Art Deco Zenith 5-s-29 Radio Case Mod

Motherboard Tray Mounted and Top Trim

I mentioned in the last post that I had mounted the motherboard tray to the air chamber. This picture shows more clearly how the motherboard tray mounts directly to the radiator air chamber. I originally didn't plan on the air chamber idea, so I was going to be leaving some room behind the tray for wiring. With the air chamber however, that space is gone. I'm not too worried about it though as I think it won't be a big deal as far as wiring goes, and the benefit of having the radiator air isolated far outweighs this.

Front Grillcloth Mount

I made a piece to fit inside of the front grill to use to mount the grillcloth with. It completely hides the area where I routed the thickness down. I spent too much time on this piece as it really was a pain to make.


This is how it will look in place.

Front Oval Trim

I made the front oval trimpiece. This is made out of three pieces so that I could route the edges of the curves. I used a 1/8in cove router bit to cut the edges of the curved pieces, and then glued them to the center trim piece.


After taking this photo I glued the oval piece on the front and used two small screws on the backside for extra reinforcement.