22 September 2020

Gather Round the Wireless

 My brother-in-law gave us two mid-century radios from a house clearance a while back.  After evicting the borer from the cabinets, the innards were passed on to my Dad to resurrect.  The first cabinet had been painted with what looks like brown house paint.

After stripping it back it appeared that the fluted mouldings and inner frame were originally black, so they were masked off and spray painted.


The main woodwork was then given a few coats of shellac to match what would have been the original finish, the inside was liberally coated with black paint to discourage the borer from coming back home and a new speaker cloth was fitted.

My Dad worked his magic with the old valves and components, and made up a new Bluetooth receiver and power supply which I then mounted next to the old equipment.


Finished and up and running, the sound is not quite up to today's standards but is good for a bit of background sound in the living room.