The cabinets are very well made! They would be perfect for new speakers down the road. I would of bought those for 10 as well! THEY TURNED OUT AWESOME!!!!
One thing I like about vintage audio equipment is it's easy to repair..well...except for the tuner strings, LOL! I got a lot of great deals on vintage stuff that required a few small repairs. Of course, you can't really get away with that now.
Very nice. I don't know jack about wood work, but I'm pretty sure the restore finish is meant for stained and lacquered wood and not dry sanded wood. There are a ton of restoration videos on youtube of wooden veneered AM and AM/FM radios on youtube.
Another good documentary, Testors acrylic enamel "Brown" if you can find it (out of business) works good because of it's thickness, 2-3 coats and done. Don't go pissing-off your neighbors again.
I see you tried out my trick with the solder sucker. It work alright for you? Also, if you dont want to muck about more with making further modifications with newer drivers or even crossover circuits, just shove a whole bunch of basically pillow stuffing in the box to improve the sound of the cabinet. Also, since the back comes off, if you really want to, try sticking a couple of bits of wood horizontally between the inner walls to brace it a bit too, tone down (heh heh) some resonance a bit. You're lucky I'm not your neighbour, I'd go ham with these.
That trick works great! The speakers do have fiberglass inside them but I removed it while filming them because it was too much of a struggle to keep touching it inside. I put it back afterward but didn't show that.
They came up a treat, nice one.
Cool cabinets. Most people would landfill or modify them but I like that you just cleaned them up and kept them original.
They were just too cool to pass up! Had to keep it original! :)
I'd stealth them. New drivers, crossovers, stuff them to high Heaven, and brace them right across the boxes. Make them retro-futuristic.
The cabinets are very well made! They would be perfect for new speakers down the road. I would of bought those for 10 as well! THEY TURNED OUT AWESOME!!!!
Thanks! I was stoked!
I love your finds! You do very well at finding things!
Thank you so much!
One thing I like about vintage audio equipment is it's easy to repair..well...except for the tuner strings, LOL! I got a lot of great deals on vintage stuff that required a few small repairs. Of course, you can't really get away with that now.
Oh lord... just imagining having to fix one of those strings stresses me out. I haven't had to do that yet and I hope not to. 😆
Very nice. I don't know jack about wood work, but I'm pretty sure the restore finish is meant for stained and lacquered wood and not dry sanded wood. There are a ton of restoration videos on youtube of wooden veneered AM and AM/FM radios on youtube.
Honestly, I don't really know... but so far that stuff has worked pretty well. But then, I also don't usually have to sand stuff.
Great job brother! Very enjoyable watch, keep these coming 🤘🏾
Thanks! You too man!!
Another good documentary, Testors acrylic enamel "Brown" if you can find it (out of business) works good because of it's thickness, 2-3 coats and done. Don't go pissing-off your neighbors again.
They're noisy... I make no promises. 😎
love the vid, thanks!! gonna try restoring my AR-2ax that I just picked up, using tung oil instead of the restore-a-finish.
Awesome! Please, let me know how that tung oil works out. I've never tried it and would love to hear about the results!
I see you tried out my trick with the solder sucker. It work alright for you? Also, if you dont want to muck about more with making further modifications with newer drivers or even crossover circuits, just shove a whole bunch of basically pillow stuffing in the box to improve the sound of the cabinet. Also, since the back comes off, if you really want to, try sticking a couple of bits of wood horizontally between the inner walls to brace it a bit too, tone down (heh heh) some resonance a bit. You're lucky I'm not your neighbour, I'd go ham with these.
That trick works great! The speakers do have fiberglass inside them but I removed it while filming them because it was too much of a struggle to keep touching it inside. I put it back afterward but didn't show that.
Christina Aguilera cd? A man of taste. lol
I too am a Genie in a bottle. lol