This session we restore a small brown bakelite radio similar to the last one. This one is a smaller more desirable model. Hopefully not much wrong with it!
What a cute little radio. I love this style. Unfortunately no-one could afford these here in the Netherlands immediately post-war, and most of the gorgeous 30's era radios were confiscated by the germans during occupation, so it's slim pickings around these parts. Good to see you rescue these, even from afar.
When I was in my 20s I'd cut out half a dozen parts at one shot and know exactly where the leads went. Today I take a dozen pics and do one lead at a time! If the tuner bushings are just a bit collapsed but otherwise solid, I turn the radio upside down and put a few dollops of RTV between the tuner frame and chassis and let it sit overnight.
Hi Ron, It brings memory's back, it's a shame I can't get hold of one U serie's from the Netherlands back then. They where very similar, I would like to show you this one radio. They where deadly if you would open then up and put your hands one the chassis. I love your video Ron, we have the same interest's. Ron, thank you and hope for more. PS, EZ34 still there!! God Bless
As soon as it was out, I saw the socket for the 7 watt lamp. I am not sure, but the lamp filament could be tied into the string of tube filaments! Nice table radio! But I am one who prefers the old battleship radios! If I could find one in descent condition, an old Hallicrafters Dual Diversity DD-1 at the right price would be in my collection!
Hello Mike Turner i seen your post and the picture you made for Glasslinger, He/she might not have appreciated your kindness but i did sir. Thank you Mike...
I'm always looking for tips on shining up Bakelite, so I was glad to see you doing this on that radio case that needed some love. Although I'm not good at soldering, your videos are giving me courage! Thank you! 👍
No, Ab, not radios too! It's slippery slope. Ask me how I know. BTW, folks, check time4clocks out. Good history on clocks with a dab of philosophy. Glassinger, you've helped me a lot. Thank you. Sorry for wandering off.
Love your videos and like to watch the technology of the old days when you try to or fixed that old radios or television. Lots of greetings from the Netherlands keep going on the good work.
I love your videos ❤ much love from ohio, i loved when you said "get that shit out of there" when you removed the old capacitor holder lol and dont you worry another 20 years i hope that you live many more decades to come. My dad who is 65 knew a guy who stayed young by herbs and working on old tube tvs and old tube radios he lived until 100 years old.
Good idea on the Ajax powder, 50 years of grime and cigarette smoke removed quickly, it'd have taken hours using a less abrasive method. The radio was broken and now it's fixed and will probably continue working for year's to come, time to move onto the next of which I'm sure theres dozens more of
I'm from south Texas and about 2 months into antique radios. Already bought vacuum tube testers, signal generator, 5 radios and yet have no real idea what I'm doing. Trying to learn as much as I can before working on them. I wish I could have your knowledge. Would love for you to be my teacher
I never had the patience to dig through one bin of caps, so I wasted money on caps I never used to have a proper assortment. Probably gave my lungs lead poisoning breathing the old/new solder fumes, but at least it was authentic 😛
Was eagerly awaiting a new video of Yours and here it finally is. Checked almost daily for a new one 😊 It's almost 4am but I had to watch it 😅 The bad resistor that caused the distortion was a bleeder in the audio section that went way over the top, I presume? I do have some bakelite radios wating in the row. One has a rather big piece missing, any suggestions? And maybe you can give me an advice for a plastic battery compartment, where the batteries leaked an everything went brown and dirty. Thank You very much in advance for taking the time reading this. Speaking of reading: have you ever thought about writing a book, conserving your knowledge for generations to come ? I would surely buy it ! Have a great day and thanks again for sharing your knowledge 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
We mus find a place to archive all these videos for future reference. I do not trust this platform too keep them forever. Storage is so cheap nowadays. There are 112 videos from up to 12 years ago here.
Again, a really nice restoration! Sandblasting? I never do that - instead, I use a steel dish washing scrubber on a completely stripped chassis. It's some work discombobulating, and then recombobulating the whole thing, but it's sometimes a necessity.
