[mikethedruid]

The chassis is basically done. I'll have to pull the speaker before I can connect it to the chassis and do testing and alignment. By the time I was all finished I had about 4 inches of solder left ! I have more on order. It should be here Friday. I also went through a LOT of solder wick in this project, about 4 rolls ! have just one roll of my former supply left. I just got in 10 more rolls. NOTE : If you use solder wick to remove the old solder, don't use it just as it comes from the roll. Squinch it up a little, so the copper fibers spread out a little, and brush on some rosin flux. I make this liquid rosin flux by dissolving powdered violin rosin in isopropyl alcohol. It works MUCH better this way.  You can use it right away, and it still works great after the flux dries on it too. Another thing to note, you MUST put the band switch shaft back into the tuning section BEFORE you put the section back into the chassis. If you don't, the band switch shaft mounting ears part won't clear the front of the chassis and go back in, which means you will have to remove the tuning section, put in the band switch shaft, and then re-install the tuning section.The trick of removing the shaft before you remove the tuning section, and replacing it once the tuning section is back in does NOT work on this model. I know from bitter experience. Here are some pictures of the chassis back together.

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