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Daves 1920 radios
Добавлен 29 дек 2013
I am an avid radio collector/restorer. I have an affinity for the 1920s and early 30s. I enjoy sharing my videos and welcome everyone to watch and enjoy!
Hopefully it will spike additional interest and help to continue to grow a very rewarding hobby!
Hopefully it will spike additional interest and help to continue to grow a very rewarding hobby!
ER-753A Better known as the Radiola 1.
Being this is a crystal set, it is difficult to video!
This was a rather time consuming restoration, given it is a simple crystal set.
I do hope one can hear it operating!
This was a rather time consuming restoration, given it is a simple crystal set.
I do hope one can hear it operating!
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Homemade Conch shell speaker.
Просмотров 135Месяц назад
By the middle 20s the horn speaker had fell out of fashion, manufacturers tried several ways to hide the horn the shell speaker was born! it is quite surprising how good this sounds, it has room filling volume! I used a wooden salad bowl, piece of brass tubing, and an earpiece from a Nathaniel Baldwin headset!
Operadio My favorite portable set in my collection!
Просмотров 125Месяц назад
I was asked to post another video of my Operadio set. Being it needed new B batteries, as well as a minor repair for slipping tuning knob, once repairs were completed I figured this was a good time to make another video! This is a rather uncommon set. I purchased it 20 years ago at a radio show outside Chicago. This set needed quite a few repairs to make it operable, but that's what I enjoy! I ...
Radiola Special (1923)
Просмотров 2192 месяца назад
This is a rather uncommon set. This was first offered in 1922 as a crystal set, but after poor sales RCA retrofitted them with a single tube socket, and a new front panel cover and the Radiola Special was born!
Radiola Super VIII.
Просмотров 552 месяца назад
I just completed a periodic inspection and minor repair. This is one of my favorites! There were two variants of this model, an early single horn, and later dual horn variant. This is the dual horn variant. I am fortunate to have both variants.
Melting rosin inside can of early RCA Radiolas.
Просмотров 9142 месяца назад
Melting rosin inside can of early RCA Radiolas.
Atwater Kent model 2. My newest restoration!
Просмотров 4052 месяца назад
Atwater Kent model 2. My newest restoration!
Connecting an Atwater Kent model 12 to Arbe power supply.
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Connecting an Atwater Kent model 12 to Arbe power supply.
Replacing the audio transformers in an Atwater Kent model 12 breadboard.
Просмотров 3023 месяца назад
Replacing the audio transformers in an Atwater Kent model 12 breadboard.
Rewinding coil in Amplion horn speaker driver.
Просмотров 2007 месяцев назад
Rewinding coil in Amplion horn speaker driver.
1924 Radiola Super VIII. I simply enjoy this set!!
Просмотров 2207 месяцев назад
1924 Radiola Super VIII. I simply enjoy this set!!
Here is another Pathe' speaker. This one is quite rare!
Просмотров 678 месяцев назад
Here is another Pathe' speaker. This one is quite rare!
Tower ship speaker in all its Glory!
Просмотров 968 месяцев назад
Tower ship speaker in all its Glory!
One more video of my Pathe Westminister speaker. I hope you enjoy half as much as I do!
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One more video of my Pathe Westminister speaker. I hope you enjoy half as much as I do!
Here is a video showing the driver in my latest Pathe' Westministet speaker. It was a lot of work!
Просмотров 938 месяцев назад
Here is a video showing the driver in my latest Pathe' Westministet speaker. It was a lot of work!
Here is my homebrew 1920s shell speaker.
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Here is my homebrew 1920s shell speaker.
1925 Pathe" Westminister cone speaker.
Просмотров 1228 месяцев назад
1925 Pathe" Westminister cone speaker.
A 1920 Bluetooth speaker device! The "Audio Pump"!
Просмотров 1348 месяцев назад
A 1920 Bluetooth speaker device! The "Audio Pump"!
That is just cool...like something the Professor on Gilligan's Island would do...
@@scottthomas3792 HaHa! Actually this is a reproduction of an actual speaker from the 20s. It was a fun project!
Another good video Dave!!!!
@@martyhuff5866 Thank you my friend!
