I have a buddy boy that I picked up 12-15 years ago and restored. I get a lot of compliments and it's one of the radios that seem to draw people's eye. Nice job with yours, Ron! I'll bet it's nice to have an easy one for a change!
Wow! 4,255 views in one day! Nice job as usual again! Love to watch you work methodically and to learn from your expertise and experience. Also find your old workshop very comforting and relaxing with the back ground fan blowing and your wonderful cat wandering around. Great escape from the pandemic and news. I guess for all these reasons I find myself watching your videos over and over again. I'm probably not the only one! Keep the videos coming! Regards and 73's, Dr. Stan KZ8G
Dr. Stan, I think you may’ve identified some of the reasons I find Ron’s videos so enjoyable. Not only is it fun to see the technical side of his projects (especially when he fixes things that I’d consider unfixable), but his work environment and sense of humor make me feel comfortable.
I love this Crosley radios, these old ones. Unfortunately they are extremely rare here in Brasil, l would really like to work on one of these. Nice video, greetings from Brazil.
Hi Ron your tech friend Dave here I really like your video that's a beautiful old radio you do such a good work it's amazing I love the old radios myself looking forward to your next video Ron may God bless you and keep you healthy always say hi to your cat for me Ron
So much better than Crosley’s products today. This old radio 📻 is well worth your time and effort to restore. No hot 🥵 glue, and although some of the parts are plastic, they’re of way better quality. Your friend, Jeff.
Its great to see someone of your age sharing mid 20th century technology while embracing the latest modern technology. If I was to sit at your workbench, I wouldn't know what 99% of that equipment is for. I might as well be in the flight deck of the space shuttle. Thanks.
wow thats come up super ,,, thats what I do here in Great Britain with wind up gramophones,, I strip them and rebuild them , the fun part for me is finding the parts that are missing to complete them , Great when you hear them again for the first time too, Really enjoyed the last few videos, very clever man !! I ve dabbled a bit with our vintage radios too. You make the soldering appear so easy always. Very enjoyable hour !!
Yep - 500 bucks is a piece of change, but looking at the innards of this Crosley, I bet it would retail for $2,500 or more if it were manufactured today, the tuning condenser itself is a work of art - and that's not to mention the value of the cabinet, probably cost at least a grand to make something that beautiful in today's plastic world - - Thanks Ron - interesting piece.
Greetings from central Australia, love your knowledge and talent in fixing vintage electronics, your expertise is amazing! I also work with electronics and experienced in CMOS and TTL technology but limited with thermionic valve gear. Thanks for sharing your videos and take care!
Nice radio! I always call those the only Art-Nouveau radios ever made. The early 1930's brought a lot of unusual novel designs. I like the mini-repwood consoles from that period too.
I enjoy watching your videos as much as fixing up old stuff!!!! Great job, my cat guards (sleeps) my electronic fortune (junk pile). LOL GREAT JOB!!!! Love the cat too! Thank you!!!!!
I guess I learned something this evening about this radio and the one you said you have in your attic. Bob Newheart played Buddy and Will Ferill played a elf in one of my favorite Christmas movies Elf .lol
Beautiful radio. I have seen you spray lacquer on a few of your radios. I need to get away from the spray cans and get a setup like you have. I need to learn all the ins and outs of spraying lacquer like that.
You really had to dare this baroque cabinet, even in 1929. I now understand why this model is so rare. They should have hired an Italian designer at the time, this model would be less rare today 😆
Good god thats amazing looking😮 that luster on the wood👏 and the depths we'll i love it wish i had a small stereo tube amp from my home listing but to expensive over here in the uk just a small 1 wattes or 2 wold sound great with my vintage Philips full ranges😮
Where did you learn your many skills, of antique radio and TV repair. Glass blowing, vacuum tube manufacture, electronics,etc. In industry ? RCA, GE ?. In academia ?, the military ? Many of us would be interested in finding out
Thank for the video i think they wanted back then for their radio to be like furniture to stand like out like a very fine piece, but my opinion who know all those designers have parted for the big tube in the shy.
That was great and all the better when I thought about setting the video quality to 1060 HD which isn't always automatic with some RUclips videos, and where did all that test equipment come from ? We usually catch a glimpse of an old home made boxed power supply and a vintage Tripplet, WOW ! 😎👍.
I do have some old test equipment but most of my stuff is late good stuff, tektronix, HP, general rado, that sort of stuff. The 630 Triplett is much better for old radio work than a modern digital job.
I was a bit surprised when you didn’t test those tubes earlier. In other videos, you’ve always (from what I have seen) tested every tube even if from your own supply before using....I know....it’s a dumb, small thing. Another fine video, and a beautiful radio!
