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Mikes, Sams, and Terry's Cabinet restoration chronicles
#1

I have had these cabinet for way to long and this is the first spring I actually have some time to get these beauties rolling.

1. Philco 620 shouldered tombstone
2. AK 33 cabinet
3. Philco 503? combo unit
4. Philco Chairside 16RX
5. Zenith Toaster 6D525
6. AirKing model ?


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Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
As of 1/01/2021
AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
#2

Veneer chunks everywhere!


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Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
As of 1/01/2021
AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
#3

Repair time...


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

Show me how to fix the veneer chunks! I don't knew how to do a good job.
#5

He had, a few years ago, a step by step veneer chunk missing repair thread.

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.
#6

Kirk's excellent tutorial lives here:

https://philcoradio.com/library/index.ph...-tutorial/
#7

Oh No you can't start fixing it now (16RX) there's nobody to catch me when I faint!!!  Oh that's right I use to faint all the time and nobody caught
me.
Kidding aside Thanks!

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
#8

Just don't pile them up together on top of other junk when hauling them in Kutztown Icon_lol

BTW....there's also that 16B.....with the scratch...or is there?

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.
#9

Dont fall Terry! BUT if you do can I have the check? Icon_lol

Yes Mike, it is in que to be fixed up. I want these done just as much as y'all do.



Veneering has begun. 

Sams combo unit is most likely going to be re-veneered so I picked up a 4' x 8' sheet of strait grained Walnut.

I have repaired most all the chips and they are now going to be chiseled & sanded.

Mikes 620 cabinet is horrid. Everything is loose and separated. Must have been in a basement?? Every time I repair veneer that falls off another piece falls off.  Icon_mad


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Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
As of 1/01/2021
AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
#10

Excellent tutorial. Thanks!!
#11

I wonder about the basement Icon_smile
Are you even sure ir is mine?

https://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthrea...hlight=620

It's been exactly 4 years.
I am not even sure the chassis works anymore. It could've died from cold without the cabinet.
https://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthrea...hlight=620

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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.
#12

Wow 
They are in bad shape. I would say do the best you can
But knowing you they will come out excellent 
Is that my zenith?  Seen other one but the don’t have handle
Is it suppose to or not ? 
Thanks kirk



Sam

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
#13

Sam!
Were've you been?
Do you only pop up when Kirk restores your cabinets?

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.
#14

Sam, some of the Zenith "toaster" sets had handles and some did not..... good to hear from you again!

John KK4ZLF
Lexington, KY
"illegitimis non carborundum"
#15

Icon_lol you a funny guy Mike.... Yes it is the only one I have. Things arent falling off but they are separated so I have to either rip them off and re-attach or inject where possible. No worries, She is going to be wonderful... Then she can warm up your chassis. Icon_wink

It's not that bad Sam and it is definitely worth restoring even with the issues. It is a rare set... Even I dont have one. Icon_evil

John is correct. This one came with the handle but many do not.... AND yes it is the one you bought at Kutztown in 2018.

Me...

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




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