[Hallicrafters] S-38E Bottom Covers

[Bill Gerhold]

Most if not all of the bottom covers on these receivers are warped.  Your
options are to keep it the way it is or replace it with something reasonably
similar.  I have been replacing them due to the warping but I just tried
something else and it works reasonably well.

When I was a kid, I remember ironing dollar bills and they came out very
flat with all the wrinkles gone.  I though why not try this on the bottom
cover of the S-38E since it is also paper just thicker.  Warmed up the xyl's
iron, made sure it had water and put the warped bottom cover on a towel and
had at it, heat, steam and pressure.

After a short while, the cover started to straighten out.  Applying lots of
pressure and steam works well.  While not quite perfect, I now have a nice
mostly flat cover that was at one time pretty badly warped and would have
been replaced.

Just thought I would pass this along.

Bill
K2WH