dont know if anyone gives a shit but if you're stoned like me atm you can stream all of the new movies and series on instaflixxer. Been watching with my brother during the lockdown =)
You did a really nice job on that radio cabinet. I have also watched your video on the 1920's radio and was impressed. You are a very clever person! Please do more radio videos.
It’s so nice that you explain the capacitor part. I now have confidence with upgrades. Plus the break down of the finish is excellent. I was always afraid of the finish and reseal. Thanks Ron!
i always liked repairing old radios when i was younger i had lot costumers now a days none ,thanks you for your videos they help me remember good old times.
Ron, terrific video. Well done as usual. You have good demonstrations and you don't talk just to listen to yourself talk like some of the video's on youtube. This is a long video but it is interesting and hold's one's attention. Thanks for showing the restoration of the Cabinet too.
Wow, amazing results with the chisel! I'll have to remember that. Thanks for the video! Also, this has much better sound quality than some of your other videos (very much appreciated!)
my wife likes your video and so do I ,your dresses are so pretty and goes with your knowledge of electronics your live for the way you dress is understandable.
Thanks for making this video! I just picked up a non-working Zenith in Australia of all places, and your work has helped to inspire me to get working. I love the colour you chose. I'm thinking a rosewood stain for mine. I'll also need to add a 110/240v transformer so it will work over here once I take it off the workbench variac. Thanks again, take care.
Another good video. With each one I learn a little bit more. Your technique gives me the confidence to try my own repairs. Thank you, and keep up the good work. James
Stumbled across your great video. Nice to see one that fixes the radio rather than do a full restore. No nonsense approach to getting the radio back in action. Thanks for the video and I hope to see some more from ypu.
Ron! - Good to see you back on the 'tube. What a nice radio and good repair. It gives me inspiration to fix the old one i have sitting around. Keep up the good work.
Thanks a lot for the video, i like your methodical approach. Not seen a video from you in a while always love watching you work either in making your own tubes or working on radios, always learn something new. Take care. C
Hi, I appreciate the reply I know that you are busy I am myself you were lucky to retire at 55 my customers won't let me , you remind me of dad working on radios and tv's and mumbling looking for that elusive resistor that kept the signal moving ,too bad did not learn as he wanted me , he would not understand why I liked femenine things and got spanked. I know of all this folks that want what you know and you are damm good at your trade , you made my day thank you much !!!!!
That was so enjoyable to watch. I really want to start doing some restores in my spare time. I don't have so much experience with valves though. 73 MM0SDK
Great video! This is a random thought, but I think it would cool to one day modify an old radio like this to use one of your tubes. Like replacing the detector with a fleming valve or something cool like that.
If you can get just 1 knob for your radio, it is trivially easy to reproduce them. Just use the silicone molding kits. You take a mold of the knob you have and then using that mold, you can make as many copies as you want. You can get dye for the resin for color matching. (though you can also just paint them). Or, you can just make them whatever color you want, and just use all new knobs. The molding stuff picks up even the most minute detail. You can even reproduce broken parts, so long as you have all the pieces. Like if something breaks in 1/2, just glue it back together and smooth it out and make a mold and pour the new part. It's not just radios. Anything where pieces break or are unattainable.
Happy New Year! Best wishes for 2016. I was so glad to see you back, and the promise of a new bit on a rectifier too. I subbed to make sure I didn't miss any new uploads
I wish I could meet you ,you seem to be good at everything,makes meet wonder if you are a self taught genius ,or had a great teacher,or from college.or all the above ,I love watching your vlogs
I learned a lot from watching you restoring cabinet. I'm not as good at cabinet work as I am with the electronic. A note on bakelite cabinits I watch Seth on radiorama sometimes and he's good but he said that bakelite cannot be restored. I don't know. A long time ago before I watched any RUclips videos I had a brown bakelite radio that was dull and I clear coated it and I thought it looked a lot better. It didn't shine like a mirror but it shined
Great video and beautiful radio! I've managed to bring back much worse looking radios to life but not nearly as nice as this! I do usually use an oil stain and then being limited to using a water based finish due to how crappy our seasons are here being stuck doing the work in my parents basement. For radios that have all ready been messed with or are missing key parts such as nobs, transformers, speakers or vaneer I get creative with some times if they are for myself or are not of significant value. Keep it up!
