[mikethedruid]

I have ordered that output transformer from AES, along with a lot of condensers, which brought my total up past the point where shipping is free. Now I have to wait until it arrives before I continue much with the speaker. Today I did cut a piece of fairly heavy gauge sheet metal to use in mounting a new terminal strip and the transformer to the speaker basket. Beside that, I rebuilt the lamp socket for the shadow meter. I had already rebuilt the one for the tuning dial. After that, I gave the chassis its very first test, to see if it had filament and lamp power, and.........

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SUCCESS ! no smoke, no explosions, no crackling. Of course, there are not even any tubes installed yet, just the two lamp bulbs, but they are working fine in their rebuilt sockets. It's a good first sign. Once I finish the speaker, I can get on to REALLY testing things.