HYDROMETERS, Secy Cell, Portable Cdn, Mk 1 ZB/CAN 0641
This little gem arrived in todays Post, much to my great relief.
I discovered it for sale in England back in November and purchased it one week before Canada Post went on strike. The vender was wonderful enough to get it all ready to go but put it on the back shelf until the strike ran its course. He was able to get it in the overseas mail finally two weeks ago.
Typically, this is a nice accessory to a wartime wireless set to have, but not essential. There were a lot of them surplussed out in the 1970’s, but they tended not to fair well in civilian life.
If one back tracks on this thread to around Page 30, Post #873, this will take you roughly to May/June of 2022 when I was trying to sort out a missing metal bracket in the Tool Box for the 52-Set. Via a process of examining the traces in the box and the tools that were in the box, the only logical use for the missing bracket would have been to help support the box the hydrometer came in, so I rolled the dice and based the final length of the bracket on being just large enough to hold the wooden box. The only way to prove the concept was to now find the needed hydrometer, and the correct one finally turned up last Fall.
The Parts List label was originally glued to the right side of the lid, you can see the trace of it there, and it should be easy enough to carefully steam press the label flat and re-glue it in its proper place. My guess at the size of the bracket was perfect. The box sits on it with just enough room for the small brass hinge on the right rear side to clear the back of the lid of the box, when the Tool Box is closed. The hydrometer box slides back and forth from side to side in the box as expected and is prevented from falling down into the interior of the tool box by the bracket on the right and the handle of the ball pean hammer resting on top of the partition on the left, as expected.
It has taken nearly three years to finally prove the concept of the recreation of the missing support bracket, but it has been worth the wait. I cannot stop grinning this afternoon.
David
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