11-05-2015, 04:41 PM
Antique gold sprayed the dial surround and used a black place mat for a covering for the new front panel filler, ( sprayed the wood first with matt black )
Put it all back together with those weird triangular brackets to hold the dial glass and its surround, screwed the speaker board back in, fitted the speaker and chassis.
So now its done, total parts used, one grid coupling cap for the output valve, shunted the screen grid resistor to bring it back in tolerance, nesew resistor in the AGC line, and a place mat!
Oh, and a bit of paint and varnish for the cabinet. Its a recovery radio not a complete refurbishment, as much of the original as possible kept. I did check all the other waxies and they were good enough to leave. The electrolytics came up easily.
Found out why the volume would not go all the way down to nought, someone had reversed the 2 screened leads to the volume pot, slider and top end swapped!
A few more pictures follow.
Put it all back together with those weird triangular brackets to hold the dial glass and its surround, screwed the speaker board back in, fitted the speaker and chassis.
So now its done, total parts used, one grid coupling cap for the output valve, shunted the screen grid resistor to bring it back in tolerance, nesew resistor in the AGC line, and a place mat!
Oh, and a bit of paint and varnish for the cabinet. Its a recovery radio not a complete refurbishment, as much of the original as possible kept. I did check all the other waxies and they were good enough to leave. The electrolytics came up easily.
Found out why the volume would not go all the way down to nought, someone had reversed the 2 screened leads to the volume pot, slider and top end swapped!
A few more pictures follow.
Boater Sam.
