[EdHolland]

Almost there with this one. At the weekend, I attended to a last few cabinet issues. There is a thin ridge on the front vertical edges to give more shape and form to the corner moldings. This vulnerable detail was made from a soft ply and had suffered several dings over the years. I filled and stained the repairs, and the cabinet looks better still without the tatty edges. The finish on the sides was also quite battered and very dirty, so these were stripped with acetone, revealing wood of beautiful colouring that will look very good on refinishing. I also finished toning the base molding in the darker walnut hue that seems a good match to the original.

On the bench, I played around with alignment a little more, although there is not a lot to it. Band C has a single adjustment to set the 15 megahertz dial point and peak the antenna circuit - the latter adjustment is very vague. Then the usual two point adjustment for broadcast band at 1400 kHz and 600 kHz, rinse, repeat. This leaves band B to wherever the coils and fixed capacitors in the band-switching happen to land, and the dial is off a little. Our Town's emergency radio station on 1680 kHz shows up with the pointer at just over 1700.

Another fun aspect of this set is the 252.5 kHz IF, and the joy of short wave images adding confusion