Converting Floor Radio To Shelf

This project took me a couple of weeks of evenings after work and weekends.

Converting floor radio to shelf.

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In this video i convert my great grandparents broken 1937 philco radio model 37 60 into a bluetooth speaker while i look into getting the radio repaired. However all old radios pretty much work the same way so the steps below should work for your radio. So i decided to give it a new life as a vintage bluetooth audio speaker. It was nice to look at and had a sentimental value but it didn t work.

Most off the shelf modulators are fm but an am one can be made easily. Keep in mind that every old time radio is different. You can have the best of both worlds though as redditor billyjole illustrated in a post on the subreddit r diy. First of all let me point out that this 35 00 western royal console radio was broken and in my assessment would cost more to repair than to convert into a classy good sounding radio i was at my local thrift store a few months ago and saw this radi.

Time to get to work. Am transmitters are harder to come by and buy. You just have to turn an old radio into a bluetooth speaker. It was a tough but exciting project because i didn t really know what i was going to do with the electronics at first.

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Third the am transmitter to link a xm receiver. Mod your old time radio. How this farnsworth radio looks on the inside will be different from how your philco or zenith looks on the inside. Total cost was about 600 because i purchased new stereo equipment to replace the.