Canadian General Electric KM-60 finished - Canadian Vintage Radio Society

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May 23, 2020 at 9:18 pm #14589
Gary Albach
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My neighbour has taken an interest in refinishing furniture and so I gave him the cabinet from a Canadian General Electric KM-60 (also sold as an RCA A24) for practice. He stripped and sanded it, filled the holes, toned it back to its original colours, put on a new decal (a couple tries like we’ve all done), applied half a dozen coats of lacquer, rubbed it out with #0000 steel wool and paste wax, shined the knobs, and made little labels for the buttons. I think he did a great job.

I recapped the chassis for him and made a simple stereo/mono mixer cord (2 x 100 ohm resistors in a little in-line cardboard tube). The radio sounds particularly good with his smartphone plugged into the phono input.

Gary A. in Victoria
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May 24, 2020 at 7:51 am #14593

Dan Walker
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Very very nice.
It does not look like the same radio.
The grill cloth looks good on that radio.
You should get him to do all your cabinet work,or show you how he does it.
Dan in calgary

May 24, 2020 at 11:15 am #14604

Gary Albach
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Thanks, Dan. Are my cabinet restorations really that bad!
Cheers,
Gary

May 24, 2020 at 12:39 pm #14605

Dan Walker
CVRS Member

Hi Gary.
I did not mean that your cabinet restorations were bad at all. Sorry it came out that way.
I guess I presumed that you didn’t do cabinets MY MISTAKE.
Post a couple of your cabinets and them I hope I will remember.
Sorry
Dan in Calgary

May 25, 2020 at 9:06 am #14626

Gary Albach
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Hi Dan – I was just kidding when I mentioned cabinet restoration, although I must admit that I have had to learn far more about furniture refinishing than about electronic restoration since rejoining this hobby some years ago. Of three aspects of our hobby, i.e. cabinet restoration, chassis restoration, and assembling a unified ‘collection’, and given my distant background in electronics, I lean towards the love to restore a chassis to its original detailed factory ‘look and performance’. It’s my wife who better appreciates the time and effort that goes into refinishing a cabinet, as this is what she looks at!

Last winter I posted pictures of a few cabinets that I had finished, and by going back in the forums you can see them listed as:

A Hat Trick! Electrohome Viking finished
Addison Model 5A restored
RCA Victor Model 122 restored

Keep up the great work – I enjoy seeing the beautiful pictures!
Cheers,
Gary in Victoria

February 23, 2023 at 11:28 am #14607

Gary Albach
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Hi Dan – I was kidding when I mentioned my cabinet restorations, although I must admit that I have had to learn far more about fine furniture refinishing than I have about restoration of electronics since I rejoined this rewarding hobby some time ago. I think I’m now at the stage that I enjoy all three aspects of our hobby, cabinet restoration, chassis restoration, and the assembling of a unified ‘collection’, although since my distant background is in electronics, I suppose I lean towards the restoration of a chassis to its original detailed factory ‘look and performance’.

Last winter I posted a few pictures of my latest cabinet projects which you can see in the forums here:

Electrohome Viking

A Hat Trick! Electrohome Viking finished.

Addison 5A

Addison Model 5A restored

RCA Victor 122

RCA Victor Model 122 restored

Keep up the amazing work on your restorations. I enjoy seeing the photos of your finished cabinets.
Cheers,
Gary A. in Victoria

February 23, 2023 at 11:33 am #14621

Gary Albach
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Hi Dan – I was just kidding when I mentioned cabinet restoration, although I must admit that I have had to learn far more about fine furniture refinishing than about electronic restoration since rejoining this satisfying hobby some years ago. Of all three aspects of our hobby, cabinet restoration, chassis restoration, and assembly of a unified ‘collection’, and given my distant background in electronics, I lean towards the love to restore a chassis to its original detailed factory ‘look and performance’. It’s my wife who better appreciates the time and effort that goes into refinishing a cabinet, as this is what she looks at!

Last winter I posted pictures of a few cabinets that I had finished, and you can see them here:

A Hat Trick! Electrohome Viking finished.

Addison Model 5A restored

RCA Victor Model 122 restored

Keep up the great work on the cabinets – I enjoy seeing the amazing pictures!

Cheers,
Gary A. in Victoria

February 23, 2023 at 11:33 am #14611

Gary Albach
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Hi Dan – I was just kidding when I mentioned cabinet restoration, although I must admit that I have had to learn far more about fine furniture refinishing than about electronic restoration since rejoining this satisfying hobby some years ago. Of all three aspects of our hobby, cabinet restoration, chassis restoration, and assembly of a unified ‘collection’, and given my distant background in electronics, I lean towards the love to restore a chassis to its original detailed factory ‘look and performance’. It’s my wife who better appreciates the time and effort that goes into refinishing a cabinet, as this is what she looks at!

Last winter I posted pictures of a few cabinets that I had finished at that time, and you can see them here:
Electrohome Viking:

A Hat Trick! Electrohome Viking finished.

Addison Model 5A

Addison Model 5A restored

RCA Victor Model 122

RCA Victor Model 122 restored

Keep up the beautiful work on the cabinets – I enjoy seeing the amazing pictures!
Cheers,
Gary A. in Victoria
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