C in Kiel Table - by sam - 11-25-2014, 01:17 PM
RE: Atwater Kent 55C in Kiel Table - by KCMike - 11-25-2014, 04:51 PM
RE: Atwater Kent 55C in Kiel Table - by Jayce - 11-26-2014, 02:03 PM
RE: Atwater Kent 55C in Kiel Table - by radioalfa - 11-26-2014, 11:05 PM



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