Good debugging session! That's the most fun to watch when something goes wrong and you figure it out on the fly. I learned the hard way to do caps one at a time and not get ahead of myself.
Looks like an Arvin model 544 to me. An all original post war AA5 AM radio with typical myriad of age related issues. Lot's of good tips on working on restoring it Ron.
Didn't really understand what he was talking about, but watched the entire thing as he figured out what was wrong step by step! It's 4am here on the central coast of California and i'm not sleeping!!! YIKES,! A+++++👍👍👍👍
Hi Ron your retired tech friend Dave here i like your video hope to see more your good at what you do i do some to may god keep you safe and well your friend Dave
Hello sweetheart and Welcome back. We the people loves all your great video. Thank you so much for sharing them with all of us hugsss ( P.S. I hope you liked the tube i made for you with your baby cat and the old radio you have. )
I did a BIG Re-cap job on a Pioneer receiver.......... and after changing dozens and dozens... I found that I biffed up and put one of them in backwards. Everyone makes an error sometimes.
I would like to share some information I learned from Shango066. I saw him convert an electro dynamic speaker into a permanent magnet type by using very strong magnets from a hard drive and placing it near the pole piece around the outside of the coil. It had an open field coil and he was resurrecting an old radio. He has some really good ideas. I would find some round magnets and place them directly on the pole inside under the dust cover and that would give best results. A good idea is always worth sharing especially to keep antique radios alive. I hope he doesn't mind me talking about how clever that was
I have done this before and had good luck with it. Unfortunately a lot of the time there is damage to the cone and spider which makes the whole speaker junk.
looking at the guy's gnarled hands, must have a good 20 years on me - that's old - and he's working with the speed & confidence of the young female operatives who probably assembled those things back in the day. Wow !
Great video McGee! I have a question that is probably not new to you but I need some advice. Here goes>> Do you have a starter/base list of caps that I could use to get a relevant caps stock on my shelf? I don't know what values are a good investment; like what will move and what will just sit on the shelf for years. I would love to know what you would get if you were just starting out today. Thanks so much!
Radios probably have a lot of 0.01uF caps, .05/.047 is also pretty common. For most versatility get 630v rated caps. For electrolytics 47uF 200v should be good for 90% of hot chassis radios, transformered sets will be different.
May I get the schmatic of your getter flasher ? I have a 83 tube which "oxdized mercury" stuck between supporting poles, shorting half of the filaments, I'm thinking if this could be solved by using the induction heater to heat up the poles, thus maybe vapourize the "oxdized mercury". A thousand thanks.🙏
For some reason many GE radios from that era used 7.5w 110v "night light" bulbs as a dial light. The "GT" tubes with metal base sleeves didn't need a tube shield, and the 12SA7GT sometimes came with a bakelite base and didn't need a tube shield either. The 7 pin miniature versions of the "All American 5" tube set must have been cheaper to make than the octal tubes, but other than being slightly smaller and more suitable for printed circuit construction didn't offer any electrical advantages over the octal tubes, not on the AM broadcast band anyway. The miniature tubes did perform better up on VHF in the FM broadcast band.
That's a convenient booklet from RCA that you used to look up tube information. Is there anything identifying on it that I could possibly look for my own copy?
It is called "RCA TRIPINDEX tube base diagram book. Copyright 1950. I think they stopped making them in the 1970's. I have never seen another copy of it. They were given out free back then to TV shops and such.
*Thanks!* Enjoy learning How older Radios to Work, and What makes them Not. Have to admit, when it came to cleaning Case, i _Cringed_ to hard sound of Brush, "ajax", _and then,_ ... Wire brush. 8{| _but, what do i know_ *All's Great!*
Once you get hold of one of these cabinets with the time worn dirt and stains you will see why the severe measures. Cabinets that are not in bad shape do not get this treatment of course!
