EKCO U245 Valve Radio Restoration - 1955 Model
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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2021
- While in Melbourne recently I picked up this UK built EKCO radio from 1955. I put it in the car when I picked it up and took it out in Queensland 3 weeks later so I'm keen to see what I bought.
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Papier Mâché Recipe:
The mixture is just Papier Mâché but mixed with PVA glue instead of water. I used toilet tissue soaked in water for 30 seconds wrung out and chopped up in a mini chopper. Add some flour and a little oil and form into a putty mixed with the PVA glue. If the backboard is coloured add art acrylic paint to match the existing colour, powder works best but art paint in a tube works too. It dries as hard as a rock. There are recipes online for Papier Mâché, just change them to use PVA instead of water and chop the paper up, not into strips. Use non coloured paper. You do not need to cook the mixture.
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"In an effort to waste as much of my life as possible..." 🤣 Kicked another goal with this one.
It does seem to be my quest Ellesmere 😄 Thanks!
It was so real I laughed like mad man. Well done sir, comedy 100%.
That was a real ripper :-D
It was certainly a precision faff.
One could have just filled in the whole area and then drilled/cut/Dremeled the slots back in through the metal backing plate.
But a salute to you for the job. Rebuilding a radio back plate is not easy.
There are many things I like about this channel, David’s dry humour is one of them.
The alarm noise and the cat! :-)) Classic :-D
My humour knows no bounds Bob 😄
What a Kool EKCO VEIVE RADIO RECIVE 1955 MODEL
DOES THIS DAY GET ANY BETTER!
Just home from work on a Friday, sat down to eat dinner and there is a new video from Dave.
BEST FRIDAY NIGHT EVER
You need to get out more 1974UTuber 😄 Thanks 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 I tried that Dave. But work says they won't pay me if I don't turn up
@@1974UTuber Haha... yeah, they are like that 😄
Another fantastic job done Dave 66 year old radio now like new. Thank you Dave for Sharing you can see how much you love doing what your doing.
Thanks Paul, now that it's finished It looks quite a decent radio when I walk past it. I may have been a little harsh in my wrap up.
It's my pleasure Paul, glad you enjoy watching 🙂
I especially like the videos of radios that have been dragged behind the car by the line cord. You are amazing Dave. John
Haha... I enjoy a challenge but I don't like the sound of that John 😄 Thanks 👍
Another brilliant restoration. I love to watch you machine small parts and bring the case back from the dead. Thanks David. 73 de KB7ICI....Bill
Thank Bill 🙂
We follow you with passion, so your style is a source of admiration, respect and appreciation
I wish you all the best and luck
From Algeria
Hi Seddas alkaderi in Algeria, thank you. All the best to you as well 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Hi David...I've been "off the air" with a few medical problems but have watched this video via my trusty Android pad. I must organise myself to send my AWA Radiola to you to keep. I want you to have it rather that my niece and nephew junking it when I kick the bucket. You can restore it and add it to your collection.
David, tell me, in your opinion were receivers built back in the time of this radio more sensitive than modern low-cost radios like the ones you can pick up at Kmart and online? My brother had one of the early imported Japanese radios with SW1 and 2 and a magnificent leather case and I can remember the both us listening to VOA and other international stations as clear as a bell back in the mid 60s. I have a couple of modern radios and whilst they pick up local AM and FM quite well, the distant stuff (rural Victoria and lower NSW) don't come in anywhere as good as that old radio and my dad's old Astor mantle radio. I suppose the radios are all on a chip these days...sigh.
@@tripsadelica My biggest fear is all my radios in the skip. I'm probably not the person to ask but... I would imagine the more powerful radios of old were designed to pick up stations a good distance away with a good aerial. Todays radios are small and more compact and unless designed for long distance reception are probably more suited to high density urban reception, particularly AM which is an afterthought these days.
0.3 of a millimeter?? are you kidding me? David, your attention to details like this put the rest of us to shame! No wonder your restorations are so wonderful to watch. That EKCO looks like it go in a showroom. Thanks for your efforts.
Haha... 0.3mm... yeah it was a bit pedantic, but the slot was so tight 😄 Thanks SoRTs6233 🙂
Thanks. There is something very therapeutic about your videos.
