Panasonic 5410LBS has arrived
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im_alan_partridge
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Thats one nice mono, but that handle looks like some one sat on it with a burning hot arse 
Beosystem10
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im_alan_partridge said:Thats one nice mono, but that handle looks like some one sat on it with a burning hot arse
Nowt worse than that burning ring of fire...
Don't try to straighten it in situ, that risks breaking the captives at either end of the cabinet.
Suggestion one:
Remove it gently, slacken off the fittings one thread at a time to avoid stressing the cabinet then clamp the handle between two bits of solid hardwood in a vice and tighten away as far as the wood will let you. if that leaves some bow on it, then you might need to peel off the sleeve and apply heat to the core of the handle to get it completely straight. Take it only as far as cherry red if you do that, or it'll end up either too soft or too brittle to be of any practical use.
Suggestion two:
Ask on the world's premier boombox forum whether anyone has a suitable spare handle that hasn't been used as a perch by the world's fattest parrot, remove the old one as above and fit the new one. I think I'd prefer that way than trying to take a bend out of some thick walled HT tube.
Alberto
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I have straightened / unbent many handles. Put the handle with ends attached on a really good cookie sheet ( one that will not warp with heat ). Set oven at 275 degrees. After around 5 minutes with a dry cloth start checking if the handle is becoming pliable against the straight edge of the cookie sheet. If not keep in oven and check every 1 minute. Once it has reached temperature and it has become pliable enough that you can straighten it, remove from oven and let it cool down at room temperature. I have straightened many LASONIC handles this way.
Northerner
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Yeh I've straightened them with very careful use of a heat gun...off the box of course.
Very nice mono
Very nice mono
Old school Scott
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Sometimes you can find a longer handle that is the same width and saw off the extra length.
Cheers OSS
Cheers OSS
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Michiel said:
and I think that color has allot to do with it. Almost a rose champagne with brushed aluminum everywhere. 
BoomboxLover48
Boomus Fidelis
I love the looks of the B version! My all time fav!dits said:This is a Great National Panasonic - 5410 Katsa
Does this one receive FM Stations?
The Version i have doesnt.(Its the B version).
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