[Dubis7]

I'm back with good news. The radio is done!

I went ahead and took a risk, and was able to successfully restring the dial cord. It took more tries than I care to admit, but it's done. As Electronic M predicted, I was able to do the alignment by ear. I'm sure I could get it closer with equipment, but I'm not sure the difference would be noticeable in practice.

I did end up having to tear apart the tuner again. Apparently I hadn't slid the cores deep enough into the variable coils, and I was actually missing a few stations from the bottom of the band. Took me a few sessions to get everything lined up right, but it's finally there.

Thanks, everyone!