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An unknown thing of beauty...
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Quote:Wow, Looking good buddy!

Thanks, thats high praise indeed.

Well, to the untrained eye its finished.  Thanks to Henry I have a dial drive belt coming - because this set has resisted all attempts to have something cludged in its place.  The closest I got was actually using the same high speed tape I used to insulate the LED strip from the metalwork... this worked perfectly for a few hours and then it split, and it showed signs of having started to crack in other places as well - either its expiry date of 1987 played a part or its just not designed to be cut into a 3/16" strip and taped to itself in a band under tension.

I've also just realised I still haven't screwed the padder back to the chassis - and when I looked at it the other day it looked like a nightmare because the bolts are right under the tuning cap.

I also have two knobs that I think are right, and one I found in my collection that looked ok with them... all three need cleaned up and finished.

I've manually set the station to the one I mostly listen to, and put it all away for the time being because I started another one yesterday thinking I could knock it out in a day... what was I thinking?! lol  Anyway, more on that shortly in another thread...

Here's a reminder of how it looked when I decided to find out just what the heck it was:

[Image: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff222...4ycy0z.jpg]

[Image: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff222...ow0zvh.jpg]


And what a little(?!) spit'n'polish can do:

[Image: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff222...ery69o.jpg]

[Image: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff222...4tldzd.jpg]

[Image: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff222...7qj23c.jpg]

[Image: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff222...ulcwws.jpg]

I'm pleased with the result... but I'm also pleased I'm nearly done.

There are no personal problems that can't be overcome with the liberal application of high explosives


Messages In This Thread
An unknown thing of beauty... - by kiwi_steve - 02-09-2016, 09:02 AM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by Kestas - 02-09-2016, 10:35 AM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by sam - 02-09-2016, 01:28 PM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by kiwi_steve - 02-09-2016, 02:42 PM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by Kestas - 02-09-2016, 06:15 PM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by kiwi_steve - 02-09-2016, 08:22 PM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by radiohenry - 04-20-2016, 06:33 PM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by kiwi_steve - 04-20-2016, 09:32 PM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by Kestas - 02-10-2016, 09:57 AM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by kiwi_steve - 02-11-2016, 01:23 AM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by kiwi_steve - 02-11-2016, 03:29 AM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by TimC - 02-14-2016, 04:47 PM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by Eliot Ness - 02-14-2016, 05:02 PM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by kiwi_steve - 02-15-2016, 04:29 AM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by TimC - 02-15-2016, 01:39 PM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by Art Hoch - 03-10-2016, 06:30 PM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by kiwi_steve - 03-15-2016, 07:15 AM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by Arran - 03-16-2016, 03:50 AM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by kiwi_steve - 04-19-2016, 12:12 AM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by kiwi_steve - 04-19-2016, 07:08 AM
RE: An unknown thing of beauty... - by kiwi_steve - 04-23-2016, 08:24 AM



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