10-27-2014, 07:28 PM
Over a year later...
Here, at last, is one finished product from my 2013 refinishing work - 610T with 630 chassis and speaker:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...10T_01.jpg]
I took the speaker screws outside and sprayed the screw heads with Extra Dark Walnut toner, followed by Deft clear. I also finished off the chassis by adding a new cloth-covered AC cord, and replaced the speaker wires with new cloth-covered wires.
The Philco "Ribbed" grille cloth was sold by Radio Grille Cloth Headquarters before they went out of business. I had been saving this cloth for this project - the original cloth was badly stained and had a hole in it.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...10T_02.jpg]
The dial looks brighter in the photo than it actually is. It is illuminated by a 4-LED lamp from Pinball Life. The dial scale is the original celluloid dial, but it has a hazy or cloudy look, as if I had printed it on paper and then laminated it.
I had bought this as an empty cabinet. I had a complete 630B but the cabinet had some serious issues, so I decided to remove the shadowmeter and install the 630 chassis and speaker into this 610T cabinet. Both fit perfectly, and it plays as well as it looks.
Here, at last, is one finished product from my 2013 refinishing work - 610T with 630 chassis and speaker:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...10T_01.jpg]
I took the speaker screws outside and sprayed the screw heads with Extra Dark Walnut toner, followed by Deft clear. I also finished off the chassis by adding a new cloth-covered AC cord, and replaced the speaker wires with new cloth-covered wires.
The Philco "Ribbed" grille cloth was sold by Radio Grille Cloth Headquarters before they went out of business. I had been saving this cloth for this project - the original cloth was badly stained and had a hole in it.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...10T_02.jpg]
The dial looks brighter in the photo than it actually is. It is illuminated by a 4-LED lamp from Pinball Life. The dial scale is the original celluloid dial, but it has a hazy or cloudy look, as if I had printed it on paper and then laminated it.
I had bought this as an empty cabinet. I had a complete 630B but the cabinet had some serious issues, so I decided to remove the shadowmeter and install the 630 chassis and speaker into this 610T cabinet. Both fit perfectly, and it plays as well as it looks.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
