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HELP - Broken grille, Philco Tropic 41-758EZ
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I finally worked up the courage to try and repair the broken grillebar again.

I was not looking forward to cutting notches in the back of the grillebar at each break.

But I managed to get this done without breaking it any further than it already is.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00016.jpg]

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00017.jpg]

Since my Dremel cutting disc cut a fairly wide slot, I decided to use pieces of a small drill bit to reinforce each break instead of the metal edge from a ruler as I originally intended to do.

Sorry, I could not capture pictures as I was gluing the pieces together as I had to work fairly quickly before the metal epoxy set...it was already getting somewhat stiff by the third break.

After a few minutes, it looked like this:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00018.jpg]

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00019.jpg]

Wish me luck, folks...I'm keeping my fingers crossed...Icon_think...I'll find out tomorrow whether or not this is successful.

--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


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RE: HELP - Broken grille, Philco Tropic 41-758EZ - by Ron Ramirez - 01-29-2015, 01:07 PM



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