Is that brass tubing? Is it threaded to the Baldwin somehow? How long is it?
@@Pygar2 I have used brass, and plastic. It extends into the shell about 1 inch. It is cut flush with inside of bowl. Everything is epoxies together. :)
There is a definite 'air' to these old speakers which someone unkindly desribed as sounding like a bumble-bee trapped in a bottle! The great 'plus' was good electro-acoustic efficiency which was important in the old battery-driven sets which sometimes had little more that 100mW audio output.
@@jozefbubez6116 Yes these sets had very little output. :)
Great explanation! I am trying to emulate this type of speaker on a smaller scale the first effort using a 4" diameter foamed polystyrene bowl and still need to make the driver. At age 74, I can relate to the less steady hands but better to try our best rather that sit about and do nothing. Keep up the good work!
Fantastic! I wish you luck my friend! I can fully relate to the "less than steady" hands! :)
Nice radio Dave. I was wondering about using the "Dancing Ladies" speaker with the Grebe MU-1. Does the manufacturer of different pieces really matter to purists ?
@@tonyfulford3175 Thank you! During the 1920s, it was common to mix and match sets to speakers! So yes! You would be okay!
I was wondering if you could help me by any chance. I am trying to find a reproduction of an RCA VS-064 AB battery
@@sammartinez7196 Sorry, I do not know of any availability.
@Davesradios I'm sorry, I meant that I'm trying to find someone to help me build one. I have all of the information and schematics but none of the experience
@@sammartinez7196 Not sure where your located. Are there any radio clubs in your area?
It's a beauty! Amazing technology for its time. Thanks for sharing.
@@armandcorpolongo Thank you!
That's a beauty. You can't beat a good crystal set radio 😊. Still find it amazing how they can run no power. Well atleast from the crystal set end.
@@johnwynne-qx6br Thank you!
Wonderful 😊 great idea thumbs up.
Thanks! Truthfully it was not my idea! I merely replicated what was done in the 1920s.
@Davesradios it's a great replication very nice. I think I remember that you have a lamp speaker or maybe I had seen it somewhere else, but weren't they creative in the good old days.
@@johnwynne-qx6br Yes!! This one! ruclips.net/video/d8TN03cHUAM/видео.htmlsi=YOHEkz1Oczlx1MDS
@Davesradios that's the one. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks
@@johnwynne-qx6br Glad you enjoyed
Incredible
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
Very clever.
Thanks!
Why did they put the wax in the first place?
My first mindset was to hide technology from probing eyes. However, I am now convinced it was to support the fragile frame. The components are all mounted on a single rail, on 9ne side. The coils and especially the audio transformers are fairly heavy iron framed components. While being only being supported on one end and bouncing or rough handling would destroy chassis. I know this first hand after shipping a couple once the paraf9n was removed---not good!! For many years, like most, I thought it was to "hide", I am now convinced it is for support.
I did something similar when I was younger. I took a dead '01A and wired in a subminiature type of tube like you have here. I hollowed out the dead tube from the bottom but kept the glass shell intact. Then to make it look like it was still original (the getter remained silver) I wired in a small light bulb to create a glow.
Cool !
Over 20 years ago i bought one of these from evilBay in somewhat coarser yet original condition. It was delivered to me by the Angry Gorilla courier company so when I got the radio it more or less resembled Ikea furniture but with more glass fragments and wood splinters. I never tried to buy another since then.
Very nice radio.
@@channel_98s Thank you!
@@channel_98s Thank you!
Very nice.
@@channel_98s Glad you enjoyed!!
Funny how something that large was once considered portable. Nowadays if it doesn't fit in your pocket, it stays home. Thanks for sharing Dave.
Very true! Even though this was considered portable, it is fairly heavy with a full compliment of batteries! I suspect it was not moved too much once it was in operation.
How old is the radio itself?
@@channel_98s The radio is from 1925.
@@Davesradios It sounds very good. Nice radio and speaker.
@@channel_98s Thank you!!
Very nice 😊
@@johnwynne-qx6br Thank you!
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Are you going to make another video about this radio? It sounds so good.
@@channel_98s I guess I could ! :) It may be a short bit. Stay tuned! :)
@@Davesradios Thanks. Great
1926 really?
