RADIO RESTORATION EXAMPLE: PAGE TWO

The underneath looked better. It was nice and original, though there were odd wires hanging off and I found it impossible to obtain service information for this model anywhere - including on the internet. I was to carry out all the electronic work 'blind'. The set was supplied with a complete set of valves, though unplugged; a little common sense soon revealed where they should go. This set was clearly a superhet with a push-pull output stage driven by a phase splitter.
Time for some of the original cabinet veneers to take a hot bath! This was done to clean them and make them more supple for ironing flat...
I started to strip the cabinet. At about this time too, new internal members were made up to replace those missing and old ones re-glued in when necessary to strengthen the cabinet and restore it to its basic form. Note the bottle of wood bleach - there was a fair bit of water damage and staining to attend to...
The old veneers are mounted up to the newly made MDF horizontal panels. Lots of pressure was applied onto the glue base with careful removal of trapped air.
The veneers are on, the cabinet glued together and it's being left overnight to set with my heavy pillar drill on top to minimise warpage !
Next morning, all seems fine. Now the basics are done it can now be restored like any other radio cabinet. The main cabinet repairs and surface preparation can now follow...

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