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Modification to wood grips to clear the slide stop properly

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I just bought this vintage 1981 Soundesign model TX 5160 Should be a fun project. This was Soundesign's attempt at a higher end receiver / amp to compete with the higher priced brands.

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this is an invaluable book for anyone who wants to work on antique radios.

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One of the first electronics books I studied

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Grandma Galo's Yeast Raised Sheet Cake

Ingredients for both cake and topping: 3 large eggs, separated Ingredients for cake: 3 cups general purpose flour 1 cup white sugar 1/4 lb (1 stick) butter (salted OK) melted 3 egg yolks 1/4 cup warm water 1 teaspoon white sugar 1 envelope dry yeast a little milk as needed Ingredients for topping: 2 cups raw walnut pieces or raw pecan pieces 1 cup white sugar 1/4 lb (1 stick) butter (salted OK) melted 3 egg whites Instructions: Separate 3 large eggs. Grease a 9 inch by 13 inch baking pan. Then begin making the dough for the cake. Put 1/4 cup warm, not hot, water in a coffee cup and add 1 teaspoon of sugar. stir until sugar is dissolved then add the dry yeast, and set aside to prove the yeast. Put 3 cups of general purpose flour in a large bowl. Put 1 stick of butter cut up into small pieces in a coffee cup and melt in the microwave, or in a small pan on the stove. once melted in a medium size bowl mix the one cup of sugar and the butter with a fork until the sugar dissolves in the butter (cream the sugar in the butter), then stir in the egg yolks with the fork and mix well. Finally add the proofed yeast and water mix and stir it in until everything is mixed well, then add it all to the flour in the larger bowl. Mix it all well. It will be a very stiff dough, and may not entirely come together. add a very little milk at a time, and stir in well until you have formed a loose dough or thick batter, which can be spread out using the back of a spoon and hold in place, not trying to snap back at all. Spread this dough evenly in the bottom of the 9" x 13" baking pan. cover the pan with its plastic cover if it has one, or plastic wrap if it does not. Set aside in a WARM place to rise. Pre-heat the oven to 350 F Next make the topping. Crush the 2 cups of walnut or pecan pieces very fine. One of the little food choppers is excellent for this. Put the crushed nuts aside in a small bowl. Put 1 stick of butter cut up into small pieces, in a coffee cup and melt as above. In a medium size bowl put the 1 cup of sugar, add the melted butter and cream together as above. Then add the 3 egg whites and mix thoroughly with a fork. Finally add the crushed nuts, and mix thoroughly. When the cake has had about an hour in a warm place to rise, take it back, and gently spread the nut topping over it by spooning some in places all over the top of the dough and then gently spreading it out evenly all over the cake batter. Bake in a 350 F oven for 45 minutes, until the nut topping is crisped, and a golden brown, and a knife stuck into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool well, then cut into pieces with a sharp knife and enjoy.

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My next project was another vintage Soundesign receiver / amp. It is a model 4373, 3 years newer than the last one I refurbished. I ended up replacing the three main filter condensers in the power supply, cleaning all the potentiometers and the function switch, and now it works just fine again.

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This is a demonstration of the Soundesign 4370 receiver / amp I just finished refurbishing.