Need for a cabinet maker

[Roy G]

I have a friend who knows a fellow who likes to rebuild old radios, like from the '20s and '30s or so. He would like to have a cabinet built for the radio chassis and I'm looking here to see if anyone is up to the challenge. This would be a fairly sizable cabinet to house the radio and speakers and would need to have louvers or vents for cooling the tubes. One of the members here may know of existing old radios so dimensions could be obtained. Any help would be appreciated.

Roy G

 

[Wilsoncb]

I have an old radio my dad refurbished many years ago. It’s fairly plain, but if you need dimensions I can help you with that. Here’s some pictures.

 

[JNCarr]

Great radio - thanks for sharing.
Do you know what the wire on the back panel is? Antenna? Resistor?

 

[Wilsoncb]

It’s the antenna, obviously not original. Wire wrapped around the vertical 1x4.

 

[Mike Davis]

I have a friend who knows a fellow who likes to rebuild old radios, like from the '20s and '30s or so. He would like to have a cabinet built for the radio chassis and I'm looking here to see if anyone is up to the challenge. This would be a fairly sizable cabinet to house the radio and speakers and would need to have louvers or vents for cooling the tubes. One of the members here may know of existing old radios so dimensions could be obtained. Any help would be appreciated.

Roy G

Is he looking for cheap or can he afford something nice? Art deco design? or more modern? If he's not in a great hurry I may be interested. As the developers always say... Will build to suit new tenant.

 

[Roy G]

Mike, from what I gather he wants a good cabinet for the radio innards. I don't know if he wants it to look like a fancy Atwater Kent type or just a box with holes for knobs and speakers. I'll try to get more specifics and get back to you.

Roy G

 

[Martin Roper]

Some of the cabinetry from that era is astounding.

 

[bob vaughan]

Wow!
Astounding is right.

 

[JNCarr]

Beautiful! Art deco written all over it.