Thank you Wiley 🙂
It was great to see you making a part to fix the band select switch. What a problem it would have been if you could not get spare parts - so Make Your Own! Thanks Dave.
Thanks Crazy nuts, I think I would have glued an old radio knob on the shaft if I didn't have the lathe 🙂
David, you take tinkering to a whole new level.
Haha... is that what you call it 😄 Thanks patprop74 🙂
What a great find, and to survived for so long. The work you do, the repacing of the filter caps, and that work on the backing board, just fantastic and another credit to you. Well done !!!
Thanks Steven, I was very happy when I picked this one up 🙂
Thanks I very much enjoyed the little triumphs along the way to a lovely restoration.
Thank you Max 🙂
My mom had one of these in her kitchen for decades. (UK) Totally reliable. Think she got rid of it in late 1970s 👍
Yes, except for the Hunts capacitors it would have gone longer 👍🙂
Another wonderful job Dave! Nice to see a UK set and recognize the Athlone transmitter on the dial, sadly no longer in operation but served the UK and Ireland for many years. I recognized the unmistakable voice of veteran broadcaster Jimmy McGee who worked for RTE, Irish TV and radio, and guess this was the 1986 World Cup when England lost to Argentina? I was about 15 but remember that quiet well. Beautiful radio, expertly returned to all its glory. Keep up the great work!
Thanks Mike, I like working on the Ekco radios. Yes indeed, Jimmy McGee and the 1986 World Cup ⚽🙂
Welcome back David. I've missed the exquisite attention to detail, so a teatime sit down to see an old UK radio brought back to a condition as good if not better than new. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Ken, glad you enjoyed it 😀
Great repair. Lots of interesting trouble solutions.
Thank you Robert 🙂
I remember listening to radio Luxembourg back in the day. Great video David.
It sounds like most of England's young folk were listening to Radio Luxembourg back then, get away from the BBC. Thanks Jim 😀
She came up nice again.
Thanks Shayne 🙂
At 20:25, nice work on the main filter CAP! Always enjoy how you take your time! There's a RUclipsr (JL), that just does patchwork!!
I WOULDN'T ALLOW HIM TO TOUCH ANYTHING OF MINE! Sure glad I do my own!!!
Thanks pi-duino, I enjoy a bit of experimenting to see what can be done. Poor Jim, nice guy but he cops a lot of flack and a lot of yelling while I watch him. My wife knows, "are you watching Jim again? keep it down will you"... yes dear 😀
Excellent, I'm slowly working my way through your backlog of videos...it's fun. Have a great day, David.
Thanks Stephen 😀
David, this one had eluded me and I'm so glad I happened upon it! Once again I'm in awe of your resourcefulness and maniacal will to restore with authenticity! I'm also a huge soccer/football fan! Thanks again!
Hi John, How did this one slip through the cracks 😄 Thanks John, I received a bit of flack for the Maradona clip, saying he cheated or something. Interesting an American following European football, good for you ⚽ 😀
@@DavidTipton101 I do follow European football (Arsenal) but mostly our local entry in MLS (Major League Soccer) The New England Revolution. I go to most all the games. ;)
So glad to see you back David!!! And with a lovely restore. I think of the people at Ecko assembling it 65 years ago. I imagine they would be surprised to see it still working and so lovingly restored.
Thanks Chris, nice to back. I always think of the people who built the radio I'm working on and where it spent it's life. some of them would still be around too 🙂
Perfection made person, nothing more to say.
Simply impressive the good work and the love you put into what you do.
I hope that the issue related to your health goes well.
Greetings from the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
Hi Suso Otero, Canary Islands, greetings from Australia. Thank you, this radio came up very nicely, I wasn't all that impressed when I got it but I like it now, it looks a bit grand 🙂
"mandatory paint drops" :) perfect job!
Haha... they are on every radio, thanks Murat 😀
I really enjoyed the effort put into restuffing that electrolytic can. Very Nice!
