And here we go. The new magic eye tube arrived Monday. Tried to fit it in... discovered that the "will fit 100% compatible tube" was a larger diameter than the original one. Not enough time on Monday to fix that. I had to get out the Dremel tool to grind out the plastic tube for the magic eye so it would fit thorugh. But over all, it works now:


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And: I call it finished ( Read more... )

...and an update ( Read more... )

Finally, some visible, or rather audible, progress! As I mentioned on my Twitter several times before, I am in the process of restoring an old vintage radio reciever. It's from 1953 by the quality control stamps inside the case ( Read more... )

...has been an interesting project for sure. But let's start at the beginning ( Read more... )