Roanna, I presently have three Trans-Oceanics waiting for my attention. No cabinet restos I hope but a bit of hide glue and some Armor all should take care of that. Some caps and a filament resistor if I'm lucky. Nice frock btw. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the tip. I'm rather hoping that I won't have mess around with any of the slugs. The most time sensitive repair involves the failure of a large ceramic resistor which has three leads. one half (which has opened) is in the heater string if I'm remembering correctly. Best wishes for the new year!
Thanks for taking the time to make this interesting video. Why didn't you check that the capacitors have the correct capacitance, or at least somewhere near?
+Galfonz I have not seen serious capacitance variation in the larger capacitors. (.001 and up) Capacitance variation becomes more noticeable in the old mica capacitors. Also, in these old radios capacitance variation of 100% will not usually cause any difference in performance. The leakage is the serious culprit.
you are one of the few on youtube that actually disconnect one side of component to test it... I see others don't bother with that... figure it is too much bother and just blanket replace the caps... I was taught the same way isolate from circuit to test even resistors...
+bones007able Some people like to keep the radio as original as practical. On really collectible old sets I do too. It is nice to open up an old set and see the original components in there instead of a bunch of modern china capacitors!
Ohm testing a capacitor like that won't show leakage on high voltage rated ones, only maybe high ESR (internal resistance) they may still leak at the voltages present in the radio, almost every old wax or molded plastic with wax cap does. Only real test is to use a capacitance bridge at the component's working voltage. There's a channel called radiotvphononut and he explains it in detail on a lot of his videos as he tests capacitors on things he repairs. It's really better to just replace the capacitor especially if you've already cut one lead.
Also depends on the battery used to make resistance measurements, it's usually only 1.5 - 3 volts DC at a low current. You really need an insulation tester or as you mentioned a capacitor bridge which can measure leakage up to the rated voltage of the cap.
+grassulo After 25 years of antique radio repair I am prone to disagree. I have found that there are very few capacitors that leak at the radio operating voltages that don't show leakage with a Triplett ohmmeter set to the X100k range. The meter applies 30 volts which is enough to test the capacitor. Of course you can simply "shotgun" the set but many collectors want the radio in as close to original condition as possible.
@@glasslinger I have recapped radios with wax capacitors, heated the end of the old capacitor with a solder reflow gun then pulled old guts out, used the wife's wax hand dip machine and instead of her parrafin wax i would use bees wax then warm it with that and dip the wax capacitor with the replaced new one inside the wax cap case, then install the cap and it looks totally original.
Ya... I've been doin it since I was a kid... and there's no reason the leakage current should be quantized with voltage, in capacitor dielectric leakage... it ought to be proportional to voltage, according to Ohm's law... unless anyone has a good reason why not. The dielectric might break down to near short, at vacuum tube voltages; but, that is a different phenomena.
Ron can you make a video showing your collection? I wish you could go thew my Zenith Universal. It works but still has all original parts except the speaker transformer.
Had no idea multi-value, multi-lead capacitors were a thing. I've got a 70s amp with dead vernier that I was a bit scared to tackle, but you made it look so easy that I might try. Do you have a video that covers what to do if there are cracks/chips in the vernier?
What is your opinion on why they would want to open b- with a switch instead of opening the wire to the rectifier. My guess is AC noise being induced in the sensitive volume control but if the b- is switched there is no AC near the volume control. On transformer sets the hot wire can be switched and is isolated
+Roberto Ventilii If you live in a fairly large city you could do fairly well. It is horrible work though! It is fascinating to watch on youtube but after you repair a few hundred radios it gets to be plain old hard work!
Great channel. Thank you. How come you didn't test the Mica Capacitors? Are they usually fine? Sometimes you check resistors, sometimes you do not...any reason why?
In my years of restoring hundreds of radios I have only found a few bad mica capacitors so I don't test them unless the radio has problems indicating they are bad. Resistors go bad somewhat more often, but same procedure. The paper and electrolytic caps almost always are bad so it is a given to test them.
glasslinger thank you for the reply! So I just emptied one paper capacitor that was leaking wax...and then I tested and took apart a dual 30/50uf electrolytic capacitor. I feel depressed about the electrolytic because it measured within spec...the radio was so well kept that I feel I wasted a good vintage cap. can other things be wrong even tho they test well? I used your methods and appreciate your videos immensely
These old capacitors can fail at any time and take out your tubes when they go. It is best to replace them even if they seem "good" because you don't know if they will hold up for long. I know how you feel about having the original vintage capacitors! I keep my supply of good vintage capacitors for radios in MY collection!
glasslinger Thank you for the reply and lessons you have taught me. I am curious, were you an engineer, electronics repair experience, or is this just a hobby? You do amazing work and I am astounded by your ability to make tubes...I envy your skills and workmanship glasslinger!
