Neat. I have a raccoon friend who is really into old radios.
he looked it up. it seems ones like it sell for around the same price as that one, but this one seems to be in pretty rough shape as far as it's outside finish.
Still, it;s a very neat find. :)

Oh, that's cool, thanks for having him look it up! :D It's seemed in pretty good shape to me, but I honestly wasn't pay too much attention to condition at the time. Also, it probably looks worse than what it is in the picture, due to the poor quality.

ah, that may be. :)
I still think it would be cool to have sitting in a livingroom as a focus for the room. :)
I bet it could lead to some fun conversations.

I know, I'm rrreeaalllyyy regretting not getting it, but I just have NO place to put it. T.T

holy crap

looks like u could run a battery in it

There is a chance it could still work, if it was kept in a dry heated environment all its life. The design of these RCA models is quite robust.

Oh I could go on and on about this stuff but I don't want to bore ya to tears. :P

Its a pretty good find ^_^

hay i remeber u we where talking about rear projections man how are u

out any thing i learn if ther busted tube wear a type gasemask and a a room the ventilation since those tube have some dangerous chemical in them also when working with something that has tube it wise to see if the there a blue print on line because rewiring a tube radio is tricky if your a forget what wire goes to what after undoing them also it going try get it to working again be very careful since some electronics system even one with tube in can care good amount of electricity in them that can shock a person even after there unplugged

True, the large filter capacitors can hold a significant charge, there are enough resistors across them to bleed the charge down when turned off.

The tubes used in this radio are harmless. No mercury vapor or gas filled tubes are used. The only thing inside them is a vacuum :)
The most dangerous part is cutting yourself on the glass if one was broken.

I have the RCA red books service manuals. Though for some reason Vol. 1 isn't where it should be. I need to track that down :(
I hate misplacing stuff...

well i wouldent say the tubes are harmess. the elements contain thoriated tungsten which is slightly radioactive to better cause the emission of electrons durring operation. the silver stuff is not mercury but barium oxide. the idea behind that was to absorb extra oxygen atoms inside the envelopes of the tubes, this barium was expolded useing RF, shorting elements, etc to Activate it and absorb the oxygen once evacuuated of air and sealed

I don't know why but I think I prefer the look from the back then the front.

I had the front posted, but the pic got taken down by the moderators as being unrelevant. (i.e. not furry) :/

:/ but what if someone's character background had them set during the early 1900s it would make for reference help. Like imagining the character listening to that radio, visualising a paw turning a knob or something...Sighs they take it too far with the Moderation sometimes.