[MrFixr55]

Gotta love Morzh's stories.  Morzh, it is not just Russian Mothers in law, it is universal.  However, I dearly loved my Mom in Law, even when she needed to express her opinions.  I had to hide sometimes, but I greatly respected her supporting her family as a young widow.  My Mom and Ms. Fixr did NOT get along.

Nice job on the AK10.

On mine, I removed all hardware and scrubbed, then used GoJo and brushes, after I glued the parts that broke off the bakelite due to the eBay seller's sloppy packaging (He packed the A-K E2 speaker in the same box on top of the breadboard instead of under it and did not use enough packaging material or tying anything down.

Here is a pic of my Island.  No pics of one disassembled.  I used the same transformers as Morzh did and wrapped the frames in tape.  Morzh, yours is more elegant.  At some time, I will soup this up by adding a terminal for bias by using an existing hole.  The tubes are ca 1923/24 Radiotron 200 and 201 BBTs, no brand etching on bulbs but paper meatball labels.  Came with my FADA 160. Suspect them to be GE made.  And they work.  The radio is quite loud but usual distortion.  BBT 201 and a DeForest in the RF sockets. Caption says AK10A but it is a 10C, Pooley version (without the cabinet.  The boards for the Pooley sets were not beveled, therefore not pretty.  But I got it for $600 3 years ago when a good AK10 was still selling for $1200-$1800.
   

Time to brave the cold.