I had TUBS of tubes in the attic and one time began testing them. I found only a few per tub bad so I dispensed with the testing and put them all in boxes. I was certain to hit a bad one sooner or later! :)
Wow, these weren't just radios they were works of art. Did these radios ever have a back cover? Every radio I've come across always seems to have the back opened like that.
@@glasslinger That explains why every Tombstone or Cathedral style radio I've seen online doesn't have a backing. I always figured they were lost to time. Thanks for the info.
@@GESSO217 I have one from my great grandmother from what I gather there was no back circa 1939 .I turn it on every morning and listen to the weather before I had to work. She has the original paperwork with it still.i inherited it in 1979 when she passed.its a thing of beauty. I'm wondering if it will make it to 2039.i don't think it's ever been serviced.ive never had to replace a tube yet.
you always make it look so easy, :O I'm still fighting to get my first radio restore working, 2-XF-931 'The Townley' Ch= RC-1121A AM works, No FM yet. :( I have had much more luck with TVs! :O
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eu acho fantástico reparar e restaurar este velhos aparelhos de radio ,com este dai ,eu fiquei com receio de ao ligar sair um fantasma ,parece que saiu dos filmes de terror antigo .
That thing is built like a tank. They just don't build stuff like that anymore. If I had one, especially if I paid 500 bucks for it (it sold for $60 in the 20s, that's a lot of money), it would be front and center and being played.
Beautiful Radio & Beautiful Job. Now it is worth's $1000.00. Wait my wife just said is priceless. Thank you Another radio back to life. 73 KI7DYM & KJ7DAC
Great video.Thats quite a bench you have there.years of knowledge. Impressive. 👆
I have a buddy boy that I picked up 12-15 years ago and restored. I get a lot of compliments and it's one of the radios that seem to draw people's eye.
Nice job with yours, Ron! I'll bet it's nice to have an easy one for a change!
Just going to bed at 11:55 pm in the U.K. and then you came along Ron. I can’t go to bed before watching your latest video. Best wishes.
My kitty is on my shoulders and she is watching. She heard your kitty and went ballistic. Best wishes from France.
Wow! 4,255 views in one day! Nice job as usual again! Love to watch you work methodically and to learn from your expertise and experience. Also find your old workshop very comforting and relaxing with the back ground fan blowing and your wonderful cat wandering around. Great escape from the pandemic and news. I guess for all these reasons I find myself watching your videos over and over again. I'm probably not the only one! Keep the videos coming! Regards and 73's, Dr. Stan KZ8G
Dr. Stan, I think you may’ve identified some of the reasons I find Ron’s videos so enjoyable. Not only is it fun to see the technical side of his projects (especially when he fixes things that I’d consider unfixable), but his work environment and sense of humor make me feel comfortable.
@@xnavynuc Thank you!
I love this Crosley radios, these old ones. Unfortunately they are extremely rare here in Brasil, l would really like to work on one of these. Nice video, greetings from Brazil.
Buenas tardes, lo felicito por arreglar esta Balleza de radio, aunque no entiendo inglés pero lo que hace si, saludos
Nezahualcóyotl, México.
Hi Ron your tech friend Dave here I really like your video that's a beautiful old radio you do such a good work it's amazing I love the old radios myself looking forward to your next video Ron may God bless you and keep you healthy always say hi to your cat for me Ron
Another great job Ron. Your ability to bring that radio back to a work of art is much admired.
Great project, it looks like a radio that was owned by the Adams Family :) That cabinet is an actual work of art.
So much better than Crosley’s products today. This old radio 📻 is well worth your time and effort to restore. No hot 🥵 glue, and although some of the parts are plastic, they’re of way better quality. Your friend, Jeff.
w a kool. CROSLEY buddy boy radio recvier
This not a radio it’s a work of art.
Great to see you and Miss Kitty. Thanks for the video, I learned a lot.
I love when you make vacuum tubes, that is so original from your channel
Those were made right down the street from where I live. The history of the Crosley brothers is fascinating. 👍🏼
Its great to see someone of your age sharing mid 20th century technology while embracing the latest modern technology. If I was to sit at your workbench, I wouldn't know what 99% of that equipment is for. I might as well be in the flight deck of the space shuttle. Thanks.
wow thats come up super ,,, thats what I do here in Great Britain with wind up gramophones,, I strip them and rebuild them , the fun part for me is finding the parts that are missing to complete them , Great when you hear them again for the first time too, Really enjoyed the last few videos, very clever man !! I ve dabbled a bit with our vintage radios too. You make the soldering appear so easy always. Very enjoyable hour !!
Definitely a beautiful radio and with the oil filled capacitors fitted as well makes it a rare model.