Thanks Mike, It's a bit of fun and keeps the radio slightly more original 🙂
Wow, just fascinating..! Your expertise, knowledge and inventiveness is unreal..! Great info and entertainment. Learning all the time..Thanks for sharing..Ed..uk..😀
Thanks Ed and thank you for watching 👍🙂
Another cracking restoration as usual , always look forward to your videos.
Thank you Johnathon 😀
Well done. You bring it back to life. Best regards from Aden Yemen.
Thank you Ahmed. All the best 🙂
I always feel good after your videos. Well done as usual Dave.
Thanks John, glad you enjoy them 😀
Woo the way you restored the radio nice job the replaced caps will do fine especially hiding them in the old cans.
Thank you ww1942digger 😀
May 13, 1955...yes that was a great year. I was blessed to join the U.S. Navy in 1978 when tube radios and radar were still on the ship. Thanks for helping me bring back fond memories of aligning UHF radios.
Sounds like a special date for you Dennis 🎂 The tube era was good while it lasted, now you have a full radio jammed onto a tiny blob on a board, it works better but not nearly as much fun 😀
Hi Dave,
It’s amazing where old British radios turn up. I’ve seen videos featuring them throughout much of the developed Commonwealth; much of Europe, the Island of Madeira, Iceland, Argentina, and the United States of America - Ron C, for example, recently restored a Pye ‘Piper’ model P116U - he owns two of them. If you are not familiar with his videos, check him out. He too is a very talented, and affable person.
I own two of that model of Ekco radio. Although they were a fairly reliable little radio, they weren’t overly sensitive. Being an apprentice during the early 1970s, the job of repairing old valve radios was usually given to me - happy days LOL. The old wax coated foil and paper capacitors, and electrolytics were showing signs of ageing way back during those days. That is why I never test them (those generally valued 1nf and over) on video - I just go ahead and replace them as standard procedure.
When I was watching you straightening the speaker cloth, I thought to myself, “If Dave straightens the pattern of that cloth both east to west, and north to south, he will be the first person I know of who has successfully accomplished it.” I’ve had countless attempts at doing that, and I have never once succeeded. Over time, it is heat that warps the fabric.
Nonetheless you have made a super job reconditioning that radio, especially the band selection switch - the aluminium collar you turned on the lathe is brilliant - an effective, and straightforward idea - I like 👍 it!
My STC ‘Capri’ model 5101 is now up and running as a performing radio. All that is left to do is finish off cleaning up it’s cabinet, reassemble, check and test. It’s performance and audio fidelity is virtually second to none in its class. I guess they were fairly expensive when new in 1960. Although I was unable to do an IF, and oscillator alignment because its iron dust slugs are seized solid inside their formers, it’s sensitivity is pretty much outstanding. Hopefully next week, I hope to upload its video to RUclips
As always, it’s a pleasure communicating with you my friend, all the best from Phil - The man from Sheffield.
Hi Phil, I think we get a lot of European/UK radios here through emigrates from Europe/UK in the 50s and 60s. Several I own I know came in that way. Ron has already said he did the PYE Piper radio, I have his channel earmarked for me to have a look when I get time, the valve complement is the same as the U245.
I'm with you on capacitors, I just replace them.
I got the grill cloth reasonably straight but it was a struggle 😄
The wave switch repair was fun and worked well. I like any excuse to turn up a piece on my lathe, it helps justify the cost to my wife as well 😉
I'm looking forward to seeing the STC working, they did build a very nice radio and are designed to work over long distances perhaps more so than the UK where the population is fairly dense (that doesn't sound right).
Thanks Phil, I always look forward to your comment, take care 🙂
My great grandmother in England had an Ekco similar to that in the 60's when she spent a few years living with my grandparents. Not rare, but I was happy to see it on here. As far as the dial lights... I had a very inexpensive Crosley without one, and Philco's cheapest cathedral in 1932 (model 51) also went without a dial light. Part of it was cost savings, but part of it was a way to upsell the entry-level "I just want a cheap radio that works!" customer to a better model with that very noticeable feature!
That's nice that it reminds you of your great grandmother a587g. Pretty common radio in the UK I image but unusual in Australia. That's a sound idea on the dial lights, would they be that sneaky? 😀
1955 good thing came to be that year, me for one.
