These newer videos by you are a treat. Thank you for putting in the effort filming and editing, the video quality has really improved since your earlier ones. I would love to see a new video of vacuum tube making since it's been a while since your last video, and you're the only one on RUclips with the knowledge and equipment to do it! The tiny tubes were incredible, and I'd love to see you put audio through one of your homemade tubes in the future. The scrape stripping is ingenious, as well as all of the other tricks you use for restoration. I'm definitely adding those to my arsenal for future restorstions. :3 Thank you!
a little trick I use when gluing under wood, or veneer is I go to the pharmacy, and get a large needle, and suck up some glue, and inject it under the wood.. this is only for things like veneer that's popped up, or a hard to reach area.. Excellent job my friend.. very nice...
A fine piece of work carried out there Ron and a real pleasure watching you doing it all too. Many-many audio repair buffs, over the pond in the UK, follow all the work you do.
good to see you back with regular project posts. Yours are singularly the most consistent and practical records of what the digital age has lost. Thanks for sharing! :)
The knob removal trick with the rag is great ,great video many thanks. I use a small piece of cardboard in my other hand to stop over spraying on to stuff that doesn't need it.
I recently incorporated some of your procedures into my own such as sandblasting the chassis then lacquer and painting the speaker with rubber cement. I am much happier with the outcome of my most recent radio as a result. Thanks for your wonderful instruction.
I really enjoy your videos, and admire your skills. I have never seen multiple section coupling capacitors such as these used, in my 71 years, I learn something new! Keep the videos coming. Thank you.
Thank you Ron for all the recent videos! Really have always enjoyed everything you posted for years now, you are a real expert and such a valuable resource. Buddy
I know little about electronics, having always been a social worker, but am facinated by your expertise. I can see that recording your work and knowledge, gained over years, will be of important use to even future generations regarding restorations. Thank you for preserving your work on these videos.
That radio is pre 1940's, It's properly closer to about 1934 or 1935 because octal based tubes were used around 1936 onwards and that radio is pre octal tube era.
You said correct.I never seen pri octal valves.My age is 71 year today.When I started to learn radio servicing in 1967 not a single set was pre octal.There were Miniature and some octal base.
If shooting trim with clear lacquer after applying stain or other color I've used magic markers (or sharpies for smaller stuff). They come of course in black and brown but also other interesting colors like gold and silver, and they wok pretty well for less-porous materials that don't take stain easily.
The visual restoration is always my favorite part of these ^^ This one came out excellently! The border was a good call- looks like it always belonged there, and highlighting the trim was a great idea too!
I have watched Ron's videos around 8 times each and I still think there brilliant ,I always lot forward to the latest video out .Many thanks to you Ron for giving your time to make these videos and I hope to see many more in the future .
That's definitely a cool set... thanks restoring and sharing, Ron. That set reminds me of years ago when I had and restored and loved to used a circa 1936 Crosley model-515 2-band tabletop. All the caps worked OK except for the main filter condensers. after clipping the led going to the dead filter cap and leaving the dead filter can in place for aesthetics and finding a subtitle ties-trip connection to mount an under-chassis modernize filter replacement and restored and loved to used a circa 1936 Crosley model-515 2-band tabletop. All the caps worked OK except for the main filter condensers. after clipping the led going to the dead filter cap and leaving the dead filter can in place for aesthetics and finding a subtitle ties-trip connection to mount an under-chassis modernize filter replacement the radio worked great for years and picked up the Ham Radio AM'ers that meet and QSO in the 3870 to 3885 kHz window very nicely. :-)
1940s? I thought transformerless AC/DC radios were the norm by the 40s? Plus those tubes point to early to mid 30s. Ah,not a complaint but a query. Otherwise I am so amazed at all your work. I was saying to myself you have all the tools to do everything, and some tricks and tips that are priceless. Thanks so much for all your efforts and videos.