@@glasslinger Thanks so much for saying, after uncovering my eyes, i'm a bit braver. lol. Welcoming to see Bakeliet handle removal of those years, unlike materials used today. Cheers!
I have a question for you, I am running a tube portable that was built for 90v B battery with 75v B battery, is it harmful? Am I losing much by doing so
A radio designed for 90 volts should work quite well on 70 volts. I use a stack of 3 volt lithium coin cells taped together. If you are having bad results test the capacitors in the set and replace leaky ones.
Fine workmanship, except perhaps the wood jam instead of replacing the grommets, but easy to say from afar (whilst knowing what an awful job that can be).
((% chance this will sit on a shelf as display, never being used at all, so the wood is a quick fix over trying to replace the 4 grommets, and getting the tuning capacitor back into position.
بسملہ آپ مکینک ھیں آپ کے پاس سرکٹ ڈایا گرامز بھی ھیں آپ کو دیکھ کر بہت خوشی ھوئ کہ آپ نے اپنے زمانے کا ریڈیو خود بنا لیا ۔آپ کو زندگی میں شکست دینے والا پیدا نہں ھوگا ۔آپ باقی زندگی بھی بہت ساری خوشیوں کے ساتھ گزاریں ۔
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What a cute little radio. I love this style. Unfortunately no-one could afford these here in the Netherlands immediately post-war, and most of the gorgeous 30's era radios were confiscated by the germans during occupation, so it's slim pickings around these parts. Good to see you rescue these, even from afar.
And all along I was thinking: "Sheesh - I'm glad Ron knows where to solder in the replacements for all those capacitors he just cut out!" 😄
Those funny screws are called clutch heads. They were common in 50’s GM cars. I’ve never seen them in a radio. Thank you for the vid.
What a pleasure to watch. Thanks Glasslinger, keep up the good work!
Nice to have you back once more ❤
Good to see you around nice work as always !!! take care sugar
I expect nothing different, Perfect job every time, sorry Ron I haven't been around, Have been sick in and out of hospital.
بارك الله فيك واعطاك الصحة والعافية وطول العمر تقوم بعمل رائع قليلون في العالم الذين يقومون به واصل ولك مني كل الشكر والاحترام
Glad to see another video my friend. Keep them coming.
When I was in my 20s I'd cut out half a dozen parts at one shot and know exactly where the leads went. Today I take a dozen pics and do one lead at a time! If the tuner bushings are just a bit collapsed but otherwise solid, I turn the radio upside down and put a few dollops of RTV between the tuner frame and chassis and let it sit overnight.
That's the first comment then welcome back Ron, Shoot the juice - stay safe
A most enjoyable radio repair. I really like the videos of making the cool and unusual vacuum tubes from scratch on the lathe. 😎 Thank you.
Hi Ron,
It brings memory's back, it's a shame I can't get hold of one U serie's from the Netherlands back then.
They where very similar, I would like to show you this one radio.
They where deadly if you would open then up and put your hands one the chassis.
I love your video Ron, we have the same interest's.
Ron, thank you and hope for more.
PS,
EZ34 still there!!
God Bless
Mr glasslinger your utube videos are awesome my friend
another great job Glasslinger ....thank you so much for your videos
It is fascinating to see You working. Congratulations for Gold Finger from Lyon, France.
I always like watching and learning from your videos
HELLO MR Glass linger i love to watch all your videos when your fixing up old radios iam very interested in electronics keep up the good work
I Can never get enough of your repair videos.
As soon as it was out, I saw the socket for the 7 watt lamp. I am not sure, but the lamp filament could be tied into the string of tube filaments!
Nice table radio! But I am one who prefers the old battleship radios!
If I could find one in descent condition, an old Hallicrafters Dual Diversity DD-1 at the right price would be in my collection!
“OK..Now…” is one of my all time favorite sayings. Thank you!
Or, "all reet"
Hello Mike Turner i seen your post and the picture you made for Glasslinger, He/she might not have appreciated your kindness but i did sir. Thank you Mike...