It was a good year then William 😀
Another good solid piece of work, a treat To watch
Thank you Johnny 😄
Thank you sir! I have a similar '3 caps in one can' issue on a tube amp I'm restoring. Your solution was an inspiration.
Hi John, Thank you. Glad you liked it 🙂
Hi, you did a great job with care and attention to detail, I live not too far from where the ECHO works was, it is now a new housing estate ! When I was a little younger, I would get old valve radio's from the local waste dump, lug them home and plug them in, sometimes they would smoke but most would work fine! I was a member of the Southend radio club for a couple of years, and one of the Hams there had a large collection of vintage radio's he restored over the years, many from the ECHO works. Thanks for sharing the restoration. Alex M0KVA
Hi Alex, thank you. I read of the housing estate at the old EKCO site, they still call the rugby club Ekco something I believe. There would have been millions of radios taken to the dump, luckily some survived, there must be many around in the UK still. Thanks for your comment Alex 🙂
I like the capacitor restuffing and I was surprised by the way you fixed the back material, makes total sense.
Thanks clasicradiolover, I'm still working on ways to repair the backboards but getting there 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 I thought it was ingenious. I mean all it is made of is a heavy paper.
Another nice restoration David. The resistor across the dropper, which I figured as soon as it appeared was a repair, reminds me of the dropper failing on our Bush TV125 dual standard TV. The repairer didn’t have a spare so wedged a screwdriver to bridge the beak. Worked for a week while the replacement came in. It failed again a few years later but we had to wait as it failed in two places. Droppers can be notorious, I learned at an early age.
Thanks Wenlocktvdx. I figured the green resistor wasn't original but wasn't sure at first. The droppers are a problem but can be easily fixed, I've been pretty lucky so far. I hope the serviceman got his screwdriver back 🙂
I admire your excellent work.
Perfect Sir . Thanks Sir
Hi Rakesh, thank you 😀
Always enjoy your gift for fabricating parts. Thanks for another morning's entertainment.
My pleasure Moshe, thank you 🙂
Your work keeps getting better and better. The eye for details is amazing, a joy to watch! Thank you for sharing your work with us
Thank you Bas, it's my pleasure 😀
Lovely job Dave. Enjoy your weekend. Hope the family are keeping well.
Thanks Brian. Avagoodweekend yourself. Everyone is doing well here, I trust it's the same for you 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 It is thanks
There is only one good thing about it being in a smoker’s environment. And being backed in tar.
No corrosion. But gosh. I would absolutely sprayed it in oven cleaner. But you did very well in cleaning I might say perfect.
This was a really entertaining video to watch and thanks for sharing your experience.
Oven cleaner? Sounds a bit harsh but it would remove the tar. I have some non toxic oven cleaner I don't use on the oven (doesn't work very well) I might give that a try, Thanks PD1JDW, I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍🙂
Looks original but very well looked after. Grille cloth cleaned up very well and is much straighter than it was. Bakelite came up lovely. I bet you're so glad you got a lathe, I remember when you didn't have one. The wavechange switch would've been so much harder to fix without the lathe.
Hi Paul, yes, it was generally in good condition which makes it so much easier. I weighed up getting a lathe for a long time but one day when I was struggling I thought 'that's it' and bought one, I haven't regretted that decision 👍😀
I was quite angry when my spouse made me come to dinner while I was watching your video. I raced through dinner so I could watch the rest. Another masterpiece! Thanks.
Oh dear, I hope it didn't cause too much tension Chris, at least you got dinner and a movie 🙂
Always look forward to your videos Dave, and not inundated with adverts as well, good work as per usual, quick tip, try using tinted lacquer in the scratches and sand them back flat before polishing, old bodywork trick,
Thank you waynio67. I keep the ad count as low as possible. Tinted lacquer is a great idea, thanks I'll use that next time 👍🙂
First video of yours that I have watched. I'm subscribed now. Amazing mastery of so many different repair/restore skills! Thanks.
Hello adent61 and welcome to my channel, thank you for the sub too. I hope you enjoy some of my other work as well, Cheers 🙂
Great job David, I'm a collector of old radios in England, so hopefully, I can get some good tips from you.
