
The cabinet before restoration |

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This picture of the GEC BT9121 cabinet
reconstruction shows the front panel and the radius corner pieces
assembled together prior to glueing and clamping.
Notice the woodworm holes in the loudspeaker baffle, another job to
attend to later. |
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I've glued the front and sides of the cabinet together, but not
the top panel, that part can be removed to gain access to the
inside of the cabinet in order to fit various items later.
This week I will make the skirting which extends around the lower
sides and front of the cabinet. It is a styling feature which can
be seen on the first picture of the cabinet, it's below the loudspeaker aperture. The picture shows one of the chassis supports. |
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The cabinet sides have been veneered and the next stage
is to find some figured walnut veneers for the front panel and the
cabinet top. The sides wood grain orientation is horizontal and extends
around the rounded corners.
A five inch high 3/16" thick skirting extends around the bottom
front and sides of the cabinet, another job to do after front of the
cabinet is finished. |
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The upper front and side edges have a stepped
feature which was often found on pre-war radio cabinets.
The cabinet is very strong, it has to be as the chassis weighs I'd
guess something like 80 pounds.
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I've found the correct plywood to make the skirting around the lower
part of the cabinet. I decided the method to bend the plywood around the
rounded front edges of the cabinet would to to pre-form them before
fixing the skirt in place. The best template is the cabinet itself
and as the top has not been glued in so far the upper part would be
ideal to perform the task. The plywood was made pliable by
immersing it in hot water, nevertheless, it took a number of
attempts until a perfect bend was made. I've applied PVA adhesive to
fix the bend. |
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The plywood bending exercise has proved to be a
success. The cabinet skirt has been pinned and glued in
place and is ready to veneered. I've selected the veneers
for the job. |
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I've completed the cabinet skirting.
The next stage is the construction of the plinth. |

The cabinet plinth has been fitted, now the
cabinet looks more complete. A few jobs are must be done
before the lacquer is applied. Veneer trim will be applied
to the loudspeaker and CRT aperture edges. A thin plywood
backing piece is required for the loudspeaker cloth, also, various
brackets will be fitted to the rear cabinet battens for the
back cover and the mains connector plugs. |
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