@@DavidTipton101 WOW Dave. That's high praise from MCL. You do know there is a theory among his viewers that he is the ORIGINAL Mr Carlson. As in Stromberg Carlson fame. Just living in the future restoring old radios.
"If you think this is a mess, wait until I'm finished"... You really brighten up the day and unother excellent work, very inspiring. It was unother laugh then I watched the last episode of murder in paradise, the mistery lead, a red crayon...
Wives always think they have to hire someone to do what you can do.my wife wants to hire a guy to do some sheet rock work. Personally I don't see what's so hard about it.
David, I still don't know a whole lot about fixing an old radio, but I know a whole lot more than I did and I am enjoying these videos more and more every time! Just an old guy learning and having fun! Thanks so much for doing these!
Dave, your thoughtful common sense and sequencing is a wonderful example for us ADD-ers and those of us gifted with the ability to turn molehiles into formidable mountains. Your excellent visual inspection while debugging the output transformer had me quietly cheering. Thanks for another detailed and skillful restoration.
Back in the early 60's I was an apprentice at a telecoms manufacturing company here in the UK. One of my first jobs was to make these harnesses (or cable-forms as they were called). some of these harnesses were quite large ( being used on electro-mechanical exchange equipment) Luckily there were drawings for these which were mounted on large wooden boards, with nails round which you guided the individual wires . We used waxed string for the tying process and there were different knots for straight runs or when the loom turned a corner. After a few days I had blisters on the edge of my little fingers where I was pulling the knots up tight. Luckily I was only there for a couple of weeks before I moved onto another section as part of my training.
Hi Dave (from the UK), as always, a great restoration made even more enjoyable with your dry Australian whit 😂👍. Thanks again & good luck with your next adventure. 😉
Master David Tipton: I am always impressed with his masterful repairs. The color code for the cables is very interesting, I have always thought that it must be that way. I am not fluent in English but that does not matter. Your message arrives very well. Here is a Fans of yours, my admiration and appreciation for you. On my channel, I try to send the teaching with modest resources and experience, but you have to take your hat off to a teacher like you. I am a producer of Radio Programs. I have been a Radialist for more than 25 years. I work at Radio Progreso in Havana. A.M. 640 Khz and F.M. 90.3 and 106.3 Mhz. and my hobby is radio repair. I am a Radiotechnical Graduate since 1986. A cordial Greetings from Cuba.
Thank you Juan. Nice to see you are still broadcasting on AM, I assume northern US states could pick up your station at night. Thanks you for your background story Juan, it's very interesting. All the best to you and your listeners 😀
Dave, I don't care what your granddaughter said about taking her red crayon you you're a good man. I really enjoy watching how you can solve problems during your restorations you have a good overall skill set.
Excellent finish to that radio project. Nice job on that wiring loom. I used to work for an avionics manufacturer that did both military and commercial aircraft. The wiring loom boards that they would set up were huge with hundreds of wires...the folks that would do them were artisans and I think you've proved yourself in that mold.
I worked on an RCA 1R81 AM FM radio some years ago, of which, I decided to repaint the chassis. The original chassis was copper plated but there was a lot of corrosion. I removed all the parts like you did and then shielded the IF transformers before sanding and painting with new rattle can copper paint. Like your radio here, it turned out to look very nice when finished. Replacement of the typical wax paper capacitors and electrolytics took care of most all the problems except for a couple of weak tubes. I like your attention to detail, such as the wire loom you put together. I see a number of older radios that had rubber insulated wires. With age, the rubber becomes brittle and cracks away from the wire leaving it exposed. Either fabric covered wires or newer plastic insulated wires go back in to make it save to operate again. Keep up the good work!
Hello Joe, thank you. It sounds like you did a top notch job on your radio. When I flip a radio over for the first time and find rubber coated wire I know I'm in for a big repair and my heart sinks. There is nothing to do but get stuck in. Fortunately here is a range of 'fabric' reproduction wire available so the replacement wire doesn't stick out so much 🙂
Holly shit David I didn’t understand a word you said except for “where does this go”. Fantastic fault finding and patience. I’d have binned it long ago😂😂😂 Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
8:00 A "mastworp" in Dutch 😊 Sailors vocabulary. What a joy again to see the progress 👍 26:05 😂 Very funny. Note that it is recognition .... we are human, aren't we ?
Hi Dave. Very nice job. Just one thing. The H.T. wire is supposed to connect to the transformer core on these "isocore" transformers, as they were called, but the core should be insulated from the case. The reason was to stop electrolytic action corroding the primary winding.
Hi Stuart, thanks. That's good info, I didn't realise those Rola transformers were insulated from the case. I should have pulled it out and reinsulated it. Once again you have all the good oil, thanks Stuart 👍🙂
@@blitzroehre1807 Not exactly. By being at the same potential as the winding, electrolytic action between it and the core is largely eliminated. It does work too. These types of transformer are far more reliable than the open, earthed core types, in my experience.
Holy Shnikeeze David reproduction of those wires in that wire loom would have driven me crazy. Glad to see you can still overcome all obstacles in this radio. Great work saving it. Always a joy to see your work.
Fabulous job, love the cable lacing - I wish that skill would make a comeback as it looks so much neater than tie-wraps. Red valve paint job was perfect.
Inspiring to see the level of build commitment. I recall learning to do lacing back in engineering school using heavily waxed twine. It is elegant and agree we might try to elevate this skill back into our projects.