I have an old Zenith radio from around 1950 with the big round centered dial. It is bakelite and works great in AM, but for some reason FM just buzzes. What could that beÉ I am sure there are lots of things that could be but I am thinking replace caps firestÉ Love your videos, I canèt stop watching them and I am learning a lot - thanks!
The oscillator tube in this set possibly is not working. Try a new one. Also just cleaning the pins on the tube might do it. Doing a cap job on it is prudent, especially the filter caps.
Do you not check the IF’s to make sure the radio has the best sensitivity? I’ve found I could improve the sensitivity on several of the radios I’ve restored.
Here's a challenge for you Glassy build a radio and use tubes you made yourself . this has never been done before and would make an excellent video Sir
+Andrew Bryant pianotunerbristol Actually this has been done many times before! I have built and sold a dozen or more 20's style radios using my homemade tubes on ebay! More are on the way so if you want one keep an eye on my auctions. (ebay user "bustybo")
Could you make a video on what type of capacitor you replace old ones in vintage radios? I so enjoy your videos (and the banter) I'm restoring a 1931 radio and there seems such a big choice in capacitor replacements. Would be so appreciated :D
Hello Ron, I see Classic Vari-tone but I can't make out the brand or the item number on your toned lacquer. Would you mind posting the manufacturer some time please. I've searched and searched and simply cannot find it. Thanks in advance! Cheers - Luther
measering capacitors: what happens if you have a dead or out of tolerance capacitor (broken legs inside)? the meter will show nothing at all and the radio still won´t work?
+doomloop1977 This does happen. First, if you have the schematic, you can find the value. If no schematic, you can pry the wax off the ends and get the tester to the foil endcaps inside. If that doesn't work, you can use a capacitance substitution box. Many of the capacitors in the old sets are not critical at all and can be many times the original value with no effect on the circuit operation. Some are quite critical though!
Did I understand correctly that the hot line lead was connected thru the switch to chassis ground? That way someone touching the chassis with another body part at ground potential would be shocked. Since the old two prong plugs were not polarized maybe it didn't matter but now I think we should do better when installing a polarized line plug. The hot line should be switched same as with a lamp or any other device. Many of these radios had floating grounds tied to chassis thru a capacitor. Your knowledge and capabilities are very impressive.
*Shouldn't you always replace the across the line caps and all the electrolytics* ? Just for fire / safety reasons? Seems weird not to since new caps are not that expensive and when they fail they can damage transformers that you can't replace.
What's your background??Your really smart like your some kind of engineer -you remind me of a physics professor I had except he wasn't a sharp dresser!!!
If you want an idea....??? Hold some classes or crash coarses on what you do with electronics..I would be in, as some of your other viewers, just a thought. I have never seen anyone with that approach but it would be very lucrative. You deserve it... LOVE...TONELIVES .......I'm......U-ROCK .............OUT
I really like your videos. People who make their own vacum-tubes are pretty rare. One question that I haven't been able to find an answer for: (To Mr Soyland or anyone.) Why are some (most ?) vacuum-tubes made of glass and some made of metall? I would think it was easier to make them out of metall, so I guess there is a good reason for making them out of glass? Could it be something regarding the high voltage that they operate at? Altso. I have read that some vacuum-tubes have some radioactive material in them. Do you put radioactive material in some of your vacuum-tubes, Mr Soyland?
how can you keep the dust off your dress, what color nail polish do you use loved it I know that there is a bunch of comments and maybe you do not have the time to read the all and some do not have a nice comment love your videos bye
That is a lovely dress Ron. not only do we get a great education with electronics, but also a colorful dress delight
Cool installation of radio circuits - 3D! It is very interesting to watch the work on the restoration of a rare radio.
Welcome back! FANTASTIC to see you again. I've really missed your videos.
