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    Latest project

    I just finished a restoration on a pre 1942 Sears Silvertone, wooden cabinet radio. A friend of mine picked it up for me in a thrift shop in Colorado. After a good cleaning, I replaced most of the caps , a couple of resistors, new tuning dial cover, power cord and re finished the cabinet. It's a 5 tube AC/DC with loctals. The audio quality is amazing.
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    Nice job, in those times they used big speakers and that was the good quality sound they reproduced as well the large wooden cabinet.
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    That came out really nice man. Dennis should be prrrrroud.

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    You do nice work, can you restore me?
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    I love it!!! Nice work!

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    Your radio is simply beautiful...
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    Nice job, it's beautiful! And, yeah, you can't beat that tube sound.

    One thing: I see that it's got a transformerless power supply. You probably already know this but make sure you have a properly installed polarized AC line plug on the thing. If you wire it backwards, the chassis will be hot with 120VAC!
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    Quote Originally Posted by K6BSO View Post
    Nice job, it's beautiful! And, yeah, you can't beat that tube sound.

    One thing: I see that it's got a transformerless power supply. You probably already know this but make sure you have a properly installed polarized AC line plug on the thing. If you wire it backwards, the chassis will be hot with 120VAC!
    Oh yeah. It has a new power cord and polarized plug, so it can't be plugged in the wrong way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KC9ECI View Post
    You do nice work, can you restore me?
    I'm a restorer, not a magician.

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    :rofl:

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