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Old 03-07-2025, 11:20 AM
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Replica TV Backs?

Retrotronics, who used to make replica tv backs, closed it's doors a while ago. And with inexpensive CNC table top routers now available, I was wondering if anyone knows of someone with a CNC router has considered making replica tv set backs for the restoration community.

Seems like a good opportunity for someone to fill a badly needed niche.
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Old 03-07-2025, 02:21 PM
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Didn't retrotronics rebrand as fylp when the kids took over the business?

I ordered a reproduction Predicta back from them not too long ago.

https://fylp-restorations.myshopify....s/all/predicta
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Old 03-07-2025, 04:43 PM
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Thanks Bob. I have their website bookmarked now.
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Great, look forward to seeing you guys.
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Didn't retrotronics rebrand as fylp when the kids took over the business?

I ordered a reproduction Predicta back from them not too long ago.

https://fylp-restorations.myshopify....s/all/predicta
Would this place make a reproduction TV back for a 1950 Meck "Philharmonic" model 8200 TV?

UPDATE: Checked the website out that you linked in your post, and the only Meck related item they had was the back cover for a single model of Meck radio and that was it, they didn't have any back covers for Meck TV sets, and unfortunately Meck made TVs (either made by Meck themselves and badged by them, or that they made and rebadged for other companies) are so rare these days Its kind of hard to know what the back cover would of looked like on one of these because most of these Meck TVs I've seen out there were all missing their original back covers, so I have no idea what they looked like to even begin to know how to describe to anyone how to design one.

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