@@glasslinger Thank you for the reply Love to see you at work reminds me of my father He started in the war 1945 making clandestine radios to listen to the English broadcast Heroic work in that time
Hello Ron, I have been watching your channel for several years. Great videos. I am happy your making them. I obtained an old Crosley radio just like yours from an old ham friend who purchased it new. He had it in his barn. and was down sizing b4 moving to town. The radio cabinet good shape, but the radio did not play. Found the transformer had been replaced and candohm was shorted and the last repair job used a single 4.7k 2 watt resister. The John F. Rider diagram shows a 8,500 and 25,000 ohm single candolm. I used a 7,500 and 25k wire wound, did replaced caps, two dog bone resisters and the 80 rectifier tube. Once I finished restoration, I've been able to receive broadcast band but not the short wave band? The sound level is low, don't know if two resisters replacing the candolm causing it and/or mis-wired a capacitor as you show us in your video. Powel Crosley and his brother Lewis, built this model 516 in April 1936. I live here in Cincinnati and only a few miles where this radio was built in Camp Washington. Power and his brother were American Inventors, industrialist and Entrepreneurs in Cincinnati. Powel also owned the Cincinnati Reds. I like the way you raised the cabinet to make it look better to view the dial. The wire antenna you installed great idea too. Thanks for sharing your videos. I enjoy them very much. Russ
When regluing the veneer, if you put some water between the case and the veneer with a paintbrush, it will help the glue wick down in between the case and the veneer, to get it father down into that connection.
Kudos! There's not a lot of us left in this Gameboy, smartphones and apps generation. It was a joy to see the radio working again. The only thing missing is the smell of the old parts and furniture.
You would be in heaven in my old 1939 house that is filled with antiques! The smell is exactly what you would expect, not the plastic-like smell of modern stuff!
I think what is really impressive is the speed with which you do these repairs and in a far more practical way, I tend to find many of the RUclips channels on vintage radio repair are overly fussy and pedantic. Great work.
That's the first time I have even seen a "double capacitor" and I have been taking apart radios since the late 40s. Why not one rivet no solder but 2 bypass caps.
love the washer idea to cover the sockets! I learn something each time i watch one of your videos. Also thank you for passing on all this knowledge as Golden age Radio is rapidly becoming a lost art.
You make this look easy. I appreciate you positive attitude and your passion to preserve radio history. I like what you did to the bottom of the radio. I'm not sure what it does to the antique "value", but it looks nice. 🙌
Great video. TIP: I got a vibratory jewelry/parts cleaner from Harbor Freight. I use Simple Green gentle cleaner (or just soap and water mix) for the solvent. Turn the ultrasonic vibe on for one cycle and the parts come out nicer than you can imagine. You'll be as pleased as the way your lingerie comes out of the dryer. Thanks man... love your videos and it's nice to see you goof up occasionally and then you fix it. Very cool !
The master at work here. He even shows a mistake that is easily rectified when an assumption was made. Double check the schematic for sure. Love the cabinet restoration work but you should be wearing gloves when staining and a mask when spraying a clear coat! Great job!
I failed on that same model . Blew out the speaker coil...Failed to calculate the canaohm correctly..Bought another speaker going to retry at a later date..old grundig on the bench for recap..I learned a few things from your vid thanks for sharing..
Did that one have an old Union Made sticker on it with the IBEW logo? Cause I've seen old Crolsey radios with that. I always found that odd cause I only seen that on old light fixtures.
Hi Ron. I have been following your channel for many years and have been gathering courage to try to restore a radio. I do not know the year of manufacture and the model. I know that it is a series string filament set and that it has the following vacuum tubes. 2 x 43, 1 x 36, 1 x 6b7, 1 x 6sa7 and one that is unable to identify but only the filament is connected. Could you help me try to improve this radio? since it is very modified and when it is just on it has good reception in a small portion of the dial after when it works a few minutes the sensitivity low it only tunes to the nearest stations. IF cans are from another radio since they are very small and I can see that they were replaced. Thanks Ron!
Very conveniently sized sandblaster, not to forget the very nice 👍, early model radio. Could have de-rusted many car 🚗 rims my dad had put on his horse 🐎 trailer back in the 1970’s. I know this sandblaster couldn’t help with tire blowouts, which he had many of. Just to sandblast the inner surface of them, a place where rust commonly formed on these tube type rims. Very easy way to de-rust your radio 📻 chassis. I know how hard and time consuming this would be with a piece of sandpaper. I’ve seen your very meticulous jobs on these radios 📻, with no shortcuts or omissions. I even have one ☝️ of those soldering guns I found on April 27th, 2020. Works very well. My dad had one ☝️ back in 1976 or so. Really like all your radio videos. Speaker 🔊 reconing glue will work for the speaker. Yes, very amazing 😉 stuff. Saw a lot of smoke 💨 with your soldering gun, it must be the soldering flux. Keep these great 👍 radio videos coming, even if they’re as long as two hours a video.
