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HELP - Broken grille, Philco Tropic 41-758EZ
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HELP!!!

I managed to break one of the grillebars of the chrome grille which is mounted in front of the grille cloth in my Philco Tropic 41-758EZ.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00014.jpg]

I have been trying to glue it together with J-B Weld, but it is not holding. It appears that 99% of the J-B Weld is squeezed out when the pieces are put together, leaving basically nothing to hold the pieces together.

Don't ask me to go find a junk set. Philco Tropic sets are about as rare as hen's teeth. So that makes this grille basically a one of a kind item.

Here is what it would look like when assembled:

[Image: http://philcoradio.com/gallery2/images/1...age_00.jpg]

It appears to be cast aluminum, chrome plated. It isn't pot metal. I think if it were pot metal, J-B Weld would probably do a better job of holding the pieces together.

I need advice on how to repair it, or how/where it can be repaired.

Thanks.

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


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HELP - Broken grille, Philco Tropic 41-758EZ - by Ron Ramirez - 12-23-2014, 11:01 AM



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