12-22-2025, 10:41 AM
I second Mr.Fixr's sentiment about the wires being brittle: those that are not rubber-insulated, however brittle (not really brittle: they are hardened) will do just fine and, if not disturbed excessively, will serve another 200 years. They do not disintegrate.
This is especially useful as, 1) you get to keep the authentic look, 2) don't have to re-wire a...whole lot, 3) light disturbance, such as unsolder-cut-clean-solder back will do just fine. Just don't bend the rest with small radii. 4) there are radios like the early Philco models that use a cloth-covered wire bundle. Go try to get this one. And making a new one is a tall order. I always keep the originals.
PS. Many don't give much hoot about the cloth-covered wiring, and I absolutely have no problem with this. Whatever makes the radio work properly.
This is especially useful as, 1) you get to keep the authentic look, 2) don't have to re-wire a...whole lot, 3) light disturbance, such as unsolder-cut-clean-solder back will do just fine. Just don't bend the rest with small radii. 4) there are radios like the early Philco models that use a cloth-covered wire bundle. Go try to get this one. And making a new one is a tall order. I always keep the originals.
PS. Many don't give much hoot about the cloth-covered wiring, and I absolutely have no problem with this. Whatever makes the radio work properly.
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