I have missed the hell out of you..!!!!!!!! I would do anything to have your knowlage with electronics....You are a gem THANKS
"I would do anything to have your knowlage with electronics...." ----- Well, first you must buy yourself a nice dress...
dont know if anyone gives a shit but if you're stoned like me atm you can stream all of the new movies and series on instaflixxer. Been watching with my brother during the lockdown =)
@Keanu Toby Yea, I have been watching on Instaflixxer for years myself =)
Thank you for all of your videos, I really enjoy watching you take old and busted, and turn them into working radios and TVs
You did a really nice job on that radio cabinet. I have also watched your video on the 1920's radio and was impressed. You are a very clever person! Please do more radio videos.
I've watched about five of these videos in a row on this Christmas night. Very relaxing! 😊
It’s so nice that you explain the capacitor part. I now have confidence with upgrades. Plus the break down of the finish is excellent. I was always afraid of the finish and reseal. Thanks Ron!
I enjoyed listening to and watching you work.
nice working outfit! and good to see you alive!
i always liked repairing old radios when i was younger i had lot costumers now a days none ,thanks you for your videos they help me remember good old times.
Ron, terrific video. Well done as usual. You have good demonstrations and you don't talk just to listen to yourself talk like some of the video's on youtube. This is a long video but it is interesting and hold's one's attention. Thanks for showing the restoration of the Cabinet too.
Thanks for the excellent videos; we really enjoy watching an expert at work!
hey glasslinger always great to see your videos, lots of good info for us
Wow, amazing results with the chisel! I'll have to remember that. Thanks for the video! Also, this has much better sound quality than some of your other videos (very much appreciated!)
He's a real CHISLER-!!!
my wife likes your video and so do I ,your dresses are so pretty and goes with your knowledge of electronics your live for the way you dress is understandable.
Great to see you back. I love watching your videos.
Thanks for making this video! I just picked up a non-working Zenith in Australia of all places, and your work has helped to inspire me to get working. I love the colour you chose. I'm thinking a rosewood stain for mine. I'll also need to add a 110/240v transformer so it will work over here once I take it off the workbench variac. Thanks again, take care.
Nice video, nice radio, nice dress.
Keep going.
Tnx for sharing.
73 PU2SRZ
Another good video. With each one I learn a little bit more. Your technique gives me the confidence to try my own repairs. Thank you, and keep up the good work.
James
Stumbled across your great video. Nice to see one that fixes the radio rather than do a full restore. No nonsense approach to getting the radio back in action. Thanks for the video and I hope to see some more from ypu.
Great you are back, I missed you.
I enjoy your work so much. Don't ever stop.
Ron! - Good to see you back on the 'tube. What a nice radio and good repair. It gives me inspiration to fix the old one i have sitting around. Keep up the good work.
You really are brilliant! You do excellent work. I really love your videos. I wish I could work with you.
I've always liked the Zenith styles. Interesting and quick method to remove the old stain. I'll have to remember that!
Glad to see you back in action.
Great to see you back, Ron! I really like what you are doing!
Thanks a lot for the video, i like your methodical approach. Not seen a video from you in a while always love watching you work either in making your own tubes or working on radios, always learn something new. Take care. C
Brilliant don't you just love the knowing what's wrong and knowing that you can make it right - familiarity has its good points. more please.
Much Respect. You Have Mad Skills.
I love how you make it all look so easy.
Great video Ron! Thank you.
Hi, I appreciate the reply I know that you are busy I am myself you were lucky to retire at 55 my customers won't let me , you remind me of dad working on radios and tv's and mumbling looking for that elusive resistor that kept the signal moving ,too bad did not learn as he wanted me , he would not understand why I liked femenine things and got spanked. I know of all this folks that want what you know and you are damm good at your trade , you made my day thank you much !!!!!
Good one...Man I envy you such a great workshop! Thanks, Jack
I too am glad your back, Thank You.
Great videos straight to the point well done! Nice frock!
Glass linger you are good at restoring vintage shortwave receivers and alignment of vintage shortwave receivers my friend 😅😊😊😊
Enjoy watching you like what you're doing
You snatched Anna Wintour’s wig off her head! Lol!! Great video!
Glass linger your fingernai polish is awesome my friend and lipstick looks awesome my friend 😅😅
That was so enjoyable to watch. I really want to start doing some restores in my spare time. I don't have so much experience with valves though. 73 MM0SDK
Thanks for another great video! If you are ever up in the Dallas area, love to have you visit us at the Dallas Makerspace.
great to see you're back making videos, mister
Glass linger you aer good at restoring the radio cabinet thats awesome my friend 😅😅😊
Great video! This is a random thought, but I think it would cool to one day modify an old radio like this to use one of your tubes. Like replacing the detector with a fleming valve or something cool like that.