That's the right lacing knot, David! We used to drive some nails in a board where the branches went out. My electronics training in 1975.. That radio will look like new when finished!
Thanks greengrayradio, I think I got the lacing fairly right, there are different methods and I was expecting an avalanche of comments telling me I was doing it wrong 😄 The owner polished the case and fitted the chassis, he is very happy with it 🙂
The Tasma certainly came up a treat !!. I would like to see how the bakelite cabinet came up, maybe you could post at a later date the completed radio. When i used to make up wiring looms i would use thin dial cord to tie my looms together. Some manufactures used to use thin plastic tubing to hold the looms together. But what a job, you certainly earned your beers after that one. As always great work !!
Thanks Stephen, I did get a photo of the finished radio but it was too late to be in the video. I can say it looks terrific. I didn't think to use dial cord. Don't mind if I do, Cheers! 🍻
That’s a beautiful radio, I see you were having a couple of senior moments toward the end😆😆, no worries David, it seems like I have more and more of those moments each year😆, you did a very nice job as always, thank you for sharing.
Nice work Dave. I thought you'd killed Tasma (Bless Her) for a moment but she's still alive and kicking. Amazing transformation as usual and I'm sure the owner will be chuffed.
Great radio repair work and great video work, Dave! Oh, get a laugh every video at the little fellow (a younger Dave with hair?) tapping his foot to the music - just like I do! Ten stars out of five!
Hi Steve, thank you. it's very nice of Mr Carlson to drop in to my little channel. I show the good and the bad, it's part of the process so it stays in even when I'm kicking myself 😀
It's Saturday afternoon and I have a great many things that need to be done. What am I doing? Watching Dave put knots in his loom lacing. It's a lot more fun than laundry! I hope you are doing O.K. Cheers.
You amaze me every time! You did a wonderful job. I cant tell you how many miles of wire looms I laced while in the service, you did a great job! Cheers!
I see what went wrong with those speaker wires. You were just completely focused on the crusade! 26:20 That wire loom is a work of art within a work of art. Absolute beauty! Wire looms are my favorite components haha. I had an odd-job in a previous life, wiring up the electric cabinets of construction elevators. You know the ones that are used to carry stuff and people up scaffolding. They got their wire looms (or cable trees as they called them) from a specialized company that made them as a straight bundle. All we had to do was bend them the right way, then put "shoes" on the end to prevent them from fraying, and then inserting all the ends in a bunch of relays on DIN rails. The wires had printed numbers to tell us where each of them had to be attached, so it was a bit easier than those labels of yours. I remember it as a fun time.
Ahh yes, I WAS focused on the crusade, that was the reason 😃 Thanks Jac. Cable trees is a good name. Aircraft wiring is all the same colour cable with numbers printed on them like numbers on your 'trees'. The electricians had a little hand operated printer to print the number on the cable every so often, it would have been handy for this radio 😉🙂
Huzzah! Part 2! It was a bit like summer camp arts & crafts for a moment there. I'd have just wound up weaving a dreamcatcher. And a poor one at that. But for you, as we could all see, it was quite lemon squeezy. (Heh heh.) As always, I'm baffled by how you go through, point by point, and make it all look so easy. I know time, experience, and editing make up a lot of that. And we won't mention the whole 'not wiring the speaker' thing. Still, it's a patience and skill I don't have, and I'm mildly envious. Great job!
Hi Steven, thank you and thank you for not mentioning the speaker wires, that was embarrassing but it shows a level of consistency others could only hope to achieve 😄 thanks mate 👍
Another great restoration Dave and nice fault finding, I did laugh with the speaker wires, forgetting them twice, easy to overlook when trying to suss out a fault, great wiring loom fix and lacing, I've done my fair share of that working in telecomms back in the day, all the best mate.
I Dig the tower in the Logo! Even five years ago when you were starting and learning, you made it fun for us. Thank you!! I’ve done such things for years, yet not done radios yet. Mainly guitar amp repair and building. Watching you do the tuning alignment related element is always just head scratching enough for me to remain in my Zen mind-state. Good place to be!😵💫😳😜🎛️🎚️🧰⚒️No worrying about yesterday or tomorrow… only fascination juxtaposed with confusion. ((Zen)) 🗣️🧠🎰👈🏼
When I first joined the Air Force in 1969 after recruit training I went to RADS at Laverton, Victoria, as I had joined as a RADTECH AIR. As part of the training at RADS, we had to learn how to do that type of looming. I can still do it but how I hated it. I was not that long later medically remustered into RADAR/ADC/ATC due to a severe back injury.
I am deeply impressed. I would also kit this radio out with the absolutely lowest value slo-blow fuse that would just barely work. I don't think I could ever trust it.
I'd love to have learned that myself but I was a bit late to the game. I did give it a shot repairing a crappy 3D printer, just using regular twine and experimenting with the knots - turned out quite reasonable for that. The printer still didn't work properly though, there's something wrong with the hotend thermistor it seems (that was the original fault anyway, we just tried replacing the wiring loom first because that was cheaper, then we replaced the thermistor and got the printer sort-of working again but the temperature is definitely off by something like 15 - 20 degrees). The whole printer is just so annoying we didn't bother looking into it any further - the build volume is very small, it has an unheated plain glass bed with manual levelling and it was unreliable at best.
I tell ya, David that, I cringe every time I watch you touch something inside a live radio. As a "noob" myself, I just consider everything a shock hazard. That's why we leave it up to the professionals, like you. Thanks for another great radio adventure.