Thank you Gypsy Geion. This one should be right up your alley 🙂
Surprised it worked at all without repairs. The result was satisfying, it shines like a new penny and it's ready for another 66 years. Thanks for the art, science, and humor.
Thanks Mark, most radios do work when powered up, maybe not very well but work to some degree. Thank you for watching 😀
Nice work!
Thank you Hans 😀
Sir David, a real beauty there! Just as new, or better. Great work. Thanks for all you do.
Thanks John, I think that old radio deserves it 👍🙂
The result is beautiful as usual Dave! I bought you a coffee, but maybe it's better if you use it for a new pair of rubber gloves. 😊
Hi Rene, thanks. I go through gloves at a frantic pace so your coffee donation will be very helpful 👍😀
Great to watch a craftsman at work. Great end result!
Thank you Peter 😀
The repair of the MW/LW switch is very cool. Impressive. 👏
Thank you Marcus 😀
I felt your frustration on the alignment. I recently did a Bendex and tuning the bottom affected the top and visa versa. Glad to see you stuck with it. Well done! Thanks for the video. Cheers.
Thanks Bruce, I have had a few lately that were difficult to get the top and bottom adjusted but this one was way off, you just have to keep plodding along, I did get there in the end 😀
Maestro David Tipton:
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Saludos desde Cuba.
Gracias Juan, espero que lo disfrutes 😀
Very nice video, its a reallity show of radio restorions.
Congratulations - Sao Paulo - Brazil
Thanks Fernando, it is like a reality radio show 😄
Very nice video, attention to detail is superb as always! Thank you for what you do and keep those great videos coming Dave! Cheers!
Thank you Quantum Leap, I'll try 👍🙂
Thank you Dave. Another wonderful "full" restoration. Particularly love what you did to the canned electrolytic and the back repair. The cabinets do seem to polish up well. I was told that the radio I had spent most of its life in a damp greenhouse, but it really didn't take much to get looking very clean and working well.
Thank you Tony. A radio from a greenhouse, that is a tough environment, yours looked remarkably good if that's the case. Thanks Tony, looking forward to your next video 👍
For a while there I thought you’d fallen into the same trap as I did initially with the philips: confusing meters with kHz on MW 😊
By the way, I got an app called EEToolkit that is really useful for conversions, formulae and anything else you may need to calculate in this field. It’s really a great helper.
Just so you know: I always get inspired by your videos to improve the cabinet work and camera angles in my restorations. I don’t succeed, however. I did say “inspired” 😊
Hi Manuel, I hope I didn't confuse them in the video, using metres to measure frequency is completely foreign to me and I suspect most Aussies but I'm getting better at it... I think. I downloaded the EEToolkit app, it looks good thanks, I was using Electrodoc which is much the same. I did mean to say in the comments on your last video that the picture in picture of the meter and generator was excellent 👍 Cheers!
Hi, it's your friend, Jeff!! Nice echo effect!! Just like 👍 the name of the radio 📻. That's a really nice one, and you're doing such a great 👍 job!! I like 👍 the cream 🍦 color knob 👌, or part that ya painted. I think ya can put a dial light in this, but I don't know where the bulb's wire leads can be soldered in, safely. That has to be a tedious job, hollowing (drilling) those capacitors out. Ya did VERY good 👍, just don't ruin the casing. I know 👌 they're capacitors that you're going to re-stuff. Very nice metal chassis. It looks like 👍 it has a carrying handle. I hope that dial cord doesn't decide to break on ya. Ya might be able to use Varathane varnish to seal up ☝ those capacitors. Very flammable, though. It's simply my idea 💡. I really like 👍 the colored bands around those transistors, or capacitors. It adds a finishing touch to the inside of the radio 📻. I assume this radio 📻 is a 1948, by my guess. Very nice tuning gangs, and dial pulley. I cannot confirm if the speaker 🔊 is field coil, or permanent magnet. I also like 👍 your analog test meter. It's red, white, and blue.Your friend, Jeff.
Hi Jeff, thank you. I thought of putting a dial light in but the perplex dial was imbedded in the case so it wouldn't have looked good shining from behind. I would have used LEDs if I did 🙂
A nice job David... so worth the effort you put into the cleaning. I couldn't believe the effort you put into the grill at the back! Well done all round.