Yep - 500 bucks is a piece of change, but looking at the innards of this Crosley, I bet it would retail for $2,500 or more if it were manufactured today, the tuning condenser itself is a work of art - and that's not to mention the value of the cabinet, probably cost at least a grand to make something that beautiful in today's plastic world - - Thanks Ron - interesting piece.
Hi Ron, it really is a beautiful radio. The finish with it's unique look makes it standout.
WOW! Nice radio, I could see that taking the spot my old stereo is now gathering dust! Great job on bringing the beauty back to that case as well.
Love the massive tuning knob/dial. That thing would work as a power steering pump pulley on my truck.
Lol
It is always a delight watching your videos, thank you very much
Greetings from central Australia, love your knowledge and talent in fixing vintage electronics, your expertise is amazing! I also work with electronics and experienced in CMOS and TTL technology but limited with thermionic valve gear. Thanks for sharing your videos and take care!
Nifty ! & just imagine how wonderful the technology must have seemed at the time.
Wow cool radio. Nice job on the restore. Very Gothic looking. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Nunca había visto una radio como esa, en excelente condiciones preciosa radio y muy bonito trabajo Ron! 👍
Was für ein schönes Radio... Den hätte ich gern noch in meiner Sammlung. Ein schönes Video!
Great to see you again, Ron.
Nice work. 🇺🇸
Holla from Spain thanks for the video it was great and marvelous looking radio. You can see why they were expensive with all that hand built work.
Nice radio! I always call those the only Art-Nouveau radios ever made. The early 1930's brought a lot of unusual novel designs. I like the mini-repwood consoles from that period too.
I enjoy watching your videos as much as fixing up old stuff!!!! Great job, my cat guards (sleeps) my electronic fortune (junk pile). LOL GREAT JOB!!!! Love the cat too! Thank you!!!!!
You are a good specialist! 👍 Вы хороший специалист!
Great video Ron, I especially love the radios from the 20s and 30s.
Lots of fun for me, you have tons of repairs I can watch as I just found your channel :-D
Very nice job I enjoy watching your repair videos.
For a second I thought I was in mr Carlsons lab. Then not!! Happy to be here! Keep up the awesome videos!
Yes, that is a beautiful Crosley radio. Great job.
I guess I learned something this evening about this radio and the one you said you have in your attic. Bob Newheart played Buddy and Will Ferill played a elf in one of my favorite Christmas movies Elf .lol
The master has returned!!
Beautiful radio. I have seen you spray lacquer on a few of your radios. I need to get away from the spray cans and get a setup like you have. I need to learn all the ins and outs of spraying lacquer like that.
I love your videos. I learn more here than from reading.
beautifully designed love the carved wood
beautiful restoration. love the cabinet.
You really had to dare this baroque cabinet, even in 1929. I now understand why this model is so rare. They should have hired an Italian designer at the time, this model would be less rare today 😆
Good god thats amazing looking😮 that luster on the wood👏 and the depths we'll i love it wish i had a small stereo tube amp from my home listing but to expensive over here in the uk just a small 1 wattes or 2 wold sound great with my vintage Philips full ranges😮
You've done a fantastic job on that. Congrats.
That's a brilliant looking case, almost gothic ? in style.
The case, it's repwood.
@@Audion Hi there, not sure what you mean by repwood? Are you saying that it's moulded and not carved ?
@@brucepickess8097 yes, the face panel sawdust and resin pressed in a mould, the balance of the cabinet is standard construction.
@@Audion Hi, thanks for the informative reply.
Glasslinger you are good at electronics and restoreing vintage radio and shortwave radio Receivers
That's a beautiful radio !
Haha, when you found that schematic it was like you found an ancient treasure map.
Where did you learn your many skills, of antique radio and TV repair. Glass blowing, vacuum tube manufacture, electronics,etc. In industry ? RCA, GE ?. In academia ?, the military ? Many of us would be interested in finding out
Glass linger your vintage crosley Buddy Boy radio is awesome my friend 😅😅😅
Nice set. Starting to look like Mr Carlson's lab up in there :)
Starting to? He had 'a lab' before Mr Carson existed of course.
@Dirty Anus Ha ha OMG @ Dirty Anus😹😹😹
Beautiful job, I was interested in the grinding to the front panel you mentioned, I'm guessing that's a bakelite moulding. It looks superb!
Great job Ron. 👍🏻
What a beauty! The radio isn’t bad either.
Great stuff Ron.
It has a great sound , great work on cabinet.
Glass linger the radio cabinet looks like new thats is awesome my friend 😅😅😊
Restoring a Crosley Elf is next! It is a physically smaller similar radio.