Hi Rick E. I don't put my hands in with it powered, well I don't think I do 😟 You are right though, these things will kill in second. Glad you enjoyed it 😀
When you steal a young, poor, defenseless little girl's crayon, you're bond to have some karma come back at you when it comes to wiring, lol. Another good project and video, Dave!
I designed a point to point project once, just so I could make up a loomed harness. It wasn't that difficult. I would suggest you take a piece of soft pine board, and lay out the original loom on the board, making the long section as straight as possible. Then use long push-pins to hold down the original loom onto the board, using the pins to mark the locations of the junctions, AND ends of the wires. Then remove the original loom, leaving all the pins in place, and lay it down above the edge of the board to get the colors correct, It really doesn't take any time at all. Wire up the board following the outline you've just created. This will give you a very pleasant and perfectly fitting result. I use the smallest ty-wraps I can find, or when I can find it, real lacing tape.
Thanks Howard, I opted for following the old loom but the more conventional approach as you suggest may have been better in the long run. I will try that next time. Real lacing cord was $120 a reel, the one I used was $17. We used to use lacing cord to run cables through aircraft, I must have used miles of it in my career, I should have keep a couple of feet 😄
Another nice job, Dave. When you pulled the loom(?) out and said, "pretty easy" I wondered why you didn't add "pretty simple" and "pretty uncomplicated."
Another top notch restoration. It's Friday lunchtime, I'm eating fish and chips fending off the dog whose after a chip, and watching a man tie knots in a wiring loom in Australia, lock down bliss 😂😂
Top workmanship you produce again Dave ,lovely job and the red crayon dose the job nicely ,grandkids will be keeping an eye on you lol ,Enjoyed very much and look forward to your next , Australia will proud if you.
That loom work was amazing! I would have just left the ties on...I'm lazy. Now all that's left to do is get your granddaughter a new set of crayons. Another Tipton Triumph.
Again - an excellent job and video! Thanks David. I was really impressed with the loom work - gathering up the wires neatly sure make a project look wonderful.
Hi Dave nice job as always.. Next time you do a wire harness (loom) try using a waxwed flat lacing cord once you tie a clove hitch it will not come appart , I used that in industry and works really well.....Hope you don't mind my recomendationd :), Keep up the good work and I always look forward to you next video , Take care.......
Hi Paul, thank you. Waxed lacing cord would have been much better, I needed it in a hurry and the only one I could get was the stuff I used for $17, the next choice was over $120, I stuck with the $17 but I would not recommend it. I am always happy to receive helpful tips, thanks 😀
@@DavidTipton101 Wow thas quite alot here I noticed its $43 which seems high as well, thank goodness I still have some when I was working in the industry. One roll will last a lifetime..
Crikey! You are defiantly the Mr. Scott of of radio repair. (Mr. Scott was the miracle worker in the original Star Trek episodes.) That is one thing I have to learn how to trouble shoot, I have several "dead" radios on my back burner that I don't have a clue as to how to properly trouble shoot them. God bless.
I'm givin' her all she's got, Mike, she can't take any more. Sorry. The thing with troubleshooting is to break it into small sections, if you can narrow it down you can work out where the fault lies. If you look at the radio as a whole you haven't got a hope, good luck 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Thank you sir, didn't know if you knew of Mr. Scott down under. Yesterday was a very lucky day for me I scored a very nice Zenith 12S370 in wonderful condition! God bless. I hope it's not: "But captain the mater anti mater reactor is wired like a Christmas tree you better not give me to many bumps she might blow."
Job well done came out nice. Like the way you done the loom as well great work all over. Remember doing those looms when I first started on BR as a signal & Telegraph trainee back in 1974 we got sent to the GPO to learn it right It was pain everything had to be exactly right.
David, your videos have gotten me interested in AM and FM radio operation. Your opening video is the best I have seen, a class act all the way. I have especially gained from your cabinet resurrections. I never thought of using Brasso in the ways you use it. Just one of many great tips. Keep up the passion. Cheers!
Another Magnificent Refurbishment Dave of the 1947 Tasma the firm I worked for in early day’s sold many Tasma The were very popular Radio and were cheaper than the more other Brands but as always a Top Refurbishment Full Marks Mate, Ian.
That was so interesting and spiced with humour. The loom in the HMV I plan to restore one day is also laced, a sign of quality I think but challenging to replicate. Never been any good with knots. I love the speaker re-furb too, the foam surround seems to really improve the older speakers. 👍😊
Thanks Pauline. If you do need to re-lace it try and get a better cord than what I used, it was cheap but wouldn't grip, although a drop of super glue fixed that. Someone suggested wide waxed dental tape, sounds like it might work. The speaker come out pretty good considering its original condition 👍🙂
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Your friend certainly picked the right person to restore the chassis. Lovely work.
Thank Ian, he was very happy with the result 🙂
Another one saved! Great work Dave.
I have learned so much from both of your channels . Thanks guys. Keep them coming.
Thanks Paul 😀
@@DavidTipton101 WOW Dave. That's high praise from MCL.
You do know there is a theory among his viewers that he is the ORIGINAL Mr Carlson. As in Stromberg Carlson fame.
Just living in the future restoring old radios.
@@1974UTuber Could be 😀
You know you're doing good work when Mr. Carlson tells you "Great work". Kudos to you, David. Another job well done!