Hi Kenneth, thank you. Cleaning is a chore but satisfying when it comes out well. I still have more to do on the back, hopefully it will come out OK and I can apply it to future projects 🙂
Again ... Another masterpiece! So relaxing to watch ... THANK YOU 🙏
Thank you Paul 🙂
I just discovered you channel. Love the content and the outstanding troubleshooting and refurbishment of these old radios.
I'm an electrical engineer, and enjoy your ability, and excellent audio and video talents. Someday, I'd like to start fixing these old radios also. I'll have to polish up my knowledge on valves (vacuum tubes) and set up a test/repair bench.
Thanks for the GREAT content. Cheers!!
HI BigDaddy MRI and welcome to my channel and thank you for your support. This has been an interesting and very rewarding hobby for me and I have met so many people and made new friends after leaving work. I wish you every success if you choose to start fixing old radios. Thanks BigDaddy MRI 🙂
Very well done, Dave! It's nice to see how your videos gradually become more and more amazing. Your channel along with glasslinger's are the most interesting vintage radio restoration channels on RUclips.
Thank you Dmitri, being put up with Glasslinger is quite an honour 😉
Very nice work, especially on that band switch and the back. When I was young, my boss used to occasionally admonish me with the saying "Patience is a technician." These days that would be "Patience is Dave Tipton". 👍👍👍
Thanks James. Haha... that has a ring to it 😄
I’ve only seen carppy restuffed caps so got really angry as soon as you mentioned it but after you’ve done it I was surprised to see that good of a job. Keep it up 👍
Thanks haha ahah 👍🙂
In my Nordmende Bremen all the valves are also rimlock. Until I watched your video, I had no idea how to extract one from the socket. Thanks Dave for yet another excellent video, it's a pleasure to watch, as always! Greetings from the rainy Lake Constance :)
Thanks ymz5. Lake Constance looks nice on Google Maps 😀
Beautiful radio and sounds great!
Thanks Shannon 👍🙂
A brilliant transformation!
Thank you Vic 😀
Thank you for the video Dave, love watching your creativity! You knocked it out of the park as usual!
Thanks James 😀
@@DavidTipton101 Do Australians play baseball or can you "knock one out of the park" in cricket too?
@@happyhippo4664 we do play baseball but it's not a major sport here. In cricket one would "hit it for a six" or "hit a six" which means the batsman has hit the ball over boundary for six runs. Similar meaning 🏏🙂
Glad to see you’re back and well. Great work as always.
Thanks Ripley 😀
Fantastic Radio..!!...Excelente trabajo de restauración My Friend....ji ji ji...Una Jovita...realmente....Saludosss....
Saludos y gracias Jale. Estoy feliz de que lo hayas disfrutado 😀
Great work
Thank you N.P Singh 👍🙂
Great job!!!
Thank you regi 🙂
Excellent Work like always 👏
Thank you Arnie 👍🙂
Thanks for this video, Dave - what a great way to unwind after a stressful day. Here are my useless Ekco facts! 1. My friend's grandmother once dated Eric Kirkham Cole (I don't think the relationship lasted long). 2. The house I grew up in had a toilet seat made by Ekco (and even had the same logo as this radio) - presumably they wanted to maximise the return on their investment in bakelite moulding presses. 3. The brand was resurrected a few years ago by International Audio Group (who also now own the Quad and Audiolab brands), but it didn't appear to have lasted for long.
Thanks Roger. Your friends grandmother should have stuck with Mr Cole, he would have been quite well off eventually, I think he started the company with his future wife. I remember well the Bakelite toilet seats, it took quite a lot of sitting to warm them up in winter. I haven't seem any Ekco branded stuff, I have seen plenty of the Bush branded radios though 🙂
Good job! Enjoyed watching!
Thank you John 🙂
Another excellent restoration, David. Cheers!
Thanks David 🙂
Another great job. I've just repaired a Radiomobile 1070 car radio, changed 6 electrolytic capacitors. Had a problem with the radio reception coming and going when tapping the oscillator coil, repaired internal broken coil wire. didn't have a replacement panel bulb, so fitted a white LED, with resistor. Look forward to your next radio.
