Admiral bakelite console rear covers

[wa2ise]

I did something similar for mine. I used a piece of aluminum shielding (full of holes) I salvaged from a computer monitor. I cut it to size, mounted it to the bakelite cabinet and to the chassis. The CRT neck is completely inside the cabinet, so I didn't need a cup.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

I did something similar for mine. I used a piece of aluminum shielding (full of holes) I salvaged from a computer monitor. I cut it to size, mounted it to the bakelite cabinet and to the chassis. The CRT neck is completely inside the cabinet, so I didn't need a cup.

It's fairly easy to do, but the tough part is finding heavy-gauge steel stock in that pattern. The piece I used was very old scrap stored where I work. I checked in local hardware stores and it's all very flimsy thin gauge. On my set, in making the cover flat, the CRT neck stuck-out slightly. I had to put some kind of cup. The HV cage is a heavy steel enclosure, so I didn't mind the unit being exposed.