[Ron Ramirez]

Today's progress report:

I carefully masked off the main body of the 38-2670, along with the top; leaving only the upper "white wood" trim and the bottom trim exposed.

I then sprayed several coats of Perfect Brown on these areas.

After drying, I removed the masking and gave the cabinet its first two coats of Deft clear lacquer.

Here's how it looks now:

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This photo was taken in direct sunlight, so the top and bottom trim look a bit lighter than they do in household light. I only left the cabinet in the direct sun long enough to take this photo, after which I immediately moved it back into the shade - I don't want a repeat of the 610T blister mess-up!

Now, in case you are wondering why I am refinishing this empty cabinet instead of the original 37-670 cabinet, here is why:

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I bought this set just over a year ago, and it is mentioned here:

http://www.philcoradio.com/phorum/showth...p?tid=4758

You will notice this cabinet has multiple issues. First, a missing bit of veneer at upper left:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum..._00002.jpg]

Cracking along the lower left edge where the veneer curves over from the front to the side:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum..._00004.jpg]

And someone did a little wood carving at upper right:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum..._00003.jpg]

and along the upper right side:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum..._00005.jpg]

Now, I do think the original 37-670B cabinet could be restored, but I felt it was above my skill level. I have a feeling Steve Davis could make it look like it just came off the assembly line.

I found the empty 38-2670B cabinet on eBay, and was able to get it fairly cheap. It looked like someone tried to start stripping it with one of those cheap "green" strippers that doesn't work, and gave up, leaving the cabinet in a mess. But even in the photos in the eBay ad, it appeared to me that the veneer was solid on the 38-2670 cabinet. So, I took a gamble...and won for a change. This cabinet was indeed solid once I stripped off all of the old residue.

So, the empty 38-2670B cabinet, once complete, will become the new home for the 37-670 chassis - which, incidentally, has one of the unusual 110/220 volt power transformers. Since last year I've managed to acquire two extra chassis, so I may not even use the original chassis since it has extra holes drilled and extra toggle switches and some sort of connector mounted in the back.