You have my subscription! Nice channel and thanks for sharing
I like to wind in the large tuning capacitors when working on a valve radio to stop them being accidentally twatted
Thank for the video i think they wanted back then for their radio to be like furniture to stand like out like a very fine piece, but my opinion who know all those designers have parted for the big tube in the shy.
Great looking radio Ron...
That was great and all the better when I thought about setting the video quality to 1060 HD which isn't always automatic with some RUclips videos, and where did all that test equipment come from ? We usually catch a glimpse of an old home made boxed power supply and a vintage Tripplet, WOW ! 😎👍.
I do have some old test equipment but most of my stuff is late good stuff, tektronix, HP, general rado, that sort of stuff. The 630 Triplett is much better for old radio work than a modern digital job.
This radio looks like it came from a old Haunted abandoned mansion house. It would make a great prop.
Exactly what I thought. Very spooky looking set.
Glass linger the radio chassis looks like new thats is awesome my friend 😅😅😅
That cabinet is amazing
I was a bit surprised when you didn’t test those tubes earlier. In other videos, you’ve always (from what I have seen) tested every tube even if from your own supply before using....I know....it’s a dumb, small thing. Another fine video, and a beautiful radio!
I had TUBS of tubes in the attic and one time began testing them. I found only a few per tub bad so I dispensed with the testing and put them all in boxes. I was certain to hit a bad one sooner or later! :)
Wow, these weren't just radios they were works of art. Did these radios ever have a back cover? Every radio I've come across always seems to have the back opened like that.
Back covers were sporadic in the early days, no rhyme or reason. After about 1950 all the radios had back covers.
@@glasslinger That explains why every Tombstone or Cathedral style radio I've seen online doesn't have a backing. I always figured they were lost to time. Thanks for the info.
@@GESSO217 I have one from my great grandmother from what I gather there was no back circa 1939 .I turn it on every morning and listen to the weather before I had to work. She has the original paperwork with it still.i inherited it in 1979 when she passed.its a thing of beauty. I'm wondering if it will make it to 2039.i don't think it's ever been serviced.ive never had to replace a tube yet.
Hi Ron just the thing to go down with my first brew on Saturday - ATB
I love that cabinet!
Thanks so much! You are great!!
I’m looking forward to the elf chassis. 💯
buddy boy radio love the videos ron
you always make it look so easy, :O I'm still fighting to get my first radio restore working, 2-XF-931 'The Townley' Ch= RC-1121A AM works, No FM yet. :( I have had much more luck with TVs! :O
What an absolutely gorgeous and ornate radio Ron, stunning! What program did you use to recreate the paper dial? Super great video!
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As wall ways you did a really good job !
With a case like that, the new cord finishes the look.
eu acho fantástico reparar e restaurar este velhos aparelhos de radio ,com este dai ,eu fiquei com receio de ao ligar sair um fantasma ,parece que saiu dos filmes de terror antigo .
Glass linger your utube videos are awesome my friend 😅😅
Hi Ron, why not you make a video on your radio collection?
Love the old time stuff! Let's see more of kitty too!
The best work
Fantastic..
Wow. That wood carving looks llike something from a H.P. Lovecraft shortstory.
cthulhu approves of this radio
Love the laugh
It looked like it would of been very expensive in it's hey day. The case really is a masterpiece, i assume it was carved by hand ?
They actually are made of "rep-wood," which is a mix of glue and powdered wood that is cast in a mold. Quite cheap once you have the setup.
@@glasslingerI thought it was mixed with rubber.
I like it beautiful good job.
glasslinger: That glue really is amazing.
I bought it after seeing you use it. Thanks dude :D
And how come you don't just have a glass chain necklace?
Is the front carved wood or moulded plastic? That would be insane to make 😂 lordy, it sure makes a statement even now!
Absolutely beautiful. Crosley is special to me because I live in the Cincinnati Area. My question is 0-100 ?
LOG scale , A LOG scale is simply a reference scale. Usually 0-100. Used to tune in instead of a specific frequency.
Great job
Had a chuckle at the all-pink bike (~28:52).
el frente es Repwood (cartón prensado imit. madera)👍🎓
Nice job!
There’s one on EBay right now with one bid for $450!
Do you sometimes sell radios ? You get so many special ones
First ! Nice work, as always…!
That thing is built like a tank. They just don't build stuff like that anymore. If I had one, especially if I paid 500 bucks for it (it sold for $60 in the 20s, that's a lot of money), it would be front and center and being played.
Beautiful Radio & Beautiful Job. Now it is worth's $1000.00. Wait my wife just said is priceless. Thank you Another radio back to life. 73 KI7DYM & KJ7DAC
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