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Originally Posted by Reece
Some of the plywood may be able to be saved with a lot of glue injection and clamping. Some may need to be replaced. Then heat and peel the veneer and save it for patching other projects. Re-veneer with new veneer. It's a detailed process but that's what I would like: lots to do in the cabinet and the chassis departments. Anything you don't know how to do yet, you read up on the web and figure it out, and then you've brought the "dead" back to life!
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Radios like this are worth the effort to restore what is left of the cabinet.
I have had to do two consoles in the last year that involved lots of woodworkers glue, veneer removal with a steam iron and staining the entire cabinet includung the new veneer. Now lacquer has been sprayed on both and finish needs rubbed out for a piano shine.
Harbor freight has all the cheap wood-working clamps you will ever need to make this solid again. That falling apart is most discouraging but easy to fix.