[mikethedruid]

Actually, the very first thing I attended to was testing all the tubes. What do you know, they all tested GOOD, some in the lower end of good, but good none the less. The only one missing is the 6E5 magic eye tube. I already have two replacements in stock, and have 4 more on their way to me from Thailand, of all places, old Japanese stock. Eventually I am going to have to make a clamp to hold the 6E5. The original seems to be missing from the radio. No big deal. Just a little play time with sheet tin. That's what old cans are for. Now that the tubes are tested and out of the chassis, tomorrow I will begin some major cleaning up of the dust on the top and in the tuning condenser. Looks like another job for Dill's pipe cleaners. Then, on to those chewed up wires. I am pretty sure it was a chipmunk's nest. I found beech nut shells in among the debris. Chipmunks LOVE beech nuts.