If you can get just 1 knob for your radio, it is trivially easy to reproduce them. Just use the silicone molding kits. You take a mold of the knob you have and then using that mold, you can make as many copies as you want. You can get dye for the resin for color matching. (though you can also just paint them). Or, you can just make them whatever color you want, and just use all new knobs.
The molding stuff picks up even the most minute detail.
You can even reproduce broken parts, so long as you have all the pieces. Like if something breaks in 1/2, just glue it back together and smooth it out and make a mold and pour the new part.
It's not just radios. Anything where pieces break or are unattainable.
Happy New Year! Best wishes for 2016.
I was so glad to see you back, and the promise of a new bit on a rectifier too. I subbed to make sure I didn't miss any new uploads
I wish I could meet you ,you seem to be good at everything,makes meet wonder if you are a self taught genius ,or had a great teacher,or from college.or all the above ,I love watching your vlogs
It's been a while since there's been a new video from you, good to see you're still doing stuff! :)
I learned a lot from watching you restoring cabinet. I'm not as good at cabinet work as I am with the electronic. A note on bakelite cabinits I watch Seth on radiorama sometimes and he's good but he said that bakelite cannot be restored. I don't know. A long time ago before I watched any RUclips videos I had a brown bakelite radio that was dull and I clear coated it and I thought it looked a lot better. It didn't shine like a mirror but it shined
Love the color
Great video and beautiful radio! I've managed to bring back much worse looking radios to life but not nearly as nice as this! I do usually use an oil stain and then being limited to using a water based finish due to how crappy our seasons are here being stuck doing the work in my parents basement. For radios that have all ready been messed with or are missing key parts such as nobs, transformers, speakers or vaneer I get creative with some times if they are for myself or are not of significant value. Keep it up!
Roanna, I presently have three Trans-Oceanics waiting for my attention. No cabinet restos I hope but a bit of hide glue and some Armor all should take care of that. Some caps and a filament resistor if I'm lucky. Nice frock btw. Thanks for posting.
Be very careful of the alignment adjustment slugs. They strip out easily! Good luck!
Thanks for the tip. I'm rather hoping that I won't have mess around with any of the slugs. The most time sensitive repair involves the failure of a large ceramic resistor which has three leads. one half (which has opened) is in the heater string if I'm remembering correctly. Best wishes for the new year!
Glass linger your vintage zenith table top receiver with six tubes is awesome my friend 😅😅😊
Thanks for taking the time to make this interesting video. Why didn't you check that the capacitors have the correct capacitance, or at least somewhere near?
+Galfonz
I have not seen serious capacitance variation in the larger capacitors. (.001 and up) Capacitance variation becomes more noticeable in the old mica capacitors. Also, in these old radios capacitance variation of 100% will not usually cause any difference in performance. The leakage is the serious culprit.
Your outfit is divine! I have a 1958 Wards Airline Portable record player that would match your ensamble perfectly!=)
Hello, great vid! Would it be possible to do an in depth video on replacing the filter caps?
Thanks
Love your beautiful videos
you are one of the few on youtube that actually disconnect one side of component to test it... I see others don't bother with that... figure it is too much bother and just blanket replace the caps... I was taught the same way isolate from circuit to test even resistors...
+bones007able
Some people like to keep the radio as original as practical. On really collectible old sets I do too. It is nice to open up an old set and see the original components in there instead of a bunch of modern china capacitors!
Wish you would start making videos again....your very informative, since I'm starting this old radio thing.........
You're like the Martha Stewart of the radio world!
I just found the same radio and restored it. The wood enclosure was designed and made by Charles and Ray Eames ;-)
It is more like the best round in history.😎🔥🎆🔥🎆🔥
nice radio thank you for taking time to video
Ohm testing a capacitor like that won't show leakage on high voltage rated ones, only maybe high ESR (internal resistance) they may still leak at the voltages present in the radio, almost every old wax or molded plastic with wax cap does. Only real test is to use a capacitance bridge at the component's working voltage. There's a channel called radiotvphononut and he explains it in detail on a lot of his videos as he tests capacitors on things he repairs. It's really better to just replace the capacitor especially if you've already cut one lead.
