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Horatio Hawkshaw

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My other, other project
06/19/10 at 06:25:42

Back at the end of January, I picked this up off craigslist...

It's a 1946 Philco, just the shell- no chassis or turntable or speaker. A church had been using it as a lectern for the last 25 years.

It looks okay in the above picture, but upon closer inspection:

Lots of grime. Lots of wax build up, dirt, etc. The veneer was peeling in a lot of places, heavy gouges, corroded hardware.

So, I did a little work on it:

Used red oak, maple, and mahogany veneers; cherry English chestnut, and ebony stains; basic flat black paint, three coats of polyurethane...

The glass was in great shape- I put some green felt behind it, on the tin that was originally flocked brown. The knobs are just dowel caps painted gold.

The purists are mad at me because it wasn't taken back to original. I'm happy with that. Wink

I still have the interior to finish- it's going to have a PC built into the top part where the radio chassis went. Down below, where the speaker and turntable were, I'll be mounting shelves for the home theater receiver, cable box, PS3, and HD DVD player. Looks a he11uva lot better than a pressboard Wally World entertainment center. Cool

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klx650sm2002 Serious Thumper Offline The more I learn the less I know. Posts: 2041 Cumbria,England Gender:	Re: My other, other project Reply #1 - 06/19/10 at 06:47:20 Hey HH nice one, very nice one. Clive W
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Horatio Hawkshaw Ex Member	Re: My other, other project Reply #2 - 06/19/10 at 07:21:25 Thankee sai I'm looking for another one, to do up for my dad. I've got 'til either October for his birthday, or Christmas...
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jef.savage Serious Thumper Offline ridin' n slidin' Posts: 638 Boston, MA Gender:	Re: My other, other project Reply #3 - 06/19/10 at 07:35:56 What a great idea and beautifully executed.
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: My other, other project Reply #4 - 06/19/10 at 08:05:18 nice work Harkshaw, very nice.
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Re: My other, other project
Reply #5 - 06/19/10 at 12:34:19

Thats a great Re-Run project. So many people would have tossed it out. I wouldnt have been able to do that. Thats cool. I was hoping you were gonna find an old shortwave to put in, but what youve done is WAY cool. I've a project getting close enough to done to start using it. Pretty sure it will need some fine tuning once we get started working w/ it. Its ALL Re-Run stuff. An old Radio Flyer wagon w/ legs off a defunct radial arm saw, wheels taken from some garden eqpt, brace for front leg is a bar from a crib I didnt like, handle from some kinda roll about cart, who knows,, been around a while, some baling wire.( baling wire is required on such projects. Duct tape would have been required if it wasnt an outside kinda thing)
So, what is it? You may be asking, Its to put by the grill when cooking outside.
Its not near as pretty as that old Re-Run Radio job. Man, I LIKE that.

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JohnBoy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 825 Gender:	Re: My other, other project Reply #6 - 06/19/10 at 16:06:14 Hey Hawkshaw, will it pick up anything besides "Amos and Andy"? Nice work man!
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Midnightrider Serious Thumper Offline Alliance Member Posts: 3244 Winston Salem, NC	Re: My other, other project Reply #7 - 06/19/10 at 20:07:59 Thats beautiful work, you have a real talent!
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: My other, other project Reply #8 - 06/19/10 at 21:41:18 Very nice..
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: My other, other project Reply #9 - 06/20/10 at 01:45:09 You never said how many hours you put into that. Ive already got an embarrassing number in that rollabout. But, Im gonna dig having it & Itll last a loong time.
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Horatio Hawkshaw

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Reply #10 - 06/20/10 at 20:24:22

Oh, gosh... I have absolutely no idea how much time I've put into it- off and on for four months. I worked on it for most of the day today as well, finishing out the inside and building a chassis for the PC components. All I've got left to do it mount the optical drives and the front panel controls (they'll hide out inside the cabinet, up at the top when you open the door.)

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Reply #11 - 06/20/10 at 21:17:56

Yea, looks like some pretty tedious, pretty much surgical, work. Im sure it took a long time. Ive probably got somewhere near 5 or 6 hours in just replacing the blade on the front sight on the Ruger 22 pistol & theres still another 3 or 4 there. &, the heck of it is, I dunno if its gonna be any good then or not. Ya pays yer money & ya takes yer chances. Owell, if it sticks, a new one is only about 20 bucks, but I started filing on it because I couldnt hit w/ that big block up there.

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Savage_Amusement Serious Thumper Offline On this steel horse I ride. Posts: 1004 Omaha, NE Gender:	Re: My other, other project Reply #12 - 06/20/10 at 22:32:40 That turned out KILLER!!
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Skid Mark Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 1216 Calgary, Alberta Gender:	Re: My other, other project Reply #13 - 06/20/10 at 23:28:21 Looks great and what a brilliant idea to turn it into a home theatre equipment stand. That's going to be a real conversation piece. Had you taken it to the Antiques Road Show, who knows. maybe you could have retired, or maybe not.
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: My other, other project Reply #14 - 06/21/10 at 06:50:25 Very nice! How tall is it? I have one similar, can't remember the brand right now, will have to look tonight. It was my grandfather's, from early 50's, maybe late 40's. I'll try to remember to take some pics this evening when I get home.
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