My 11 year old son's Admiral 30A1 restoration project

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As a few of you might have caught in another thread, my 11 year old son Nick (for some ungodly reason ) has decided that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his dad and take up television restoration as a hobby

After a complete recap of the chassis (which he did himself BTW, with my supervision and a little help on the filter cans), we powered it up for the first time tonight. We've been working on the set on odd days for about the last two weeks. I gotta say, the kid is FAST at recapping, and his board work is pretty darn good! I showed him how I install new caps, and he's quickly developing his own style. His work is very neat, and yes, he's been educated about all safety protocols in doing this sort of work

First power up with a variac tonight got us sound but no raster. Zero HV. But nothing blew up, shorted, squealed, or smoked. And that's not bad at all. Time to start checking resistors and replace the selenium rectifier (which yes, I should have done first).

Am I a proud dad? You betcha!!! And hey, we got to listen to some Jeopardy too!