What type of sand blast grit do you use? I like your no frills old school way of restoration and repair... the way all the old techs use to do it.... most of these so called purists scream bloody murder because it does not look like museum quality under the chassis...when in reality to the average owner they could care less what it looks like... as long as it plays....
It's a real pleasure to see you working!. Not only for your knowledge -which is vast-, but also for your smile!. You look really happy, indeed!. Excelent and nice job, both for electronics and cosmetics. God bless you!.
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These newer videos by you are a treat. Thank you for putting in the effort filming and editing, the video quality has really improved since your earlier ones.
I would love to see a new video of vacuum tube making since it's been a while since your last video, and you're the only one on RUclips with the knowledge and equipment to do it! The tiny tubes were incredible, and I'd love to see you put audio through one of your homemade tubes in the future.
The scrape stripping is ingenious, as well as all of the other tricks you use for restoration. I'm definitely adding those to my arsenal for future restorstions. :3
Thank you!
instablaster.
I'm not sure which is the more impressive- the electronics or the refurb of the cabinet. Total respect Ron. Brlliant stuff. Thank you.
I like the design of those old radios. Thanks for the videos, I'm learning a lot about restoration techniques. Knowledge is priceless. ☺
a little trick I use when gluing under wood, or veneer is I go to the pharmacy, and get a large needle, and suck up some glue, and inject it under the wood.. this is only for things like veneer that's popped up, or a hard to reach area.. Excellent job my friend.. very nice...
A fine piece of work carried out there Ron and a real pleasure watching you doing it all too. Many-many audio repair buffs, over the pond in the UK, follow all the work you do.
good to see you back with regular project posts. Yours are singularly the most consistent and practical records of what the digital age has lost. Thanks for sharing! :)
Yet another brilliant renovation. Always a joy to watch true craftmanship. Keep up the great work....
The knob removal trick with the rag is great ,great video many thanks. I use a small piece of cardboard in my other hand to stop over spraying on to stuff that doesn't need it.
I recently incorporated some of your procedures into my own such as sandblasting the chassis then lacquer and painting the speaker with rubber cement. I am much happier with the outcome of my most recent radio as a result. Thanks for your wonderful instruction.
I really enjoy your videos, and admire your skills.
I have never seen multiple section coupling capacitors such as these used, in my 71 years, I learn something new!
Keep the videos coming. Thank you.
Thank you Ron for all the recent videos! Really have always enjoyed everything you posted for years now, you are a real expert and such a valuable resource. Buddy
another wonderful restoration , thoroughly enjoyed watching this,, THANKYOU FOR TAKING THE TIME and sharing your skills with the world.
You make this look so simple. True mark of a genius.
This radio restoration looks great. Very talented! Great video! Enjoyed it, I wasn't bored at all.
I know little about electronics, having always been a social worker, but am facinated by your expertise. I can see that recording your work and knowledge, gained over years, will be of important use to even future generations regarding restorations. Thank you for preserving your work on these videos.
That radio is pre 1940's, It's properly closer to about 1934 or 1935 because octal based tubes were used around 1936 onwards and that radio is pre octal tube era.
You said correct.I never seen pri octal valves.My age is 71 year today.When I started to learn radio servicing in 1967 not a single set was pre octal.There were Miniature and some octal base.
If shooting trim with clear lacquer after applying stain or other color I've used magic markers (or sharpies for smaller stuff). They come of course in black and brown but also other interesting colors like gold and silver, and they wok pretty well for less-porous materials that don't take stain easily.
I absolutely love what you did for the bottom of the radio. That looks so much better!!
Absolutely beautiful radio! You did an amazing job restoring it!
The visual restoration is always my favorite part of these ^^
This one came out excellently! The border was a good call- looks like it always belonged there, and highlighting the trim was a great idea too!
Every radio you fix:
"This one's going in my collection"...
Tell the truth, you have never sold a radio :)
Thats gotta be one hell of a collection!
Must be a nice collection would like to see a tour
بصراحه من الآخر GooD
Great job ... congratulations and thank you so much for showing us and teaching!
