[Ron Ramirez]

Here we go...

The weather prognosticators are calling for at least one more week of warm weather here, so I'm tackling a 37-610T second version 38-624T cabinet.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/37610_001.jpg]

I had purchased this as an empty cabinet. Later, I found - and bought - a very rough 37-640B tombstone in order to obtain the chassis, speaker, knobs and escutcheon for use in this 38-624T cabinet. Kirk has the 37-640B cabinet now; he said he wanted to practice on replicating photofinishes, and that cabinet will be an ideal candidate for that.

Anyway...

This cabinet had a few flaws here and there.

Left side:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/37610_002.jpg]

There was a deep groove in the bottom trim which I filled with wood filler. A small chunk of the back corner of the trim was missing; this, too, was filled with wood filler as you see in the photo above.

Front:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/37610_004.jpg]

Some deep faults in the upper right corner of the front panel were filled with wood filler. Later, I will attempt to touch up the light areas with some Medium Walnut toner - but only after the cabinet has been stripped, sealed, and grain filled.

Right side:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/37610_003.jpg]

There was a large depression where you see the piece of veneer. The cabinet had been hit with something, pushing the wood in. I thought about what to do about this before deciding to glue on a piece of veneer, and then try to sand it until the veneer patch more or less blended in.

more to come...

Edit: For reference, here are the other two cabinets I worked on this year.

Part I: Bozak E-300 Speakers
Part II: Philco Tropic 42-788