art wrote:
That's nothing. I got a better story..

Dad bought a pair of walkie talkies back in 1964 when I was 5 yr old,
I found the soldering iron (always watched him fix the tv sets for people)

and removed every part on the pc board from one of the wt !

When he got home, I thought he would whip my butt but instead
he gave me a big pat on the head and was proud of my work !

art


So you turned it into a Heathkit!
Did you every try to put it back together?

I used to find old AA5's in the trash and gut them for the parts.
I later built a brand new one using the best of the parts from
the dead ones. So I guess that was my 'Frankenstein' radio.
The chassis was a frame from an old radio that had held a pc
board. I just slipped a piece of galvanized steel where the pc
card had been and then drilled and punched it out for my chassis.
It was actually a very good radio, and doubled as an amplifier for
a photograph turntable (also found in the trash).