Thanks David 👍😀
Watching you bring these old radios back to life is just so entertaining and uplifting... Impressive 🤗
Thank Paul 😃
"If you think this is a mess, wait until I'm finished"... You really brighten up the day and unother excellent work, very inspiring. It was unother laugh then I watched the last episode of murder in paradise, the mistery lead, a red crayon...
Thanks Leif, so that's where the crayon went 😇
When you were tying up the loom I was amazed - is there nothing you can't do? Really impressive. All you have to do now is order some more crayons!
Hi Dave, there is plenty I can't do, just ask my wife. I have ordered a large box of crayons with extra reds 😉🙂
Wives always think they have to hire someone to do what you can do.my wife wants to hire a guy to do some sheet rock work. Personally I don't see what's so hard about it.
Wonderful vintage radio. The map of Australia on the dial is unique.
Thanks Ronald, the map is pretty cool, it wasn't on some models 🙂
David, I still don't know a whole lot about fixing an old radio, but I know a whole lot more than I did and I am enjoying these videos more and more every time! Just an old guy learning and having fun! Thanks so much for doing these!
Thanks Greg. It's always good to learn new stuff, thanks for watching 👍🙂
Thanks David. I find you showing your errors and uncertainties valuable. Thanks for including them.
Thank Ian, I have to take the good with the bad 😀
Dave, your thoughtful common sense and sequencing is a wonderful example for us ADD-ers and those of us gifted with the ability to turn molehiles into formidable mountains. Your excellent visual inspection while debugging the output transformer had me quietly cheering. Thanks for another detailed and skillful restoration.
Thanks Jeff, glad you enjoyed it 👍😀
Great job on finding the fault with the output transformer, Dave! The owner will be thrilled with this restoration.
Thank you John, he was very happy 🙂
The best radio restorations on RUclips. Great work. Well edited.
Thanks Chris 😀
great restoration will be good to see it in the cabinet finished
Hi Angelo, thank you. I don't have the cabinet, the owner kept it to restore himself 🙂
Very, very good, Dave...and a compliment from Mr. Carlson too!...Excellent work!
Thanks James. He drops by from time to time, I'm honoured 🙂
Back in the early 60's I was an apprentice at a telecoms manufacturing company here in the UK. One of my first jobs was to make these harnesses (or cable-forms as they were called). some of these harnesses were quite large ( being used on electro-mechanical exchange equipment) Luckily there were drawings for these which were mounted on large wooden boards, with nails round which you guided the individual wires . We used waxed string for the tying process and there were different knots for straight runs or when the loom turned a corner. After a few days I had blisters on the edge of my little fingers where I was pulling the knots up tight. Luckily I was only there for a couple of weeks before I moved onto another section as part of my training.
Hi David, I bet you were glad to out of there. thanks 😃
I love to see tied looms in older gear. I try to replicate them but they never look quite right.
Lo digo y lo diré siempre, es un placer ver como restaura usted la radios antiguas, maravilloso.
Lo digo y lo diré siempre, gracias Suso 😄
David it is always a joy watching your radio restoration videos. Please keep them coming. Thanks.
Thank you lakrfan 49, I will try 😃
Hi Dave (from the UK), as always, a great restoration made even more enjoyable with your dry Australian whit 😂👍. Thanks again & good luck with your next adventure. 😉
Thanks Draco 10 in the UK 😀
Master David Tipton:
I am always impressed with his masterful repairs.
The color code for the cables is very interesting, I have always thought that it must be that way.
I am not fluent in English but that does not matter. Your message arrives very well.
Here is a Fans of yours, my admiration and appreciation for you.
On my channel, I try to send the teaching with modest resources and experience, but you have to take your hat off to a teacher like you.
I am a producer of Radio Programs.
I have been a Radialist for more than 25 years.
I work at Radio Progreso in Havana. A.M. 640 Khz and F.M. 90.3 and 106.3 Mhz.
and my hobby is radio repair.
I am a Radiotechnical Graduate since 1986.
A cordial
Greetings from Cuba.
Thank you Juan. Nice to see you are still broadcasting on AM, I assume northern US states could pick up your station at night. Thanks you for your background story Juan, it's very interesting. All the best to you and your listeners 😀
I got addicted to your work..... It's beyond to express in words....Excellent ......
Thanks Kushal 😀
Memories of learning to tie looms at RMIT in Melbourne in 1979. Nice job on it David
Thanks Wenlocktvdx. I was studying at RMIT in 1972 and 73 in the aviation department, we didn't do looms though 😀
Dave, I don't care what your granddaughter said about taking her red crayon you you're a good man. I really enjoy watching how you can solve problems during your restorations you have a good overall skill set.
Thanks Mack, I've managed to smooth things over with her 😄
Another one to be proud of.
Thanks Jay 😃
Good morning David sir.I watched both the part .I have no words for your excellent work.Great Sir Thanks Sir👍👍👍👍
Thank you Rakesh 🙂
Good solidly engineered radio for 1948. Dare I say better than we were making here in the UK.
Hi Stephen, it was well made, and a solid unit 🙂
Excellent finish to that radio project. Nice job on that wiring loom. I used to work for an avionics manufacturer that did both military and commercial aircraft. The wiring loom boards that they would set up were huge with hundreds of wires...the folks that would do them were artisans and I think you've proved yourself in that mold.
