[Nathan Slingerland]

Hi all - I wanted to show off this Silvertone 4565 that I just finished restoring.

The cabinet is still the original finish (just cleaned up with gojo and wax). The finish isn't perfect (kind of dull, flaking in few spots) but still serviceable.

Before

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After

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I replaced the missing dial glass and bezel with one from another (earlier) Silvertone model. I felt pretty lucky to find one that was close in appearance to the original - although not an exact match. The replacement grille cloth carries on the spirit of the original, although it too isn't an exact match.

Electrical restoration was straight-forward. I restuffed the caps that were there, although a number appear to be replacements from long ago. I created reproduction dogbone resistors for the few that were out of tolerance. Sorry I forgot to take a picture of the finished underside this time. The one mystery that had me stumped was that there's a 1Mohm resistor in the socket of the eye tube that frequently opens up. Mine did - and the result is an eye tube that doesn't 'close' - doesn't do anything at all when tuning. Once that was replaced the eye tube indicator worked great.

Another interesting bit was the restoration of the original chassis labels. This chassis has four labels:


1. Schematic / voltages label - only had a few fragments of this one when I received the radio. Fortunately the diagrams are basically identical to what appears in Riders.

2. Parts label - mostly intact although flaking apart at the slightest touch.

3. Serial number / tube layout label - missing.

4. Chassis number label - missing.

I scanned what I had into Photoshop and looked online for other examples of the missing labels. For anyone else restoring one of these radios, here are download links

Silvertone 4565 Schematic Label.pdf
-apply to right side of chassis (facing the back of the radio)

Silvertone 4565 Parts List Label.pdf
-apply to left side of chassis (facing the back of the radio)

Silvertone 4565 Tube Layout Label.pdf
-apply to rear left side of chassis (facing the back of the radio)

Silvertone 4565 Chassis Label.pdf
-apply to rear right side of chassis (facing the back of the radio)

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I really like the look of this Silvertone and its sibling models from 1936/1937. This was my first tuning eye radio and I have to admit I find it easier to use than the Philco shadow meters. And it just looks cool.