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Old 03-26-2017, 12:29 PM
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Very nice. I'd call that finished!
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Old 03-26-2017, 06:35 PM
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Now, it is finished! Final iteration.

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Old 03-27-2017, 07:35 AM
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Old 03-27-2017, 12:36 PM
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OK, I'm starting in on the cabinet. I have it taken apart except for the latch for the hatch. It seems to be riveted to the wood top. Any suggestions as to what I should do? I really want to clean up that latch. What did others do with their 621's?

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Old 03-27-2017, 10:17 PM
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The label material came in today. Looks very promising. Too tired to mess with them. After a good night's rest, I'll tackle them.
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Old 03-27-2017, 10:48 PM
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I've never seen that latch before, I wonder if it was added by someone, or maybe only the early sets had them?
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Old 03-27-2017, 10:58 PM
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I just checked some pictures of other sets and one does show a latch, I don't recall one on my set, but it's been years since I had the lid off, maybe I just forgot.

I don't think I'd remove it, if you must make it look better maybe you can apply some paint stripper to it to remove the lacquer, it's far enough from the cabinet that should be possible.
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Old 03-27-2017, 11:32 PM
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I'm pretty sure that the latch is factory stuff. I'll let everybody know how I got it cleaned up.
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Old 03-28-2017, 09:04 AM
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The labels are done!





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Old 03-28-2017, 10:43 AM
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I stripped the finish off the hatch, grille, and face plate yesterday. After cleaning them up and sanding them, I'll then filled the dents, etc with wood putty. Then I'll sand them smooth again.

The cabinet is under clamps and glue right now. That will be ready to strip tomorrow.


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Old 03-28-2017, 05:27 PM
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I stripped the finish off the hatch, grille, and face plate yesterday. After cleaning them up and sanding them, I'll then filled the dents, etc with wood putty. Then I'll sand them smooth again.

The cabinet is under clamps and glue right now. That will be ready to strip tomorrow.

If I could offer some advice it would be not to make these parts and the trim black. I've seen these restored beautifully, but the very dark trim is too much of a contrast against the lighter finish. Mine is original, and I've seen a lot of these, and the color is actually a rich dark brown which looks so much better.
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Right and it's a transparent type toner lacquer so the wood grain shows through. I'd be careful using wood putty as it may show through the finish. I'd try steaming out the dents and dings or just live with them. Here's mine with original finish.

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Old 03-28-2017, 07:56 PM
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If I could offer some advice it would be not to make these parts and the trim black. I've seen these restored beautifully, but the very dark trim is too much of a contrast against the lighter finish. Mine is original, and I've seen a lot of these, and the color is actually a rich dark brown which looks so much better.
I just stripped my cabinet. The edge trim was indeed black. While the mask, grill, and hatch are a solid dark brown.
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Old 03-28-2017, 07:58 PM
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Right and it's a transparent type toner lacquer so the wood grain shows through. I'd be careful using wood putty as it may show through the finish. I'd try steaming out the dents and dings or just live with them. Here's mine with original finish.

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Thanks for the heads up but where I used the filler are only on the mask, grille, and hatch. These were solid in color with no grain showing and a dark brown color.

The rest of the cabinet will have the grain showing just like it was before me.

Here are some pictures of the TV when I first brought it home. It'll be like this only a new finish.




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