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12-04-2019, 06:01 PM
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A '37 Detrola lives again!
My friend for many years, who does all my elec. repair work, had this 1937 Detrola model 159 on a shelf behind his work bench. The poor thing had a extra control cut in front and a large eyesore of a audio input plug next to it, almost at the left side curve. The plug had a big old plastic like cover on it with 4 screws. When I took that off I found a big, roughly cut hole. I decided that I'd never be able to blend in the walnut grain pattern, so why not give deluxe trim?! I thought one dark walnut band would look too obvious, so I put a smaller band on the top edge, and also used dark walnut on the 2 grill bars to make it all blend together. I did the rest of the cabinet in natural walnut. The original grill cloth was decent, so I just repositioned and glued it down. The stapled in dial had to be removed and was a bit of a chore to reposition. The on/off switch was replaced with way too long post, so had to use my Dremel to cut it back. In the end I feel proud of my second full cabinet resto! I must have at least 15 hours into it.
It's a really appealing little set that surely would've ended up in a dumpster if I hadn't save it. 
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12-04-2019, 08:39 PM
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I'm probably not going to a 3rd for a while because the work is pretty exhausting!
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12-05-2019, 04:28 AM
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Funny, but although I'm prepped to take on more projects, it's actually going to be a long time before I do. I would say to try refinishing a small set. You'd be surprised what you can do. Watch some YT vids on refinishing before you start your project.
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12-05-2019, 12:22 PM
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The finish restos I think I could do, but, I'm dumber than 2 sackfuls of rocks when it comes to tacklin' the "Guttiwutts" of a radio...Apologies to Malcolm McDowell Droog in "A Clockwork Orange...." Remember THAT one, anybody ?!?
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12-05-2019, 01:29 PM
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Nice work, looks great!
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12-05-2019, 07:09 PM
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I went on a "cult-classic" marathon many years ago and covered just about all of them including "Clockwork", which is one of the milder ones. These movies are just art-pieces from minds on drugs...….or should be on drugs....and psychiatric care. One time only for me with them and I still can't get the stains out of my mind! LOL
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12-05-2019, 09:09 PM
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LOVED the soundtrack, too... "I Wanna Marry a Lighthouse Keeper..." An', c/mon.. Who DON'T love "Singin' In The Rain" ? One of those other classical songs was the theme for "NBC Nightly News" 1st time I saw "Clockwork"... I'll say this for Kubrick-He SURE knew how to incorporate a KILLER "Mind-Eff" in almost every one of his movies..
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12-06-2019, 09:16 AM
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