Repro Hallicrafters Patent notice label
 

Here's a jpg of the Patent notice that goes on the HV cage of the T-54 Hallicrafters chassis.
I scanned it and then fixed it up in PhotoShop, I've also posted the before picture.

It should be sized correctly to print but if not it's supposed to be 1.25" high and 266 DPI.

I printed it on some white Card Stock because that's all I had, it would probably look better on some off white stock.

Apply tea.

Next Time I'll Use Tea
 

I love it! Using tea is a great idea. Since I'm so weak in the technical aspects of restoration, I put an insane amount of time into reproducing labels. I try to do the reproduction in layers--yellowing and staining the first layer, then put the graphics and print on top--but tea sounds better and easier. I destroyed the original label here when I derusted the chassis.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-l...%2520label.jpg

- Winky

Great job on that Stromberg-Carlson. I, myself wouldn't have used that type of power cord. The original was zip cord. :yes:

Zip cord? I'm obsessive--when I find out what zip cord is, I'll change it.

Cloth covered cord went out around 1936-38 depending on the manufacturer. They started using mostly the brown rubber (now plastic usually) lamp cord we are most used to today, with two parallel conductors having a slit down the middle so that you can "zip" the conductors apart for wiring. Like in your "before" photo. Zip.

Thanks. I used to save every old power cord, and I had quite a few from 1940s and 1950s discarded appliances. A few years ago, before I started messing with vintage radios, I kept the newer ones and threw out the older ones (of course).

Do you spray yr chassis w/clear polyurethane to help keep 'em fron re-oxidising ? That's a trick guys who save big Hornet's Nests do..It helps keep them from falling apart.

I have used a clear, matte-finish acrylic spray. The Stromberg Carlson above is actually painted. It was so badly rust-pitted that I filled the defects with epoxy and painted it.