June 5th 2011 - Been almost a year between updates! There have been several significant changes in my life during the past year, some good and some bad. I took a long hiatus from the funner things in life like working on old radios, electronics, and swap meets during the past 12 months. I am slowing making a reemergence into this great hobby, and plan to be much more active in the upcoming months.

Currently being restored is a Philco 650X that belongs to a family friend. This Philco has required extensive work to the electronics, such as tracking down a replacement original speaker and rewinding an open shadow meter coil to name a few. The cabinet is currently undergoing a complete restoration that includes quite a bit of veneer work and replacement.

Recent additions to my old radio gallery include a Silvertone 3451 and a RCA AP-937 power supply. Both of these were purchased last fall from a junk store that was going out of business.

August 11th, 2010 - This has been a hectic and busy summer! Quite a bit has been accomplished, but unfortunately many of my radio projects have been slow coming. I undertook four radio restorations for a friend of the family this year. The first two, an Emerson 503 and a Electomatic AR-501, were recently completed with the remaining two currently in the shop in various states of completion.

My big project was the completion of a 12' X 24' building for wood/metal work and storage. Completion required internal wiring, service wiring (100A, fed underground), fully insulating the walls/ceiling, finishing the walls with hardboard, floor coating, and building shelving/workbenches. Air conditioning was a must, along with a good ceiling fan, high output fluorescent lighting, and a COLD refrigerator! I did most of this on my own in the record setting June heat, but the efforts have proven to be well rewarding.

May 16th, 2010 -  Completed the restoration of my Westinghouse WR-334.


May 6th, 2010 - It has been a long time in between updates! Demanding engineering courses at Purdue University have caused me to put my life on hold during most of the year. This means very little time to work at my bench, and NO time to keep up with this web page.
   
    Fortunately I have several months of free time coming up and hope to finally get things moving around here. The electronics in my Westinghouse WR-334 are completely restored, and the cabinet has been reassembled with most of the veneer patched. It is only awaiting some minor cabinet repairs and a complete refinish to be finished.

    My big project this summer will be the construction of a second shop. My second shop will house tools like an air compressor, spray booth, small dust collector, and a sand blaster to name a few. It is also going to serve as a storage building to store several of my project radios, giving me the opportunity to expand my radio display room. In the past, doing cabinet work and refinishing for me is very dependent on weather conditions. With my new shop, it will be climate controlled so work can be done anytime, year-round.

    This web page is also going to experience some updates this summer. The badly dated "Test Equipment" and "Other Electronics" pages are going to be revised and reorganized. The latest updates include revising the "Links" page, and fixing bad links/images due to my domain change last year.

October 14th 2009: It has been a while since I've updated my page! Other endeavors (college) have consumed most of my time and kept me away from the workbench. I can finally say that I am catching up on other non-radio projects and can now take on a few of these radios!
    Currently on the bench is a Westinghouse WR-334 that I bought at the spring IHRS meet in Kokomo Indiana. I plan to have the Westinghouse completed by the end of next month. Another recent addition to my collection is a Zenith 10S160 that was a local Craigslist find.