Thanks Tim, I've seen the looming boards, as you say they are huge. I don't think I'm up for lacer of the year but thanks 🙂
That chassis hasn't looked so good for decades. In fact it probably never looked so good!
Haha.. maybe, thanks Paul 😀
I worked on an RCA 1R81 AM FM radio some years ago, of which, I decided to repaint the chassis. The original chassis was copper plated but there was a lot of corrosion. I removed all the parts like you did and then shielded the IF transformers before sanding and painting with new rattle can copper paint. Like your radio here, it turned out to look very nice when finished. Replacement of the typical wax paper capacitors and electrolytics took care of most all the problems except for a couple of weak tubes.
I like your attention to detail, such as the wire loom you put together. I see a number of older radios that had rubber insulated wires. With age, the rubber becomes brittle and cracks away from the wire leaving it exposed. Either fabric covered wires or newer plastic insulated wires go back in to make it save to operate again. Keep up the good work!
Hello Joe, thank you. It sounds like you did a top notch job on your radio. When I flip a radio over for the first time and find rubber coated wire I know I'm in for a big repair and my heart sinks. There is nothing to do but get stuck in. Fortunately here is a range of 'fabric' reproduction wire available so the replacement wire doesn't stick out so much 🙂
Holly shit David I didn’t understand a word you said except for “where does this go”. Fantastic fault finding and patience. I’d have binned it long ago😂😂😂 Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
Thanks Stuart, I never did find where that went 😄
That one threw a few problems your way, but you fixed them with your usual calm, well done David, another saved from the vertical filing cabinet :-))
Hi Bob, thank you, it's no fun without a few problems 😃
@@DavidTipton101 I get the feeling that if you got a radio that just needed a valve/tube changed and a polish you wouldn't be happy :-))
@@BoB4jjjjs That's a pretty accurate assessment Bob 😀
8:00 A "mastworp" in Dutch 😊 Sailors vocabulary.
What a joy again to see the progress 👍
26:05 😂 Very funny. Note that it is recognition .... we are human, aren't we ?
Hi Nard, I'll remember mastworp for next time. At least I'm consistent 😀
That is a great sounding radio! Looks like it is brand new!
Thanks Dean 😀
Brilliant, should give many years of good service. As usual very interesting and entertaining. Thank you.
Hi Terry, I hope so, thanks 😃
Wow Dave. You have added Macramé to your list of repair techniques.
Absolutely beautiful job replicating the loom. Always a pleasure to watch you work
I have lots of lacing cord left, I could Macramé a pot holder 😄 Thanks 1974UTuber 👍🙂
@@DavidTipton101 How about a whole Macramé radio shell coated in resin and Shelack to replace a wood worm eaten shell.
@@1974UTuber Mmmm... I really need a pot holder 🤔😉
Hi Dave. Very nice job. Just one thing. The H.T. wire is supposed to connect to the transformer core on these "isocore" transformers, as they were called, but the core should be insulated from the case. The reason was to stop electrolytic action corroding the primary winding.
Hi Stuart, thanks. That's good info, I didn't realise those Rola transformers were insulated from the case. I should have pulled it out and reinsulated it. Once again you have all the good oil, thanks Stuart 👍🙂
That is interesting. Is it so that the more 'inferior' metal, the transformer core would start corroding first in order to save the copper winding?
@@blitzroehre1807 Not exactly. By being at the same potential as the winding, electrolytic action between it and the core is largely eliminated. It does work too. These types of transformer are far more reliable than the open, earthed core types, in my experience.
Holy Shnikeeze David reproduction of those wires in that wire loom would have driven me crazy. Glad to see you can still overcome all obstacles in this radio. Great work saving it. Always a joy to see your work.
Thanks LL, you are very kind 🙂
Lovely work Dave. I really enjoy watching someone else work. Especially when it's a labour of love.
Thanks Brian, that's the best job... watching someone else doing it 👍🙂
Fabulous job, love the cable lacing - I wish that skill would make a comeback as it looks so much neater than tie-wraps. Red valve paint job was perfect.
Thank Ross, much better looking than tie-wraps. The valve paint even surprised me, it was near perfect 😀
Inspiring to see the level of build commitment. I recall learning to do lacing back in engineering school using heavily waxed twine. It is elegant and agree we might try to elevate this skill back into our projects.
That's the right lacing knot, David! We used to drive some nails in a board where the branches went out. My electronics training in 1975.. That radio will look like new when finished!
Thanks greengrayradio, I think I got the lacing fairly right, there are different methods and I was expecting an avalanche of comments telling me I was doing it wrong 😄 The owner polished the case and fitted the chassis, he is very happy with it 🙂
The Tasma certainly came up a treat !!. I would like to see how the bakelite cabinet came up, maybe you could post at a later date the completed radio. When i used to make up wiring looms i would use thin dial cord to tie my looms together. Some manufactures used to use thin plastic tubing to hold the looms together. But what a job, you certainly earned your beers after that one. As always great work !!
Thanks Stephen, I did get a photo of the finished radio but it was too late to be in the video. I can say it looks terrific. I didn't think to use dial cord.
Don't mind if I do, Cheers! 🍻
Any way of contacting you Email ????
@@stephengorin3059 vintageradioaus@gmail.com
Your patience and knowledge are exemplary Mr. Tipton! Well done!
Thank you AuroraMills 😀
That’s a beautiful radio, I see you were having a couple of senior moments toward the end😆😆, no worries David, it seems like I have more and more of those moments each year😆, you did a very nice job as always, thank you for sharing.