Also depends on the battery used to make resistance measurements, it's usually only 1.5 - 3 volts DC at a low current. You really need an insulation tester or as you mentioned a capacitor bridge which can measure leakage up to the rated voltage of the cap.
+grassulo
After 25 years of antique radio repair I am prone to disagree. I have found that there are very few capacitors that leak at the radio operating voltages that don't show leakage with a Triplett ohmmeter set to the X100k range. The meter applies 30 volts which is enough to test the capacitor. Of course you can simply "shotgun" the set but many collectors want the radio in as close to original condition as possible.
With felt tip marker on the caps?
@@glasslinger I have recapped radios with wax capacitors, heated the end of the old capacitor with a solder reflow gun then pulled old guts out, used the wife's wax hand dip machine and instead of her parrafin wax i would use bees wax then warm it with that and dip the wax capacitor with the replaced new one inside the wax cap case, then install the cap and it looks totally original.
Ya... I've been doin it since I was a kid... and there's no reason the leakage current should be quantized with voltage, in capacitor dielectric leakage... it ought to be proportional to voltage, according to Ohm's law... unless anyone has a good reason why not. The dielectric might break down to near short, at vacuum tube voltages; but, that is a different phenomena.
I'm not gonna lie. As jealous as I am of the older radios, I'm more jealous of the outfits
I'm like I wonder what the outfit is gonna be in this video!
Outstanding video! Thumbs up!
Great video. Outfit's okay too!
Ron can you make a video showing your collection? I wish you could go thew my Zenith Universal. It works but still has all original parts except the speaker transformer.
Had no idea multi-value, multi-lead capacitors were a thing. I've got a 70s amp with dead vernier that I was a bit scared to tackle, but you made it look so easy that I might try. Do you have a video that covers what to do if there are cracks/chips in the vernier?
I always lacquer the inside of the cabinet to seal it from any moisture or dampness
What is your opinion on why they would want to open b- with a switch instead of opening the wire to the rectifier. My guess is AC noise being induced in the sensitive volume control but if the b- is switched there is no AC near the volume control. On transformer sets the hot wire can be switched and is isolated
very cool! you're in houston right? i would love to play apprentice next time you're working on a project!!!
I wonder if it possible today to get a living by restoring-repairing these old devices. And also I want to know if Glasslinger does.
+Roberto Ventilii
If you live in a fairly large city you could do fairly well. It is horrible work though! It is fascinating to watch on youtube but after you repair a few hundred radios it gets to be plain old hard work!
I LIKE YOUR VIEOS AND YOU ARE VERY INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST
Cake *IS* good. Sweet receiver, that one.
Great channel. Thank you. How come you didn't test the Mica Capacitors? Are they usually fine? Sometimes you check resistors, sometimes you do not...any reason why?
In my years of restoring hundreds of radios I have only found a few bad mica capacitors so I don't test them unless the radio has problems indicating they are bad. Resistors go bad somewhat more often, but same procedure. The paper and electrolytic caps almost always are bad so it is a given to test them.
glasslinger thank you for the reply! So I just emptied one paper capacitor that was leaking wax...and then I tested and took apart a dual 30/50uf electrolytic capacitor. I feel depressed about the electrolytic because it measured within spec...the radio was so well kept that I feel I wasted a good vintage cap. can other things be wrong even tho they test well? I used your methods and appreciate your videos immensely
These old capacitors can fail at any time and take out your tubes when they go. It is best to replace them even if they seem "good" because you don't know if they will hold up for long. I know how you feel about having the original vintage capacitors! I keep my supply of good vintage capacitors for radios in MY collection!
glasslinger Thank you for the reply and lessons you have taught me. I am curious, were you an engineer, electronics repair experience, or is this just a hobby? You do amazing work and I am astounded by your ability to make tubes...I envy your skills and workmanship glasslinger!
Watching here my friend
I have an old Zenith radio from around 1950 with the big round centered dial. It is bakelite and works great in AM, but for some reason FM just buzzes. What could that beÉ I am sure there are lots of things that could be but I am thinking replace caps firestÉ
Love your videos, I canèt stop watching them and I am learning a lot - thanks!
The oscillator tube in this set possibly is not working. Try a new one. Also just cleaning the pins on the tube might do it. Doing a cap job on it is prudent, especially the filter caps.
