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I love your channel 😊

Just spray paint the hands gold. And cut the taper pin if to long.

U should have polished the brass before putting in the new glass.😊

It’s leather on the hammer, not felt. Lol 😊

Do not bend the taper pins on plates. They should be installed straight 😊 lol 😂

Plus U can order taper pins too, U cut them to the size U need.

U can order clock repair books online too & learn a lot.

UR doing good for an amateur, but U can learn the right way on U-tube videos 😊 UR good w/your hands & U have patience 😊 so U can learn very easy. UR smart! Lol 😂

Use big rubber bands when putting gears back in plates. It will hold gears in place, for U.

Just cut 2 new small wood blocks & glue the corners of the clock back. 😊 Easy to do!

Learn how to polish pivots, Very-very easy U can learn it on U-tube. 😊

Yes U must polish the pivots, when doing new bushing work. pivots have to 35:16 be polished & very smooth so your new bushing will not wear out

U need to use the main spring clamps to work safely order those from supply clock store too. 😊

Order some cleaning fluid from clock supply store, for your cleaning machine, they sell it, good stuff.

There taper pin’s not nails. 😊

The 25B8GT is actually 2 tubes in one, so the radio is actually a 4 tube radio. one could consider the 50L6 a 1.5 tubes, sort of but definitly a electrically a 4 tube radio. VERY clever electrical design... 🙂

Looking good, try a brush and soapy water on the case then some brown boot polish. Enhances without spoiling the history.

You should have cleaned it as you went!

I love the tick-tock of old clocks!

Love the clock and Love that lion on the top. Enjoyed this one again Ronnie. Out of interest, what temperature do you use for these parts in the ultrasonic cleaner? Regards

Maybe a job for magic eraser ;)

Creosote?

Saving Time with Ron L from A.R.T.

that is shellac finish that has gone bad I see it all the time on old furniture I have chair doing the exact thing !

It might be shellac on the case. See if alcohol dissolves it.

Great video! Thanks so much!

Thanks for the video Ron!

Thanks for these videos,, my wife has a new/old clock. We've had it for nearly 20 years, it's new in the box, it hung up for around 6 months and quit running so it was boxed up and put away,, it was a retirement qift and a true windup clock, the videos are motivating me to get it out and try to get it going for her,

You might consider “Ax Wax” to use on the timber. They sell it in guitar shops and it’s used to clean and maintain the frets and neck on a guitar. I’ve used it on a variety of timber and it cleans and works great. Another very enjoyable clock repair video. Thanks Ronnie.

One day I imagine a road side museum with signs up and down the interstate made out of double-wide mobile homes One is full of Jukeboxes, another full of clocks, hey kids check it out its all Pinballs and Arcades in this one!! Grandpa.. Grandpa look at all of these sinks!!!

Creosote I think is what the coating was? And the texture is exactly what you said. A lacquer they used all dried up. I have an old phonograph with the same issue.

Very unique! It's cool!

Cool video. Much appreciated by this clock-repair video watcher. :D

I am looking for a tube tester because yoo got me into restoring jukes and radios. Do you have one you want to sell either this one or one like it?

The spring clamps go on by going in on an angle. Start with one end below the plate, turn it around the spring, and the other end should drop on to the spring when it clears the plate. I have a New Haven clock from the same time period that appears to be the same color, and it also has that crazing in the finish. As I understand it, the finish is likely shellac. Lacquer was starting to be used somewhere around 1920. You can check by wetting a small inconspicuous area with denatured alcohol. If the finish becomes sticky, it is shellac. I haven’t tried it myself, but I’ve heard that you can flood the finish with the alcohol and it will soften and re-harden to a smooth glossy finish. You can then used some 0000 steel wool to knock down some of the shine. I’ll probably try that at some point, but the crazing is not as extreme as you have.

Telephone poles are soaked in creosote. Again, your friend, Jeff.

That clock ⏰️ isn't hideous, but it's very intricate in design. Remember, this was made by hand ✋️. I'm not sure if the serial number on the dial is authentic, or, like ya said, somebody wrote it 🤔 there. Your friend, Jeff.

You are really good at tearing down clock works and getting it all back together Ronnie. Runs like new now. Good stuff! Might have to call your channel Intermediate Level Repair Time as you are now that good.

For me, it's not hideous. It's a bit spooky. Creepy. Looks like something hanging on a wall in the movie, "the haunting". The original. It's gothic looking. I've seen old finishes on musical intruments do that. I don't think it's intentional. It's age. Maybe lacquer?

The clamps I have are wide enough to be able to slide over the spring when fully wound. you then slowly release the tension until the spring is firmly seated inside the clamp.

So hideous that it's beautiful 😂. Thanks for putting out another interesting and fun video for me to watch.

best thing is to open up the speakers and look on the speaker inside for its impedance-measuring DC resistance of a speaker lets you know if a speaker is open or not -dc resistance can be close to a speaker impedance but the 16 ohm is the speakers AC resistance -remember DC its resistance and AC is impedance

Got one here in Canada. My dad bought it in the mid to late 60s and it was our first "component" stereo. I inherited it eventually (my sisters had no interest in old radios) and it still sounds great.

I’d happily adopt that unit, I’m a big fan of Panasonic.

This would have to have been made before 1965 because everything made after that was calibrated in Mhz and Khz instead of MC and KC.

I had that EXACT receiver when I was in my early teens ! An old friend 🙂

I had the model that came after this one…separate bass and treble, front headphone jack. The phono input was for ceramic cartridges only. Nice radio !

Thanks Ron! Always a pleasure to share your Amateur Repair time! :D Personally, I think he definitely got the better trade. Though, that you feel you got the better trade, means your certainly making the right trade (and both win, which is a nice rarity). Totally have to justify why I think he got the better trade though, lol. : It appears the radio you're trading is in more of it's original (unmodified) state, which I personally place more value upon; It feels like the restoration done, was such, that it drastically altered the radio's original aged state (which may have brought it looking closer to how it would have done when it was made perhaps, but then why not buy a modern reproduction if that's whats desired). So I guess, this makes it clear my own self state. I like things 'as they came' and honest (meaning, if it's aged, seeing its age). Though in a self double standard, it only applies to stuff that does age well (wood, metal, hard wearing plastics) and not to stuff which disintegrates into dust or sludge after some years (then I think that things which are a joy to own, mostly, are also of a quality which persists and defies time).

Bing Crosby wants his smooth smooth baritone back...

I grew up with that same system. Yes those are the speakers that came with it. We had the matching 8 track take player