12-23-2014, 12:25 PM
Thank you, John (Eliot), Sam, and Greg - great suggestions all. After Christmas is over, I'll look for something thin to use as backing material.
In my online research this morning, I discovered that there is a two-part epoxy similar to J-B Weld, made for aluminum - Alum-Bond. Maybe some of that stuff, together with some sort of backing to give the broken joints extra strength, will do the trick? I think if I had not tried to remove the excess J-B, it would have held...but for how long? I agree that reinforcing the glued joints is necessary; I just wasn't sure how to go about it.
And Sam, I may still want to make a mold and make a plastic duplicate, after I get the original back together, just in case
The radio looks pretty sad right now with just one center grillebar:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00015.jpg]
Now that the cloth is in the cabinet, I see that I didn't get the cloth completely straight.
But it's straighter than that shown in the factory Philco illustration above, so it will do.
In my online research this morning, I discovered that there is a two-part epoxy similar to J-B Weld, made for aluminum - Alum-Bond. Maybe some of that stuff, together with some sort of backing to give the broken joints extra strength, will do the trick? I think if I had not tried to remove the excess J-B, it would have held...but for how long? I agree that reinforcing the glued joints is necessary; I just wasn't sure how to go about it.
And Sam, I may still want to make a mold and make a plastic duplicate, after I get the original back together, just in case
The radio looks pretty sad right now with just one center grillebar:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00015.jpg]
Now that the cloth is in the cabinet, I see that I didn't get the cloth completely straight.
But it's straighter than that shown in the factory Philco illustration above, so it will do.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
