Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/17/17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Bombers sent stuff: Dennis HAMMER ('64) Brad WEAR ('71) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug CRAWFORD ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joe BOMBINO ('75) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64) To: Ed WOOD ('62) Re: Radios I did restore the cabinet of a 1947 Westinghouse Radio that my Mother-in-law had. I am afraid I am going to have to pay someone to restore the works. I can replace tubes myself, but am sure it needs some testing, and if resistors need to be replaced, I am not very good at soldering especially in tight places like that. Also, the shaft with the little string that moves the needle showing the station is polished smooth and will not move the needle; I don't know what to do to fix that. I had a hard time matching the color of the wood stain. My wife said most of the time it was kept near living room window and sun over the years really did a job on it. The inside was good but the shades of color on the inside varied. Need to make some brass loops to go through the lion's head mouth door knobs: right now just using nylon rope with a knot on each end. Would like to paint gold lattice work to approximate the look of the original cloth. Experimented with it but the template didn't lay flat and spray got under it. The metal backing plates are bent and warped. Weighed it down with sockets and the results were even worse, but I now have a set of gold sockets in my tool box. My wife says leave it, but I don't think it looks right. Might try making template of wood so I can clamp it down. Found online speaker cloth for the speaker inside that is fairly close to original and did find the nameplate, but that was already sold. I think with the pictures I found I can make a pretty good replacement of wood or maybe plastic and assume there are computer programs with printer like thingies that can cut the letters "Westinghouse" and "FM". I do have a small box of tubes my dad had for the TV, but when I find them, probably none will work. http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/171017-1947_Radio.jpg -Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ Really nice day in Tri-Cities. Lot of stuff needs to be done outside and I started but my wife and her twin had other ideas so I guess I will have to wait for bad weather to finish--if one ever does get finished. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Brad WEAR ('71) Re: Stuff I guess I'm suspect again. I can't believe I missed two birthdays for two of my favorite people. One I've known virtually all my life, and the other since a soph at Col-Hi. A belated Happy Birthday to Karla Jo BIERLEIN, and Rob FRENCH on the 15th. My mom was getting out of prison so I was drunk. Yeah, that's why I missed it. On a somber note, today the 17th is a sad anniversary of the death of Levi Stubbs, The Four Tops, what a great group, and what a phenomenal singer. MoTown great. -Brad WEAR ('71) ~ Plano, TX where it's finally cooling down ************************************************************* ************************************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. *************************************************************