Thanks Sonny Lou, the senior moments are becoming more frequent 😄
Nice work Dave. I thought you'd killed Tasma (Bless Her) for a moment but she's still alive and kicking. Amazing transformation as usual and I'm sure the owner will be chuffed.
Thanks Graham, it was looking a bit grim there for a minute but it ended well 😀 The owner was very pleased 👍🙂
David I find your channel and the work you do to be the best experience on YT. Your style of presentation and your gentleness are a joy to watch.
Thank you Jonka, that is nice to hear, cheers 🙂
Good job! The lacing string should be wax coated then with a little heat it seals the knots FYI.
Thanks PBR. I don't have the wax coated string, in fact I have never seen it in aviation. It would have been easer, the stuff I have doesn't grip 🙄
Wow, another great resto video Dave. You never cease to amaze me. Thanks for taking us along and take care.
Thanks John, my pleasure 🙂
This Tasma hasn't looked that good since 1947. Great job Dave! John
Thanks John 😀
Oso ongi dago. from Basque country,
Eskerrik asko Charles. Google Basque country izan nuen, oso polita dirudi 😀
Great radio repair work and great video work, Dave! Oh, get a laugh every video at the little fellow (a younger Dave with hair?) tapping his foot to the music - just like I do! Ten stars out of five!
Thank you Allen. Yes that was me... ahem... some years ago 😄
Another great video, Dave. I was impressed that you could remove the wire loom and recreate it outside the radio.
Thanks clasicradiolover, I think that was the only way I to do it, it worked well enough though 🙂
The inspiration I get from this serves any repair. I'll keep the ' Tiptonic ' approach while fixing my car this evening.
Thanx David🙂
Hi Jerker, thanks. Good luck with your car 👍😃
Damn good job David. Think Mr. Carlson said it best about another one being saved! Glad you show your little mishaps but that how we learn too!
Hi Steve, thank you. it's very nice of Mr Carlson to drop in to my little channel. I show the good and the bad, it's part of the process so it stays in even when I'm kicking myself 😀
Yes that was fun! Nice work as always! Thanks David!!
Thank you John 😃
I didn't comment on the last one so ... :D It is nice to see loom tying, it is a rapidly vanishing skill. Excellent job as is normal for you.
Thanks Wayne, I was wondering where you were 😀
It's Saturday afternoon and I have a great many things that need to be done. What am I doing? Watching Dave put knots in his loom lacing. It's a lot more fun than laundry! I hope you are doing O.K. Cheers.
Hi Stanley, anything is better than laundry 😀 I doing well thanks Stanley, cheers 🙂
You amaze me every time! You did a wonderful job. I cant tell you how many miles of wire looms I laced while in the service, you did a great job! Cheers!
Hi Bruce, thank you. I can imagine people like you could do it blindfolded, it's satisfying though, like lock wiring 😀
What wonderful skills Mr Tipton .... you amaze me every time but I think the loom is taking it all to another level!! wow... just wow
haha... thanks Chris 😃
Hey Dave, don’t forget to reattach those speaker leads. Just figured I should remind you. 😂
Another awesome resto! Nicely done!
Thanks Jeff, I need reminding 😃 Cheers! 👍🙂
I see what went wrong with those speaker wires. You were just completely focused on the crusade! 26:20
That wire loom is a work of art within a work of art. Absolute beauty! Wire looms are my favorite components haha.
I had an odd-job in a previous life, wiring up the electric cabinets of construction elevators. You know the ones that are used to carry stuff and people up scaffolding. They got their wire looms (or cable trees as they called them) from a specialized company that made them as a straight bundle. All we had to do was bend them the right way, then put "shoes" on the end to prevent them from fraying, and then inserting all the ends in a bunch of relays on DIN rails. The wires had printed numbers to tell us where each of them had to be attached, so it was a bit easier than those labels of yours. I remember it as a fun time.
Ahh yes, I WAS focused on the crusade, that was the reason 😃 Thanks Jac. Cable trees is a good name. Aircraft wiring is all the same colour cable with numbers printed on them like numbers on your 'trees'. The electricians had a little hand operated printer to print the number on the cable every so often, it would have been handy for this radio 😉🙂
Nice bit of lacing work. The speaker wiring demonstrates great consistency.A very nice result.
Thanks Bob, I'm nothing if not consistent 😀
David, thank you ! I don't understand English , but I understand your hands and appliances...
Здравствуйте Павел Чигарев. Спасибо 😀
Huzzah! Part 2! It was a bit like summer camp arts & crafts for a moment there. I'd have just wound up weaving a dreamcatcher. And a poor one at that. But for you, as we could all see, it was quite lemon squeezy. (Heh heh.) As always, I'm baffled by how you go through, point by point, and make it all look so easy. I know time, experience, and editing make up a lot of that. And we won't mention the whole 'not wiring the speaker' thing. Still, it's a patience and skill I don't have, and I'm mildly envious. Great job!
Hi Steven, thank you and thank you for not mentioning the speaker wires, that was embarrassing but it shows a level of consistency others could only hope to achieve 😄 thanks mate 👍
Another great restoration Dave and nice fault finding, I did laugh with the speaker wires, forgetting them twice, easy to overlook when trying to suss out a fault, great wiring loom fix and lacing, I've done my fair share of that working in telecomms back in the day, all the best mate.
