[klondike98]

I've got the recap done, did not elect to restuff caps on this one so it went quickly. There was also a lot more room under the chassis compared to the Motorola 5A9M. I have some supplies coming for the battery remake so I started to look at restringing the dial. The schematic has the diagram so that's easy but I don't have a pointer. I was able to find some pictures of a pointer in a youTube restoration video by Troy Brokenshire. I 'think' I can make a pointer based on the images. I've got some think gauge steel sheet that should be good. The hard part will be getting the cutting and metal bending done on such a small little piece. I'm sure they were just punched out on a press in the factory.

Here's a picture from Troy's video and then my first paper trial. I have some more dimensions to figure out but I think I have the origami part of it figured out. I may have to get creative about ways to hook the dial string onto the pointer if I can't make the tiny cuts I'll need. Its going to take some trial and error I think. I have a piece of brass that will serve as the actual pointer and I will glue that to the pointer frame you see in the photo. There seem to be a number of examples of this radio on eBay in various states of disrepair so if all else fails, I should be able to find a donor or someone parting one out.

[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1tnh9m62v...4lnl&raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/njqizqbt7...8bk2&raw=1]