03-03-2014, 10:37 PM
After about a six week detour, I was finally able to get in several hours of work on my '19 over the last couple of days. After working on it today, I finally feel like I've turned the corner. Yesterday and today's work entailed restuffing the electrolytics and all of the associated rewiring (I.e disconnect/reconnect). I also replaced several resistors while I was at it.
Even though I try to be methodical in my rework, I had a couple of minutes this afternoon when I really thought I'd made a boneheaded move. I was double checking all of my work and all of the sudden I came across a 'dangling' wire. Whenever I remove one end of a wire, I always put a little piece of tape on the end with a notation of where that wire should be reconnected. However, there was no piece of tape on this wire. I looked over my notes because I also write down everything I do. On two separate scans of my notes I could find no mention of this wire, but in near panic I did another, slower look a through and found it.
Many people here have advised that we take photos to record the original layout and wiring. I never thought that was necessary for me as I try do only do one thing at a time and as mentioned, I write everything down. However, I now see the point of doing this. This was a very complicated section that couldn't be done one with just item at a time. Multiple components and wires were disconnected at certain points. In the end, I did have adequate notes to tell me where the wire belonged, but pictures are free and even one would have probably shown where the wire belonged. I think I've learned my lesson, because I feel like I really dodged a bullet.
Thrilled to be back working on the radio. Three more Bakelite blocks to go, and these seem to be relatively accessible. Starting to see the light at the end of this;)
Jon
Even though I try to be methodical in my rework, I had a couple of minutes this afternoon when I really thought I'd made a boneheaded move. I was double checking all of my work and all of the sudden I came across a 'dangling' wire. Whenever I remove one end of a wire, I always put a little piece of tape on the end with a notation of where that wire should be reconnected. However, there was no piece of tape on this wire. I looked over my notes because I also write down everything I do. On two separate scans of my notes I could find no mention of this wire, but in near panic I did another, slower look a through and found it.
Many people here have advised that we take photos to record the original layout and wiring. I never thought that was necessary for me as I try do only do one thing at a time and as mentioned, I write everything down. However, I now see the point of doing this. This was a very complicated section that couldn't be done one with just item at a time. Multiple components and wires were disconnected at certain points. In the end, I did have adequate notes to tell me where the wire belonged, but pictures are free and even one would have probably shown where the wire belonged. I think I've learned my lesson, because I feel like I really dodged a bullet.
Thrilled to be back working on the radio. Three more Bakelite blocks to go, and these seem to be relatively accessible. Starting to see the light at the end of this;)
Jon