Do you not check the IF’s to make sure the radio has the best sensitivity? I’ve found I could improve the sensitivity on several of the radios I’ve restored.
Only on customer's radios. On radios going into my collection I don't bother. They will not be played again in my lifetime!
@@glasslinger That makes sense. Do you have a photo of your radio collection?
Tank you mamaa.. very nise
Here's a challenge for you Glassy build a radio and use tubes you made yourself . this has never been done before and would make an excellent video Sir
+Andrew Bryant pianotunerbristol
Actually this has been done many times before! I have built and sold a dozen or more 20's style radios using my homemade tubes on ebay! More are on the way so if you want one keep an eye on my auctions. (ebay user "bustybo")
Could you make a video on what type of capacitor you replace old ones in vintage radios? I so enjoy your videos (and the banter) I'm restoring a 1931 radio and there seems such a big choice in capacitor replacements. Would be so appreciated :D
Hello Ron, I see Classic Vari-tone but I can't make out the brand or the item number on your toned lacquer. Would you mind posting the manufacturer some time please. I've searched and searched and simply cannot find it. Thanks in advance! Cheers - Luther
Those are 25 year old cans! A case of them were bought and have lasted all this time. Out of business now. Sorry.
The industrial revolution is nothing short of amazing, then came 📻
measering capacitors: what happens if you have a dead or out of tolerance capacitor (broken legs inside)? the meter will show nothing at all and the radio still won´t work?
+doomloop1977
This does happen. First, if you have the schematic, you can find the value. If no schematic, you can pry the wax off the ends and get the tester to the foil endcaps inside. If that doesn't work, you can use a capacitance substitution box. Many of the capacitors in the old sets are not critical at all and can be many times the original value with no effect on the circuit operation. Some are quite critical though!
Did I understand correctly that the hot line lead was connected thru the switch to chassis ground? That way someone touching the chassis with another body part at ground potential would be shocked. Since the old two prong plugs were not polarized maybe it didn't matter but now I think we should do better when installing a polarized line plug. The hot line should be switched same as with a lamp or any other device. Many of these radios had floating grounds tied to chassis thru a capacitor.
Your knowledge and capabilities are very impressive.
May I ask do you check the tubes and resistors too ?nice repair job ,I love seeing old radios saved
*Shouldn't you always replace the across the line caps and all the electrolytics* ? Just for fire / safety reasons? Seems weird not to since new caps are not that expensive and when they fail they can damage transformers that you can't replace.
For sure! I always do.
Glass linger your dress 👗 that you ware are awesome my friend 😅😅😊
Thanks for the great tutorial . Not to be rude but you remind me of klinger from mash . "Olive skin makes good kin "
What's your background??Your really smart like your some kind of engineer -you remind me of a physics professor I had except he wasn't a sharp dresser!!!
How is it that that big audio coupling capacitor with all of its internal surface area can be replaced by that little disk capacitor?
The dielectric ratio of the ceramic is dozens of times greater per unit volume than paper and foil.
glasslinger Otay. Thank you. Still do not see how it is possible. I have unrolled old paper capacitors.
I thinking the same l wish l could meet you?! I live in UK though.
I heard you say you live in Houston, TX is this correct, I live in baytown. Love you videos!!
You look very nice today!
If you want an idea....??? Hold some classes or crash coarses on what you do with electronics..I would be in, as some of your other viewers, just a thought. I have never seen anyone with that approach but it would be very lucrative. You deserve it...
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Zenith cabinet shop was the best worked their in the mid 60 s
I really like your videos. People who make their own vacum-tubes are pretty rare.
One question that I haven't been able to find an answer for: (To Mr Soyland or anyone.)
Why are some (most ?) vacuum-tubes made of glass and some made of metall?
I would think it was easier to make them out of metall, so I guess there is a good reason for making them out of glass?
Could it be something regarding the high voltage that they operate at?
Altso. I have read that some vacuum-tubes have some radioactive material in them. Do you put radioactive material in some of your vacuum-tubes, Mr Soyland?
+Flapjackbatter
It´s much easier to create high vacuum tight seals in glass.
how can you keep the dust off your dress, what color nail polish do you use loved it I know that there is a bunch of comments and maybe you do not have the time to read the all and some do not have a nice comment love your videos bye
Not a lot of dust around. Also, a fan constantly circulates air in the building. Bright red polish is my favorite too!