[mikethedruid]

Today I began work on an Olympic 6-608-110 table radio. I have 2 of them. The first one I got had a good case and was in pretty good shape, except in shipping two of the knobs got broken. These are rather special knobs with the function, volume, tone, tuning, and band, molded right into the bakelite. The shaft for one of those knobs knob was also badly bent. I rather despaired of ever getting the right knobs, and set the radio aside for a while. A while later I ran across another of the same exact model. The case was worse, and the guts were filthy, but all the knobs were good, so I snagged it. Now I am going to restore the first one using the knobs and the pot from the second one. Of course there will be the usual complete replacement of the condensers, and checking of the resistors. This should keep me amused for a while. At least I think I have all the parts I am going to need for this one already. Here is a before picture of the chassis bottom, and a close up of the bad shaft.
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This hobby is such an addiction !
Mike