04-03-2017, 03:28 PM
I had some time to work on the radio today. I forgot to take pictures until almost finished. 
The tube socket looks like it was meant to be mounted on the top side of the chassis. I figured out that I could do a bottom mount by using spacers about a 1/4 inch long between the mounting "ears" and the chassis. I had to enlarge the hole in the chassis about 1/8 inch so that the porcelain portion of the socket would protrude.
[Image: https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3666/32904...dc74_b.jpg]109_0245 by Steve Davis, on Flickr
I removed the original oscillator coil and installed the modified coil. Following Ron's instructions I began reconnecting everything. Ron's instructions were clear and easy to understand. It reminded of assembling "Heathkits" years ago.
[Image: https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3951/33436...1ffa_b.jpg]109_0253 by Steve Davis, on Flickr
After looking at pictures of Ron's restoration, I'm almost ashamed to show pictures of mine! I do plan to replace 51K resistor that has the spliced lead that you see in the picture, along with a few others where I had used film resistors with new dog-bone resistors.
Steve
The tube socket looks like it was meant to be mounted on the top side of the chassis. I figured out that I could do a bottom mount by using spacers about a 1/4 inch long between the mounting "ears" and the chassis. I had to enlarge the hole in the chassis about 1/8 inch so that the porcelain portion of the socket would protrude.[Image: https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3666/32904...dc74_b.jpg]109_0245 by Steve Davis, on Flickr
I removed the original oscillator coil and installed the modified coil. Following Ron's instructions I began reconnecting everything. Ron's instructions were clear and easy to understand. It reminded of assembling "Heathkits" years ago.
[Image: https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3951/33436...1ffa_b.jpg]109_0253 by Steve Davis, on Flickr
After looking at pictures of Ron's restoration, I'm almost ashamed to show pictures of mine! I do plan to replace 51K resistor that has the spliced lead that you see in the picture, along with a few others where I had used film resistors with new dog-bone resistors.
Steve
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