@@channel_98s Yes, quite possibly 1925, there was overlap in production.
@@Davesradios Very nice
@@channel_98s Thanks!
Over a century old and still sounds great!
@@bobmarker6812 I was quite surprised as well ! Thanks!
Love it!
@@RVP1955 Thank you!
What a smart radio set. So it developed from a crystal set to a valve/tube set sounds great though the speaker.
@@johnwynne-qx6br Thank you Yes it did evolve!
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Awesome video Dave 👍
@@curlyzim1 Thank you!
An examination is always good, as you can get lucky as you have. I never have luck like this as every audio or output transformer I open up has the break on the inner winding and usually in the last 10 feet of wire that's on the coil form.
@@johnnyallen843 I agree fully! I had previously restored this set, and replaced an audio transformer. I had not8ced a decline in performance and took it in for a "check-up". If you rewind audios, I commend you!
They certainly knew how to build things back in the day. Fantastic styling and practical to. I can see why it's one of your favourites 👍 ..
@@johnwynne-qx6br Yes they did! Thank you!
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Glad you enjoyed!
Good to know! Thanks!
@@fuzzwack1 Thanks!
Thumbs 👍 very nice
@@johnwynne-qx6br Thank you!
Yyyyyyyyes!!!
Glad you enjoyed!
Very nice! I bought one of those from eBay long ago. It was handled by drunken Gorillas in shipping so it landed as kindling with broken bits of wood, glass and early plastic all mixed together.
Oh no!!! Thankfully they are very common! I.purchased this one off of ebay a couple of weeks back,thankfully the seller packed it very well.
275/300 degrees what? F or C?
Good question! F
Nice video!!! Dave.
@@martyhuff5866 Thank you my friend!
Any undesirable fumes or odor using this method? Is your wife on-board with this? Fumes or no fumes, my wife would not be a fan of me using the oven for this purpose. I may have to purchase an old beater oven and connect it to the generator in the back yard. I like the concept and it would work well for me if I was single. Thanks Dave.
Odor is rather minimal ! Smells like sweet pine tree. It dissipates rather quickly! I fully understand the wife thing! Mine was out of town for the weekend! :)
@@DavesradiosI'm pretty sure rosin is literally just pine tree sap
@@N_0_I_Z_E It may very well be! The smell is not obnoxious.
@@N_0_I_Z_E It's not *just* pine tree sap but it's derived from it. It depends on whether there are other additives and the temperature. As long as you don't burn it and it just liquified it should be fine.
I just finished mine up and discovered the same issue with the old cone. It sounded terrible! Buford sent me one that works great. I was a little disappointed with the volume level but as you pointed out that mini driver isn't going to be as robust.
I made my own cone from poster board as I have done with several of mine. It plays with plenty of volume now. :) Great speaker!
Awesome video my friend 👍. 73’s KA1VMW, Mark
Thank you my friend!
Beautiful 🤩. Sounds awesome 😎
Thank you!
It seems that the chassis of this RCA is almost identical to the chassis of my RCA model 26. I haven't repaired it yet, I can't dare to bake it in the oven to melt the wax ))
Yes! Essentially same chassis in the AR-812, Radiola Super VIII, Radiola 24, 25 and 26. I will be posting a video of the melting of the rosin in the oven later in the week. It is not that difficult. Stay tuned!
Very much looking forward to this one Dave. I picked up one of these about a year ago but have yet to get at it. Too many other projects in the way. Cheers.
Thanks! I will be posting more videos as I go along!
Astoundingly well done!
Thank you!
Nice set. It must have seemed like a miracle to listen to music and news over the air when this set was made. I have two 1917/1918 ww1 army sets, that they used to for communications between planes and the ground, to set up bombing targets. Oh and one very expensive 1915 loose coupler crystal set. Those are the oldest sets I own.
Very nice sets you have!
Great, nostalgic tester that’s quite useful, even today.
Thank you! Yes it is!
Thumbs 👍 very nice.
Thank you!
My favorite singer....
One of my favorites too!
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Thank you!
Nicely done restoration Dave. The radio looks amazing.
Thank you!!