Well, the receiver metal work is ALL DONE---the receiver paint work is ALL DONE....(at last!)...and this past weekend I wired the filaments & the primary AC wiring...
I'm on night shift for the next two weeks, & I'm quite confident that I can get everything completed by the middle of the month: that'll leave me a good two weeks to get the thing (hopefully!) trouble-shot & operational, well in advance of the Bruce Kelley 1929 QSO Party... Boy, a project of this magnitude sure does take time...! Thus far, I figure I put in AT LEAST a GOOD WEEK drawing the schematic/laying out the parts (on paper) & planning the thing, TWO weeks doing all the metal work (drilling holes for sockets, screws, transformers, tie bars, AD NAUSEUM!), and ANOTHER good week doing the priming/painting---a WHOLE MONTH, & the darned thing is only now getting its first whiffs of rosen & solder... I must say, though, thus far, it's a pretty-looking thing: those white National & Millen ceramic sockets sure are FB nestled-in atop the flat black painted chassis top... A good supply of 224's/224A's has been steadily arriving at the door, c/o eBay... I can hardly wait to hear those push-pull 245's swing into action! Hopefully this monster will PLAY as good as it LOOKS! Hi Hi. Will keep you posted... ~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