[FStephenMasek]

I did not strip and refinished this one. Instead, I repaired two veneer chips on the top, lightly sanded the old lacquer on the photofinish on the front, applied stain to the front, to deal with a scratch and three gouges, used toned lacquers to refresh the finish on the top and sides, then applied clear gloss lacquer.

This radio works very well, pulling in AM stations without any antenna, and shortwave this morining with just an 8' wire.

For safety, I installed a three wire cord (Sundial Wire), and a fuse. This radio performs significantly better with the chassis grounded. I omitted the original capacitors from each side of the power cord to the chassis, as they would put AC on the chassis, and with the three wire cord, be dumping power into the ground, a hazard. I installed an X-safety capacitor across the hot and neutral wires (after the switch).

I carefully cleaned a few rust spots with Naval Jelly, then carefully polished the chassis with Simichrome.

The $39.95 original price is $600 in today's money, so it was a significant purchase for the original buyer.

I have about $115 in it:
$25 purchase price
$25 miscellaneous (capacitors, cord, plug, terminal strips, de-soldering wick, chemicals, lacquer, sandpaper, etc.)
$23.00 new dial from Radio Daze
$7.27 6Q7G
$2 6K7G had in stock
$2 6F6 had in stock
$2 6A8G had in stock
$4.50 chassis screw sleeves
$24 reproduction tuner supports (3), dial bumpers(2), chassis corner mounts(4)

The first two photos show the effect of lighting, angle, and flash on the apparent color of the finish.

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New (reproduction) dial and rubber dial bumpers
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new rubber chassis mounts
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new rubber tuner mounts
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Before (I had the piece for the large chip, so glued it back, and fixed the smaller one with new veneer)

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