[Joeztech]

Ron;

I am never surprised at how long it takes for packages to arrive using the US Mail. It just is part of the world as we know it. It gave me time to concentrate on other aspects of the restoration. I am just glad that the speaker did get here and arrived in good condition.

I doubt I will ever find a OEM type pilot lamp jewel. I will likely have to use one of the jewel cut types unless I can figure out a way to fabricate one. That is not too likely since I am not a plastics expert. I have one old piece of equipment that has a green jewel like you describe, but it is still operational and I don't want to canabalize it to restore this radio.

I had a pleasant surprise yesterday when I took the clamps off of the cabinet. I had worked on re-gluing the second layer of veneer which had curled up over 1/4" along the top front edge. Apparently there was enough moisture in the air when I put the clamps on that it re-activated the glue under the top veneer layer and that layer along with the second layer is now re-glued smoothly to the cabinet. I am a little suspicious that it may come loose again. If it does, it should be easy to re-glue that as well.

I managed to get the push-button switches to operate correctly by using a spray of WD-40 to free them up. They were very stiff and hard to push. I plan to wait until I am ready to re-install the chassis in the cabinet before adding the new push-buttons to the switch shafts.

Joe