[BenWA]

Yes, I have already been reading about caps here: http://www.antiqueradio.org/recap.htm

I'm not the best at soldering but then again, it could also be that I haven't had the right soldering iron tips and wattage iron for the jobs I have done in the past on non-antique stuff.

I need to get some scrap electronics to practice on I guess before I start on this.

I don't know what I have gotten myself into with the "beam of light" ("BOL") thing! Tech created back then never ceases to amaze me.

I am on a tight budget for things... but I was already planning on getting a console of some kind so this is right up my alley. I am trying to decorate my new apartment in 40's-50's furniture, or at least in the style. Yesterday I found an old fashion style "banker's lamp" with a brass body and green glass globe. It's modern made but the style is early 20th century. Newer stuff like a TV, my laptop, my lifetime subscription Sirius receiver w/ matching boombox (tuned in to "40's on 4" right now ) will be sprinkled in the living room but for the most part, I'm trying to go 40's style.

I am just so much in love with art deco styles of the era that this Philco console is going to the centerpiece of the room, I think. Even when it's not yet restored, it'll be a work of art to look upon. My Sirius receiver can sit on top of it, blasting out music from that era.