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14th Aug 2017, 12:17 pm | #1 |
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14" BBC only Sobell TV set. Cabinet issues.
Follow up to my previous thread about this set.
http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/s...d.php?t=132706 Check this out. Fresh woodworm holes! Drastic action called for and it won't be simply wood filler this time to deal with the problem. DFWB. |
14th Aug 2017, 12:29 pm | #2 |
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Re: 14" BBC only Sobell TV set.Cabinet issues.
That's not good David, where was it stored and what else is near by ?
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14th Aug 2017, 12:40 pm | #3 |
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Re: 14" BBC only Sobell TV set.Cabinet issues.
Hi Marc,
There was already woodworm holes in the side panel when I acquired the set and these were simply filled to hide them, but it seems the creatures are still active in the plywood. The rest of cabinet is worm free, or so I hope. Anyway, I've a solution to the problem. Keep watching this tread. DFWB. |
14th Aug 2017, 6:07 pm | #4 |
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Re: 14" BBC only Sobell TV set. Cabinet issues.
The cabinet side has been removed, it came away without too much effort.
At the time of writing this I'm in the process of making a replacement. DFWB. |
14th Aug 2017, 9:37 pm | #5 |
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Re: 14" BBC only Sobell TV set. Cabinet issues.
The new side panel has been test fitted to the cabinet. Just a few adjustments to do and it will ready to clamp and glue into position.
DFWB. |
14th Aug 2017, 11:21 pm | #6 |
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Re: 14" BBC only Sobell TV set. Cabinet issues.
Aaaaah .... the old Anobium Punctatum - it loves plywood [it arrived in this country in Indian Tea Chests] !!!
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15th Aug 2017, 4:23 pm | #7 |
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Re: 14" BBC only Sobell TV set. Cabinet issues.
Cabinet is glued and clamped and later it be readied for painting.
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15th Aug 2017, 11:44 pm | #8 |
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Re: 14" BBC only Sobell TV set. Cabinet issues.
Nightmare. I always douse any wormy cabinets with Sika woodworm killer even before they're stripped. I'm paranoid, maybe your worms have fledged into beetles and no longer like a modern warm house..and wont re-infest next year.
Does anyone know why tv and radio manufacturers used such dark brown lacquer on lovely figured walnut? Or does it turn darker with age? Many of my original 30's sets are so dark you can't see any grain, yet when stripped and repolished, they look more like the pics in the brochures.
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16th Aug 2017, 1:03 pm | #9 | |
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Re: 14" BBC only Sobell TV set. Cabinet issues.
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The repaired cabinet side panel is ready to receive that brown paint. DFWB. |
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