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Hello Dan,
Wow that cabinet looks incredible !!
I bet when it's all back together it will be a really nice set to enjoy .
Off, the subject how is the weather up there it hit 102 degrees here yesterday.
Sincerely Richard
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Thanks for the comment. The weather up here is quite nice. not too hot . It get s up to about 75F .
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I like how the grille work is so sturdy yet pretty. So many radios with delicate grille work get broken and are hard to restore. Good luck with it. Paul
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Hi Paul;
The grill pillars were quite easy to take out .They only had a rear nail in the top rear of each one.
It is a lot easier to strip them when they are out.
The stripping on this radio was not as hard as some others I have done.
I have seen photos of this model with the grill bars missing, and I wonder how that would happen,but some people don't care.
I am glad I can get this one back to it's original look.
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Dan, I love your cabinet work. If you enjoy it, do as much as you can now. I used to have the physical ability but my back and arthritis in my hands put an end to this kind of work. So I'll just admire your accomplishment.
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Thanks
I also have some arthritis in my hands, and it is getting a little harder to lift these radio cabinets
on and off so I can work on them. I find it very enjoyable to make the radios look like they came out of the factory.
Sometimes I do change the toned lacquer a little, but many of the old radios were very dark and I lighten them up a bit.
I am glad that the guys on any of the forums like the cabinets.
I do get a lot of comments , so I must be doing something right.
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I like your approach to the dark finish. IMO to much dark finish hides some of the features of the cabinet. I used dark finish to highlight certain aspects.
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I have noticed that Marconi cabinets, from that era, didn't really go overboard with the shading lacquer, at least on the higher end cabinets. Unfortunately my only pre war Marconi is a model 157, and both ends of the cabinet were very heavily shaded, along with the grill, even the walnut veneer was over sprayed with tinted lacquer, though a more light colour.
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Hello Dan,
That really turned out very nice and I also like that color it is not to dark .
I Have General Electric model L-916 for 41 that I want to refinish the two big issues is part of it has photo finish and someone might have used some poly on part of it.
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