Hi Mick, how embarrassing forgetting those wires... twice, at least I'm consistent 🙄 A lot of looming in telecommunications, Thanks 😀 Cheers!
I Dig the tower in the Logo! Even five years ago when you were starting and learning, you made it fun for us. Thank you!!
I’ve done such things for years, yet not done radios yet. Mainly guitar amp repair and building. Watching you do the tuning alignment related element is always just head scratching enough for me to remain in my Zen mind-state. Good place to be!😵💫😳😜🎛️🎚️🧰⚒️No worrying about yesterday or tomorrow… only fascination juxtaposed with confusion. ((Zen)) 🗣️🧠🎰👈🏼
Hello BadChizzle, thanks you. The dial on these are very nice as is being in the zen 👍😀
Yeah… I made the mistake of commenting on the wrong video. Oooooops! Zen is still good, though. 😵💫
Nice job! I will have to look at your other videos. I would like to see how you do your video PP and editing. The child with the lost crayon was cute.
Thanks K1ZEK. I use Pinnacle Studio for editing and that is my granddaughter, she likes being in Pa's videos 😄
When I first joined the Air Force in 1969 after recruit training I went to RADS at Laverton, Victoria, as I had joined as a RADTECH AIR. As part of the training at RADS, we had to learn how to do that type of looming. I can still do it but how I hated it. I was not that long later medically remustered into RADAR/ADC/ATC due to a severe back injury.
I grew up in Essendon so knew the RAAF base there. There are some aviation jobs you just want to keep away from 😀
I am deeply impressed. I would also kit this radio out with the absolutely lowest value slo-blow fuse that would just barely work. I don't think I could ever trust it.
Thanks Ethel, I always fit a fuse 👍😉
Wow, hand tied wiring looms; I remember having to learn how to make them way back when I studied electronics at TAFE, the Broadway in Sydney...
I'd love to have learned that myself but I was a bit late to the game. I did give it a shot repairing a crappy 3D printer, just using regular twine and experimenting with the knots - turned out quite reasonable for that. The printer still didn't work properly though, there's something wrong with the hotend thermistor it seems (that was the original fault anyway, we just tried replacing the wiring loom first because that was cheaper, then we replaced the thermistor and got the printer sort-of working again but the temperature is definitely off by something like 15 - 20 degrees). The whole printer is just so annoying we didn't bother looking into it any further - the build volume is very small, it has an unheated plain glass bed with manual levelling and it was unreliable at best.
I had to go back further than that Peter. 😄 Thanks
WOW that's was a lot of work but it was worth it to see that radio work again.
Thanks Reginald, yes a bit of effort but worth it 😃
Great job Dave. Looks wonderful.
Thanks Phil 😀
I tell ya, David that, I cringe every time I watch you touch something inside a live radio.
As a "noob" myself, I just consider everything a shock hazard.
That's why we leave it up to the professionals, like you.
Thanks for another great radio adventure.
Hi Rick E. I don't put my hands in with it powered, well I don't think I do 😟 You are right though, these things will kill in second. Glad you enjoyed it 😀
When you steal a young, poor, defenseless little girl's crayon, you're bond to have some karma come back at you when it comes to wiring, lol. Another good project and video, Dave!
Haha... you may be on to something there J Ogden, I had better get a replacement crayon toot sweet 😀 Thanks 👍
I designed a point to point project once, just so I could make up a loomed harness. It wasn't that difficult.
I would suggest you take a piece of soft pine board, and lay out the original loom on the board, making the long section as straight as possible. Then use long push-pins to hold down the original loom onto the board, using the pins to mark the locations of the junctions, AND ends of the wires.
Then remove the original loom, leaving all the pins in place, and lay it down above the edge of the board to get the colors correct, It really doesn't take any time at all.
Wire up the board following the outline you've just created. This will give you a very pleasant and perfectly fitting result.
I use the smallest ty-wraps I can find, or when I can find it, real lacing tape.
Thanks Howard, I opted for following the old loom but the more conventional approach as you suggest may have been better in the long run. I will try that next time. Real lacing cord was $120 a reel, the one I used was $17. We used to use lacing cord to run cables through aircraft, I must have used miles of it in my career, I should have keep a couple of feet 😄
Another nice job, Dave. When you pulled the loom(?) out and said, "pretty easy" I wondered why you didn't add "pretty simple" and "pretty uncomplicated."
Thanks Wayne. I think that might have been sarcasm 😄
Another great save. I’m sure you are working on how to reproduce speaker cones some day.
Thanks Phillip, I have been thinking about it 😄
I like the military color of the radio very nice i painted a land rover 35 years ago with grey.
They might have had some camouflage paint left over Michael 😀
Another top notch restoration. It's Friday lunchtime, I'm eating fish and chips fending off the dog whose after a chip, and watching a man tie knots in a wiring loom in Australia, lock down bliss 😂😂
Sounds like everyone's dream Ken, thanks 🐟🍟📺
great job David, the owner will be very pleased
Thanks Paul, he was very excited 😀
Top workmanship you produce again Dave ,lovely job and the red crayon dose the job nicely ,grandkids will be keeping an eye on you lol ,Enjoyed very much and look forward to your next , Australia will proud if you.
Hi Dave, thank you. The crayon worked very well and raised the temperature of the wax. My granddaughter locks up her crayons now, I don't know why 😉🙂
Great work Dave! Well done with that loom...lovely video/audio btw...stay safe
Thanks Neil, stay safe yourself 👍🙂
Somehow, I missed seeing this one. I think it was excellent as usual do to the unusual problems encountered. Bravo!
