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Philco RP-1 restoration Chronicle
#16

Toned the base this morning..
The picture looks really red but it isn't..
Weird....  Icon_thumbdown


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AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
#17

The color is red..!
 I hated it but it was the wood underneath making it red. I decided to hit the top with ex dk walnut in a thin coat. I think it is perfect now!


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#18

Lookin Good!

When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

Terry
#19

Thanks Bud,
 Question..
 Should this have a gloss finish?
It looks odd with one....
Maybe it is the fact that the platter and arm are not attached?

I want original...

Thoughts?

Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
As of 1/01/2021
AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
#20

What colors did you use?

It doesn't look triple-toned, just two-toned.

Did you try one of the dark walnut sprays we discussed previously?

--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
#21

I tried Ron..

 I taped off the top and used Van Dyke but the wood kept reddening it bad. It was so uneven and splotchy I could not keep it lighter... I may have to veneer the top in Walnut because the pine is killing me....

I mean, it is a touch lighter but not much.. I am hoping that when I get the parts all back on it will look good...

Is the top supposed to be that much lighter? The original pics dont look that way but 70 years of age can do that..  Icon_rolleyes

I pulled the chassis out of its box today so while the cabinet dried I can dismantle the motor, clean it and rebuild it. Then take the chassis and do a recap and resistor change. Lastly I will try to rebuild the cartridge...
I rebuilt a few for Sam but they didnt have the right volume. I realized the plastic I was using was not hard enough so hopefully I didn't just waste 3 crystals and can dismantle them and rebuild them again...


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#22

Done!

I took a video but have not uploaded it to Photobucket and the site is not working. The video stinks anyway. The player was too close to the radio and there was too much interference...
I rebuilt everything and used a 3Volt cart I had to test it. 
I am really liking it. I will try to rebuild the original cart or add a counter spring..

EDIT** Youtube account opened and video here!

https://youtu.be/JJZzZIixQvw

Me


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Last year: 6
#23

 Very nice job Kirk Icon_thumbup   Good looking 16 also. 
#24

very nice!!
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#25

# Cheers ,,my friend,,,Very Very Nice Job
#26

Nice  Icon_thumbup Icon_thumbup

Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this justice as a gift
mafiamen2
#27

All I can say is "WOW" Great looking..

Skip...
#28

Now all you have left to do is learn to dance foxtrot....


Great loking piece.

People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
#29

Thanks guys...
It will be part of the display if I ever get to making it...

I actually can do the foxtrot Mike.. Not well but I can do it in my head perfectly Icon_lol

M

Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
As of 1/01/2021
AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
#30

How does all of you fit in your head?
Not even sitting still but doing the foxtrot...?Icon_lol

People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.




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