07-15-2014, 06:27 PM
OK..back to working on the chassis. Am doing the usual paper cap stuffing and rubber wire replacement. Stuffed the one electrolytic can that was still with the radio. Pretty straight forward, lots of room.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hd7rvvpa8mf1uw....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nrfzxu13go1w1n....jpg?raw=1]
I've made dogbone resistors from molds as well as from bic pens with the wire wrapped around the end but I'd never made the resistors that were in this radio. Found some tubing at the harware store, cut it to the right length, slid in the new resistor, filled the ends with a little hot glue and finally painted them. To get the stripe on I put one lead in my electric screwdriver and rotated it while touching the paint brush to it. Takes a little practice but they come out nice. The first photo shows the process for a 70 ohm and the second shows the repro 70k ohm above the original.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mra6j4lygiv4e9....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e0q8rhm6e6rt40....jpg?raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hd7rvvpa8mf1uw....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nrfzxu13go1w1n....jpg?raw=1]
I've made dogbone resistors from molds as well as from bic pens with the wire wrapped around the end but I'd never made the resistors that were in this radio. Found some tubing at the harware store, cut it to the right length, slid in the new resistor, filled the ends with a little hot glue and finally painted them. To get the stripe on I put one lead in my electric screwdriver and rotated it while touching the paint brush to it. Takes a little practice but they come out nice. The first photo shows the process for a 70 ohm and the second shows the repro 70k ohm above the original.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mra6j4lygiv4e9....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e0q8rhm6e6rt40....jpg?raw=1]
