[2MERCS]

I searched around and was unable to find any info.

I have not gone too deep into my latest restore a 38-12 but I was wondering if anyone had seen the dial that radiodaze sells for this. It currently has the gold face and Radiodaze has a replacement. Mine has a huge scrap across the front (Probably done by the last guy since it did have a couple of new caps in it) I would like to know how close it is to the original.

And what is the easiest way to get the pointer off of the tuning gang?

Daniel

[Ron Ramirez]

I have not seen the repro dials, so cannot comment on them.

The dial pointer is a press fit onto the tuning condenser shaft. Be careful...it can break (don't ask me how I know).

[TonyJSenior]

I bought a repro dial from RadioDaze and while it's not as pretty as the gold foil one, it's not too bad. Pop me your email address and I can send you a picture of how it looks as well as the scan that RadioDaze initially sent me of the unit.

BTW: Here is what RadioDaze sent me along with the dial scan -

We do make a replacement dial scale for the Philco 38-12. It is our part number DS-A124 which is priced at $17.00 plus $2.00 for shipping within the USA.

The original dial scale used by Philco on the 38-12 was printed on embossed gold foil card stock which is impractical to reproduce these days because of the tooling costs involved.

Our dial is a likeness of the original dial, printed on a metallic gold film which is then laminated with a couple layers of clear plastic film on both the front and back. The dial comes with all the holes punched.

I've attached a scanned image of it. This image does not show the metallic gold color as vividly as it really is. Still, it isn't as pretty as the original dial.

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