Hello. It is very nice repairing you did it and after that it became very nice vintage radio. Well done. I wish you the best.
Mr glasslinger you antique small brown am tube radio is awesome my friend
Hi sir you are a genius,after 70 years I have seen this vacuum tube radio God bless you
I was expecting the worst when you cut that capacitor out when it was on. LOL
Great repair.
excellent Ron, as always... really enjoyed this... thanks for sharing...
I'm always looking for tips on shining up Bakelite, so I was glad to see you doing this on that radio case that needed some love. Although I'm not good at soldering, your videos are giving me courage! Thank you! 👍
No, Ab, not radios too! It's slippery slope. Ask me how I know. BTW, folks, check time4clocks out. Good history on clocks with a dab of philosophy.
Glassinger, you've helped me a lot. Thank you. Sorry for wandering off.
@@OddJobFix haha, Mr Zeke shows up in the most esoteric regions of youtube! 🤣🤣
That "odd connection" on the fastener is a "Clutch Drive". Thanks for the video!
Hello i see a pretty radio😊 so nice little radio.
I love the matching faucet handles on the sink.
These videos are so fun to watch!
Thanks for sharing this. Its really interesting
Perfect timing👍 was looking for a new video 👍 always a good learning experience.
Love your videos and like to watch the technology of the old days when you try to or fixed that old radios or television. Lots of greetings from the Netherlands keep going on the good work.
I bow to your great experience on radio restoration , but personally I NEVER pull on the glass when removing octal base valves( tubes).
Yes, good idea. I have ruined a tube or two grabbing the glass and rocking the tube around to get it out!
Ron, you should get yourself an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner and you can use that for jewelry and for knobs. Works great!
Like your videos!!! Regards from Sweden!!!!
Outstanding. You are a true master. Thanks for the video.
Not a “master”..
Nice one Ron keep the videos comeing
Great work 'Glasslinger'
Great job you do and you make it seem so easy, where's kiddie she usually comes in to say hello 😀
I love your videos ❤ much love from ohio, i loved when you said "get that shit out of there" when you removed the old capacitor holder lol and dont you worry another 20 years i hope that you live many more decades to come. My dad who is 65 knew a guy who stayed young by herbs and working on old tube tvs and old tube radios he lived until 100 years old.
Good idea on the Ajax powder, 50 years of grime and cigarette smoke removed quickly, it'd have taken hours using a less abrasive method.
The radio was broken and now it's fixed and will probably continue working for year's to come, time to move onto the next of which I'm sure theres dozens more of
I'm from south Texas and about 2 months into antique radios. Already bought vacuum tube testers, signal generator, 5 radios and yet have no real idea what I'm doing. Trying to learn as much as I can before working on them. I wish I could have your knowledge. Would love for you to be my teacher
See the restoration work on vintage radio of "Devid Tipton" and Carson's Lab... You can learn a lot from their videos....
Ron, I sure would like to see some more glass slinging ! ;-) Or have you given up on that !??!
Ron, I love your videos!
I never had the patience to dig through one bin of caps, so I wasted money on caps I never used to have a proper assortment. Probably gave my lungs lead poisoning breathing the old/new solder fumes, but at least it was authentic 😛
Perfektné mám radosť z každého videa.👍
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever!
@@KeritechElectronics it is
Was eagerly awaiting a new video of Yours and here it finally is. Checked almost daily for a new one 😊
It's almost 4am but I had to watch it 😅
The bad resistor that caused the distortion was a bleeder in the audio section that went way over the top, I presume?
I do have some bakelite radios wating in the row. One has a rather big piece missing, any suggestions? And maybe you can give me an advice for a plastic battery compartment, where the batteries leaked an everything went brown and dirty. Thank You very much in advance for taking the time reading this.
Speaking of reading: have you ever thought about writing a book, conserving your knowledge for generations to come ? I would surely buy it !
