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Philco 38-690 restoration
#31

It is finished. It is aligned and working on all bands.

I made wood blocks to replace the ones somebody else had lost or thrown away. The radio chassis just sits on four rubber chassis supports on the slanted top shelf, so the wood blocks prevent it from sliding out.

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The bottom of the power supply and amplifier chassis - the thin gray wires are redundant grounds, to supplement the rivets on the terminal strips
[Image: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/...015-10.jpg]

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Web site: http://www.masekconsulting.net
Radio Photos: http://www.photobucket.com - album id FStephenMasek
#32

WOW well you know Icon_eek
nice job  butttt
I want I want it I want Icon_crazy stop teasing me
sam
#33

FStephenMasek, Beautiful restoration you did on this unit. I have a question, I am not sure if this radio has the same RF sub-chassis as my 37-116,if so did you have problems with the band #2 oscillator coil that seems to plague many Philcos of this type? Did you rewind this coil or find a good replacement? If you did a rewind, did you keep any notes on what you did or have any tips on doing this? Thank you in advance ! And again, you have an awesome set.

Ron

Bendix 0626.      RCA 8BX5.   RCA T64
Philco 41-250.    Philco49-500
GE 201.             Philco 39-25
Motorola 61X13. Philco 46-42        Crosley 52TQ
Philco 37-116.    Philco 70
AK 35                Philco 46-350
Philco 620B.       Zenith Transoceanic B-600
Philco 60B.         Majestic 50
Philco 52-944.    AK 84
#34

Nice job!  Icon_clap Icon_clap Icon_clap
#35

Yep, want it too.
Lucky you.
Great radio.
Knowing how my 37-116 sounds I could only imagine the sound out of this one.
#36

Thanks!

No coils needed to be replaced or rewound.

Web site: http://www.masekconsulting.net
Radio Photos: http://www.photobucket.com - album id FStephenMasek
#37

I was lucky myself, in 37-116, no coils were open. Or for that matter, nothing other than standard recap-recarb was required.

Of course I got no statistics, but....to me those HiFi ones were well-made.




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