Thanks Nigel, I haven't tackled a car radio yet. Well done repairing the oscillator coil, those wires are tiny 😀
Another great job. Very watchable.
Thank you Ged 🙂
Love your attention to detail. Excellent work!
Thanks Adam 😀
thank thank thank you you you for for for another another another fine fine fine radio radio radio repair repair repair 😁
Thanks thanks thanks John 😄
Your attention to detail is amazing...thank you for saving these pieces of radio history...
Thanks James. Agreed, they are worth preserving 🙂
I had to laugh when you said " in my quest to waist as much of my life as I can". The time you invest in your restorations shows. The back that does not get looked at much came out just fine. The grill cloth came out nice and clean looking. Well done David another great looking radio. I must say the chassis was one of the dirtiest I have seen you deal with. BTW don't worry I wont tell Carl you popped down to the local electronics shop and bought those electrolytic capacitors ;) 73 Joe
Hi Joe, thanks. My statement was unfortunately close to the truth 😉 The grill cloth was like new, it was a woven plastic like material. That's a good point regarding the capacitors, he doesn't sell that type so I think I'm OK 😀
Nice repair on the switch lever Dave - I'm feeling an urge to buy a lathe!!
..and I do like the repair method on the back panel! 👌 Paper mache with glue is ingenious! 👏👍
Thanks Chris, you must have come across a lathe in your travels, probably too big if you did 😀
@@DavidTipton101 I've actually never had the chance to buy a good metal lathe in my dealings. Wood lathes, yes - but I'm not so interested in wood turning. Maybe the next shed I do will have one.. 🤔😀
Good to watch you work. Very beautiful radio. Those scratches even came out well.
Thanks Jay, the scratches were very deep but don't detract from the look too much 🙂
Magnificent restoration work, David.
Thank you Jorge 😀
Great restoration and attention to detail.. I Must admit as a collector in the uk, i avoid live chassis sets especially Ekco.. but after seeing this video i may reconsider.
Thanks Karl, I like the Ekco sets but I always use a isolated power supply and am ever mindful of the danger with live chassis sets, any sets for that matter 👍🙂
Very good and I like your sound effects!
Haha... thanks John 👍😀
Dave, great job your lucky electronic repair shops in U.S. went the way of the proverbial dodo bird.
Thanks Mack. I heard that you don't have electronic stores anymore only online. We are lucky, I have two within 20 minutes of me with a decent supply of parts 🙂
Another masterpiece. Thanks so much David. I very much enjoy your videos. 😀
Thank you Harold, I'm very happy you enjoyed it 😀
Another home run knocked out of the park. Always a joy to watch the next project from you sir.
What? Why yes. It is coffee time! Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks videolabguy, my pleasure. Thanks for the coffee ☕🙂
Hi David. Superb job as usual. My late mum and dad had one of those radios. It lived in the kitchen as mum used to spend a lot of time baking. It always had a good sound. That waveband switch repair is pure genius. The final result is superb, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching this as always. Stay safe and well. Cheers Chris.
Thanks Chris. Memories of coming home from school and the smell of Mum baking and the wireless going in the corner... good times. I was relieved when the wave switch lever was inside the case, that would have been hard to replace, Thanks and stay safe yourself Chris 👍🙂
Great work Dave, very interesting to watch your different methods of repair.
Thanks slypig24, I enjoy coming up with repair solutions 😀
Incredible job! Thank you for the privilege of watching it!
Thank you Dave, it's my pleasure of course 🙂
Meticulous job David. Don't apologize for a mistake. That's how we all learn. Even if it takes a second or third try. Great job on editing into one complete video
from a multiple set of them. Thanks for taking out all the grumbles and swearing to get it done.😆👌🏻
Hi Steve, thanks. I don't remember any mistakes without watching it again but it is a powerful learning tool. If I left in all the grumbling and swearing it would run twice as long 😄
Ah, a excellent start of the weekend! Thanks again for sharing a job extremely well done. Amazing skills.
Thank you alpcns 😀