Have a great day and thanks again for sharing your knowledge 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
We mus find a place to archive all these videos for future reference. I do not trust this platform too keep them forever. Storage is so cheap nowadays. There are 112 videos from up to 12 years ago here.
Браво мастер!
Geez it sounded great after the repair! Very quiet between stations! 😃👍!
Ron, your advertising bench is a fascinating one-off. And first of all, your soldering gun.
Again, a really nice restoration!
Sandblasting? I never do that - instead, I use a steel dish washing scrubber on a completely stripped chassis. It's some work discombobulating, and then recombobulating the whole thing, but it's sometimes a necessity.
another good lesson on radio restoring and good tips too. by the way, it is a nice radio. thanks
Congratulations from Chile.
Thank you very good job. I enjoyed this video very much!
I love old radios
Good debugging session! That's the most fun to watch when something goes wrong and you figure it out on the fly. I learned the hard way to do caps one at a time and not get ahead of myself.
Looks like an Arvin model 544 to me. An all original post war AA5 AM radio with typical myriad of age related issues.
Lot's of good tips on working on restoring it Ron.
Didn't really understand what he was talking about, but watched the entire thing as he figured out what was wrong step by step! It's 4am here on the central coast of California and i'm not sleeping!!! YIKES,! A+++++👍👍👍👍
Hi Ron your retired tech friend Dave here i like your video hope to see more your good at what you do i do some to may god keep you safe and well your friend Dave
Buen regreso 👌
Hello sweetheart and Welcome back. We the people loves all your great video. Thank you so much for sharing them with all of us hugsss ( P.S. I hope you liked the tube i made for you with your baby cat and the old radio you have. )
عمل رائع استمر ياصديقي
Great job, greeting from OSLA TEC, Sri Lanka
I got a schematic for each one before I started (if available.) i’d forget location in the middle of soldering one cap!
I did a BIG Re-cap job on a Pioneer receiver.......... and after changing dozens and dozens... I found that I biffed up and put one of them in backwards. Everyone makes an error sometimes.
greeting from Rabat Morocco
I enjoy your videos so much, you are incredible. I wish I could restore like you.❤
Mr glasslinger you are good at restoring antique radios and alignment of antique radios my friend
Very good. Job
Excelente.
SUPER SUPER Bavo et merci👍👍👍
Thanks for the great video. I learned a lot. Hi to Miss Kitty. :-)
I would like to share some information I learned from Shango066. I saw him convert an electro dynamic speaker into a permanent magnet type by using very strong magnets from a hard drive and placing it near the pole piece around the outside of the coil. It had an open field coil and he was resurrecting an old radio. He has some really good ideas. I would find some round magnets and place them directly on the pole inside under the dust cover and that would give best results. A good idea is always worth sharing especially to keep antique radios alive. I hope he doesn't mind me talking about how clever that was
I have done this before and had good luck with it. Unfortunately a lot of the time there is damage to the cone and spider which makes the whole speaker junk.
HowdyFrom EL PASO:)
Howdy from Lancashire, England, UK :)
It is, or was, called a "clutch head" I believe.
Love your videos. Thank you!
looking at the guy's gnarled hands, must have a good 20 years on me - that's old - and he's working with the speed & confidence of the young female operatives who probably assembled those things back in the day. Wow !
Great video McGee! I have a question that is probably not new to you but I need some advice. Here goes>> Do you have a starter/base list of caps that I could use to get a relevant caps stock on my shelf? I don't know what values are a good investment; like what will move and what will just sit on the shelf for years. I would love to know what you would get if you were just starting out today. Thanks so much!
Radios probably have a lot of 0.01uF caps, .05/.047 is also pretty common. For most versatility get 630v rated caps. For electrolytics 47uF 200v should be good for 90% of hot chassis radios, transformered sets will be different.
