07-08-2019, 09:21 AM
I have finally gotten back to this little Emerson 25A. I did get the capacitor-voltage drop components into place, replaced the choke with a new one and got it fired up successfully. Unfortunately by the time I had it all back together and buttoned up I realized I had not taken any photos of the chassis... 
It plays OK although at relatively low volume. I only have a short 10' antenna so longer would help some as well but I've played with this one enough so ... done for now. I left the finish pretty much original. It was dirty and the original clear lacquer had started to alligator a bit so I very lightly sanded, did a little restore-a-finish treatment, let that dry and then added a few coats of clear gloss lacquer. I think it came out surprisingly well. The grill cloth was replaced with the original grill cloth that I had taken out of the Emerson 250AW that I had worked on previously.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/18bs8n0tqcj394....jpg?raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjmmpcjlubhtf9....jpg?raw=1]
It plays OK although at relatively low volume. I only have a short 10' antenna so longer would help some as well but I've played with this one enough so ... done for now. I left the finish pretty much original. It was dirty and the original clear lacquer had started to alligator a bit so I very lightly sanded, did a little restore-a-finish treatment, let that dry and then added a few coats of clear gloss lacquer. I think it came out surprisingly well. The grill cloth was replaced with the original grill cloth that I had taken out of the Emerson 250AW that I had worked on previously. [Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/18bs8n0tqcj394....jpg?raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjmmpcjlubhtf9....jpg?raw=1]
