Admiral 19A!1 Channel Guide needed

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by mepurina

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I was thinking of getting a good photograph of one and taking it to a sign maker that makes plastic engraved name tags and having them engrave the information on a black badge with white background that would make the engraved part look white in color. ...

I think that's a great idea.

I'm not sure what you mean by the original was a glorified sticker. It's a plastic panel with four pegs that snap into the cabinet.

Here are a couple photos I took while working on one.
Sorry I don't have the exact dimensions but perhaps you can estimate based on the cabinet holes ?

https://flic.kr/p/adVMii
https://flic.kr/p/adYAVU

[decojoe67]

I actually heated a warped one once and got it flat. You don't want to take these off and on too many times. Because they're 70+ year old they can suddenly crack. It's safer to just pull the chassis if you need to make the tuning adjustment.
I understand what that poster meant by a "glorified sticker" - it really is a thin flimsy plate, often with a rough de-gating job at the top. A spring-tension gold plate, like the other Admirals of the period would've been a better option.

[jr_tech]

Mine is 3.1 inches wide and about 2.5 inches from the top to the curve where it curves under the front of the cabinet. Replicating the curved portion might present a problem to a name tag maker.

jr

[MadMan]

Originally Posted by bandersen

I think that's a great idea.

I'm not sure what you mean by the original was a glorified sticker. It's a plastic panel with four pegs that snap into the cabinet.

It sure looks like a sticker. Either way, it was kinda janky from the get-go. Printing out a sticker wouldn't really be less aesthetic.

Originally Posted by jr_tech

Mine is 3.1 inches wide and about 2.5 inches from the top to the curve where it curves under the front of the cabinet. Replicating the curved portion might present a problem to a name tag maker.

jr

Could have them leave it extra long and heat the plastic with a heat gun and fold it over something with a rounded edge.