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AK 559N Restoration
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http://www.russoldradios.com/blog
It took a while - -

"I just might turn into smoke, but I feel fine"
http://www.russoldradios.com/
#2

Beautiful job Russ. Icon_thumbup Your attention to the details is most inspiring to me. Especially when I'm tempted to take a short cut.
Glad you saved it from the parts pile.
#3

Looks great Russ.  As Mike said you're setting the bar very high Icon_thumbup

John KK4ZLF
Lexington, KY
"illegitimis non carborundum"
#4

Another beautiful job Russ!!
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(02-23-2017, 04:46 PM)Eliot Ness Wrote:  Looks great Russ.  As Mike said you're setting the bar very high Icon_thumbup

I used to pole-vault over the bar, now I climb a ladder and fall over it.

"I just might turn into smoke, but I feel fine"
http://www.russoldradios.com/
#6

Hmm, rubber covered wire, and weird in house made A.K parts. Still the set is probably a good perfomer, good looking, so still worth the effort.
Regards
Arran
#7

Arran, the construction of this set is typical for AKs made up till the end. Most if not all are sought after by collectors. In my opinion, this cabinet and the one used on the 447 (both were used for several models) are among the most attractive offered by Atwater Kent. This 9 tube chassis with shadow meter is probably in the upper 1/3 of radios made that year as far as performance goes. Like with Philcos (who also used "custom" resistors/colors) many parts have not survived the years.

"I just might turn into smoke, but I feel fine"
http://www.russoldradios.com/
#8

Yep, familiar suffering.
And there's that cap block which is a PITA to gut. I decided to open it as a box and heated it with heatgun AND iron till the solder had melted and I pulled it apart. Then soldered it back closed.

People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.




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