Hi Patrick, thank you, this was a big job 🙂
In tennis we have a big four, in restoration, we also have it and you're one of the big four in this category:)
Thanks Murat, I wish I could get their pay 😄
That loom work was amazing! I would have just left the ties on...I'm lazy. Now all that's left to do is get your granddaughter a new set of crayons. Another Tipton Triumph.
Using ties would have been the modern thing to do but not as much fun. She has a full set of crayons, until I need another red one 😉 Thanks Chris.
Again - an excellent job and video! Thanks David. I was really impressed with the loom work - gathering up the wires neatly sure make a project look wonderful.
Thanks Tim. it was a bit of fun and satisfying when it's done 😀
Hi Dave nice job as always.. Next time you do a wire harness (loom) try using a waxwed flat lacing cord once you tie a clove hitch it will not come appart , I used that in industry and works really well.....Hope you don't mind my recomendationd :), Keep up the good work and I always look forward to you next video , Take care.......
It’s amazing how many applications lacing cord is good for. I use it all the time. Great tip.
Hi Paul, thank you. Waxed lacing cord would have been much better, I needed it in a hurry and the only one I could get was the stuff I used for $17, the next choice was over $120, I stuck with the $17 but I would not recommend it. I am always happy to receive helpful tips, thanks 😀
@@DavidTipton101 Wow thas quite alot here I noticed its $43 which seems high as well, thank goodness I still have some when I was working in the industry. One roll will last a lifetime..
Crikey! You are defiantly the Mr. Scott of of radio repair. (Mr. Scott was the miracle worker in the original Star Trek episodes.) That is one thing I have to learn how to trouble shoot, I have several "dead" radios on my back burner that I don't have a clue as to how to properly trouble shoot them. God bless.
I'm givin' her all she's got, Mike, she can't take any more. Sorry. The thing with troubleshooting is to break it into small sections, if you can narrow it down you can work out where the fault lies. If you look at the radio as a whole you haven't got a hope, good luck 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Thank you sir, didn't know if you knew of Mr. Scott down under. Yesterday was a very lucky day for me I scored a very nice Zenith 12S370 in wonderful condition! God bless. I hope it's not: "But captain the mater anti mater reactor is wired like a Christmas tree you better not give me to many bumps she might blow."
@@mikejohansson6711 That's an impressive looking set, I Googled it. Hopefully you can make it work again 👍🙂
Good for another 3/4 of a century. Nicely done.
Thanks Doug 👍😀
Job well done came out nice. Like the way you done the loom as well great work all over. Remember doing those looms when I first started on BR as a signal & Telegraph trainee back in 1974 we got sent to the GPO to learn it right It was pain everything had to be exactly right.
Thanks Alun. Yes, the GPO used to do all the telephones as well, I'd forgotten about that. That would be the place to go to learn about looming 👍🙂
David, your videos have gotten me interested in AM and FM radio operation. Your opening video is the best I have seen, a class act all the way. I have especially gained from your cabinet resurrections. I never thought of using Brasso in the ways you use it. Just one of many great tips. Keep up the passion. Cheers!
Thanks Steve, you are very kind. I'm happy you get so much out of my videos 👍🙂
Another Magnificent Refurbishment Dave of the 1947 Tasma the firm I worked for in early day’s sold many Tasma
The were very popular Radio and were cheaper than the more other Brands but as always a Top Refurbishment Full Marks Mate, Ian.
Thanks Ian. They seem to be a good radio and cheaper too you say. It must have been amazing to bring home a new radio to the family back in the day 🙂
It would be nice to see what your customer did to rework the case ask him to send you a picture so you can show us.
Hi Jim, I did and he did but too late to add to the video. In part one I showed my example of the radio and case 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Yes and yours was fixed just wonder if he did a well as you did that all
@@jimmilam3121 The case cleaned up very well looking it the photo 🙂
Beautiful job David a real pleaser watching.
Thank you Matt 😀
Good morning David (from Portugal), I think good evening in Australia!
Good morning André, yes evening here. All the best in Portugal 😀
Another brilliant restoration Dave, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching James 👍🙂
That was so interesting and spiced with humour. The loom in the HMV I plan to restore one day is also laced, a sign of quality I think but challenging to replicate. Never been any good with knots. I love the speaker re-furb too, the foam surround seems to really improve the older speakers. 👍😊
Thanks Pauline. If you do need to re-lace it try and get a better cord than what I used, it was cheap but wouldn't grip, although a drop of super glue fixed that. Someone suggested wide waxed dental tape, sounds like it might work. The speaker come out pretty good considering its original condition 👍🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Dental floss, good idea. 👌
It's really hard to fix it but it worth it
Great job David
Thanks Haytham channel, it was worth saving 😀
Superb work. I am always amazed at the work accomplished.
I try to use the same methods for the restoration of my 16 and 35mm projectors.
Thank you number 6, good luck with your projectors 👍🙂
Finally the second part is here! As usual: sooooooo nice!
haha... thanks Andres 😀
My favourite lacing cord ... dental floss, nicely waxed and sometimes even smells nice.
Hi Klave, yes and minty fresh too, wish I'd thought of it 🙄🙂
Just remember David, senility strikes every 10 second lol, great job ! Worth the wait young man 👍
Thanks Ronnie, I'm starting to realise that 😀