I have returned to my entertainment center as a project that combines my woodworking skills (or lack thereof), electronics knowledge, and radio wiring expertise. 
This stage in the game is my planning phase: taking photos and making measurements. Some of the crazy things that I have considered for the 50 year old cabinet are; a complete restoration of the original tube electronics, dropping in new “guts”, replacing the old works with a professional grade turntable of the period, or just modifying the case for a more universal purpose.
Considering budget and the fact that the console was water damaged during long storage, the latter option was the preferred route. I intend to reinterpret the design and use the hi-fi as a home for my present am/fm receiver, speakers, HDTV, and Blu-ray player.
Stay Tuned.
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4 comments:
I'm trying to do the EXACT same thing. I have a turn table with about 150 records, and an HDTV i'd love to hang on the wall. I love to listen to my Vinyl, but hate getting down on the floor to change them out. Did you put any plans together for this? Hows the project coming?
I’m trying to do the exact same thing. Have you put plans together for this? How’s the project coming?
I do have some measurements and drawings, but no plans as of yet to restore the old console. Right now it serves as a credenza in my dining room. One day I intend to build a new console based on the old GE design.
BTW, Thanks for reading the Peanut Whistle. Tomorrow we will be posting a complete write up of the Hi-Fi project. The articles were cross-posted over two blogs and will be featured all together here tomorrow.
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