Wireless Set No. 52 Canadian - Project

[David Dunlop]

It has been an interesting year for this project, with just a few select items purchased for it, and a lot of thinking about the next steps. I started the year with two options for goals, one centred on the Supply Unit and the second on the Coil, Aerial Tuning No. 2 A. Both of these require working with solvent based enamel paints which required outdoor spraying in the garage or driveway. Both require application of the new replacement phosphor luminous waterslide decals, but in the final analysis, the Coil won out.

The Supply Unit requires extensive physical repairs and some electronic. The decals to replace number seven in total across the front panel and the big factor is little documentation for the work required to clean and repack the bearings in the two rotary transformers.

By comparison, the Coil assembly is in perfect working order, still needs the front panel repainted with the enamel paint, but has only two decals to deal with which makes a better option for getting that work right before tackling the Supply Unit. The wood is also in very good shape.

Another important factor is I have just enough Flat Army Olive paint left over from restoring the three Boxes/Cases for the 52-Set that the finished Coil assembly will match the other wooden items perfectly when done.

The only real fly in the ointment is that this Coil assembly was painted NATO Gloss Green both inside and out, which means a full strip down of all the metal fittings and a lot of sanding in a confined box. More outdoor work but the sunshine will help. I do have another Coil carcass, with only the exterior painted Gloss NATO Green, but the woodwork is shot with large chunks of wood missing, badly stripped screw holes and major cracks in the panels. Some key electronic pieces are missing or badly damaged inside as well.

So the chosen Coil assembly is now on the work bench ready for me to disassemble and log in all the parts so they all go back where they came from when finished. First photo is said item and the others are of the damaged second Coil.


David