May I get the schmatic of your getter flasher ? I have a 83 tube which "oxdized mercury" stuck between supporting poles, shorting half of the filaments, I'm thinking if this could be solved by using the induction heater to heat up the poles, thus maybe vapourize the "oxdized mercury". A thousand thanks.🙏
Top show
Love these Bakelite radio restorations you do.
For some reason many GE radios from that era used 7.5w 110v "night light" bulbs as a dial light.
The "GT" tubes with metal base sleeves didn't need a tube shield, and the 12SA7GT sometimes came with a bakelite base and didn't need a tube shield either.
The 7 pin miniature versions of the "All American 5" tube set must have been cheaper to make than the octal tubes, but other than being slightly smaller and more suitable for printed circuit construction didn't offer any electrical advantages over the octal tubes, not on the AM broadcast band anyway. The miniature tubes did perform better up on VHF in the FM broadcast band.
Beautiful restoration! What kjnd of brush do you use?
this is a soft steel wire brush, off ebay.
Thank you...I've learned a lot from your great restorations.@@glasslinger
Mr glasslinger my hobbies are painting pictures 🖼 and listening to shortwave and ssb iam thinking about getting my Grms license 🤔
Ooh I have the white version of this little tube radio! 😊
That's a convenient booklet from RCA that you used to look up tube information. Is there anything identifying on it that I could possibly look for my own copy?
It is called "RCA TRIPINDEX tube base diagram book. Copyright 1950. I think they stopped making them in the 1970's. I have never seen another copy of it. They were given out free back then to TV shops and such.
Wow, I'll have to be on the lookout for it. Thank you for taking the time to provide that information! Have a good day!@@glasslinger
Muito Lindo Parabéns
Have you ever thought of getting an ultrasonic cleaner? It would have less chance of scratch up the case than a wire brush,
One of the most useful tools in any mad scientist's shop. Lifesaver whenever you have lots of small/intricate/scratchable parts.
*Thanks!* Enjoy learning How older Radios to Work, and What makes them Not. Have to admit, when it came to cleaning Case, i _Cringed_ to hard sound of Brush, "ajax", _and then,_ ... Wire brush. 8{| _but, what do i know_ *All's Great!*
Once you get hold of one of these cabinets with the time worn dirt and stains you will see why the severe measures. Cabinets that are not in bad shape do not get this treatment of course!
@@glasslinger Thanks so much for saying, after uncovering my eyes, i'm a bit braver. lol. Welcoming to see Bakeliet handle removal of those years, unlike materials used today. Cheers!
I have a question for you, I am running a tube portable that was built for 90v B battery with 75v B battery, is it harmful? Am I losing much by doing so
A radio designed for 90 volts should work quite well on 70 volts. I use a stack of 3 volt lithium coin cells taped together. If you are having bad results test the capacitors in the set and replace leaky ones.
saludos!
Sweet job, ✋73's🎙KD9OAM🎧📻
Fine workmanship, except perhaps the wood jam instead of replacing the grommets, but easy to say from afar (whilst knowing what an awful job that can be).
((% chance this will sit on a shelf as display, never being used at all, so the wood is a quick fix over trying to replace the 4 grommets, and getting the tuning capacitor back into position.
How noisy are the resistors?
Nice work, but time to replace or sand blast that piece of wood on top of your workbench.. 🙂 Start off 2024 on a high note...
Some folk aren't bothered that our work surfaces look like work surfaces.
I have been planning on turning the table top over for......well about 20 years now! Maybe this weekend! (Hold your breath!)
Ровесники встретились😁
بسملہ آپ مکینک ھیں آپ کے پاس سرکٹ ڈایا گرامز بھی ھیں آپ کو دیکھ کر بہت خوشی ھوئ کہ آپ نے اپنے زمانے کا ریڈیو خود بنا لیا ۔آپ کو زندگی میں شکست دینے والا پیدا نہں ھوگا ۔آپ باقی زندگی بھی بہت ساری خوشیوں کے ساتھ گزاریں ۔