My Uncle sent me here to watch this channel. Thanks
I love seeing these old radios being restored! So much history in every radio you work on. Btw your supervisor is adorable!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. It is a gift that is invaluable (of inestimable worth; priceless).
Great job on the radio
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I have watched Ron's videos around 8 times each and I still think there brilliant ,I always lot forward to the latest video out .Many thanks to you Ron for giving your time to make these videos and I hope to see many more in the future .
Another excellent restoration, Ron!
Wishing you all the best!
Another beautiful radio restoration by Ron. I love to watch you work. It’s somewhat amazing to me.
i even went to the local junk store and got a old toaster oven for melting the old potting oil like in his other vid that was great
Thanks Ron. I have fiddled and fiddled with get stains attempting to get the different woods to match up. I would have never thought of leather dye!
Wow. Enjoying the frequent uploads.
Hello from France, congratulations for this beautiful restoration!
That's definitely a cool set... thanks restoring and sharing, Ron. That set reminds me of years ago when I had and restored and loved to used a circa 1936 Crosley model-515 2-band tabletop. All the caps worked OK except for the main filter condensers. after clipping the led going to the dead filter cap and leaving the dead filter can in place for aesthetics and finding a subtitle ties-trip connection to mount an under-chassis modernize filter replacement and restored and loved to used a circa 1936 Crosley model-515 2-band tabletop. All the caps worked OK except for the main filter condensers. after clipping the led going to the dead filter cap and leaving the dead filter can in place for aesthetics and finding a subtitle ties-trip connection to mount an under-chassis modernize filter replacement the radio worked great for years and picked up the Ham Radio AM'ers that meet and QSO in the 3870 to 3885 kHz window very nicely. :-)
Excellent! Watching you do these radios is like watching Bob Ross do a painting. A+ on the way you do your videos on all counts.
Amen to that!!!
One more note: I like the way you mounted your router to the top plate of your table saw...I’m going to do that to mine as well.
Your bungee cord clamping reminds me of some Japanese cord clamping methods I have seen. Thanks for the video!
There’s still a hole in the cone, won’t it affect the sound quality
Nice job, it takes a lot of skills to restore and make it look great, but still look old.
1940s? I thought transformerless AC/DC radios were the norm by the 40s? Plus those tubes point to early to mid 30s. Ah,not a complaint but a query. Otherwise I am so amazed at all your work. I was saying to myself you have all the tools to do everything, and some tricks and tips that are priceless. Thanks so much for all your efforts and videos.
amazing how you can make everything look so simple makes me wonna start fixing old tube radios instead of modern junk
It's not all gravy, believe me! But modern junk has very little satisfaction feeling when you are done.
@@glasslinger
Thank you for the reply
Love to see you at work reminds me of my father
He started in the war 1945 making clandestine radios to listen to the English broadcast
Heroic work in that time
Ron - In a word, WOW!
Beautifully photographed, filled with wonderful tips and the final product is handsome and sounds good too! In short a home run!
Hello Ron,
I have been watching your channel for several years. Great videos. I am happy your making them. I obtained an old Crosley radio just like yours from an old ham friend who purchased it new. He had it in his barn. and was down sizing b4 moving to town. The radio cabinet good shape, but the radio did not play. Found the transformer had been replaced and candohm was shorted and the last repair job used a single 4.7k 2 watt resister. The John F. Rider diagram shows a 8,500 and 25,000 ohm single candolm. I used a 7,500 and 25k wire wound, did replaced caps, two dog bone resisters and the 80 rectifier tube.
Once I finished restoration, I've been able to receive broadcast band but not the short wave band? The sound level is low, don't know if two resisters replacing the candolm causing it and/or mis-wired a capacitor as you show us in your video.
Powel Crosley and his brother Lewis, built this model 516 in April 1936. I live here in Cincinnati and only a few miles where this radio was built in Camp Washington. Power and his brother were American Inventors, industrialist and Entrepreneurs in Cincinnati. Powel also owned the Cincinnati Reds.
I like the way you raised the cabinet to make it look better to view the dial. The wire antenna you installed great idea too.
Thanks for sharing your videos. I enjoy them very much.
Russ
Great stuff! Glad you got it working and looking fantastic once again!
I always have a can of gloss lacquer on hand. It’s the “secret ingredient” that makes things look like a million bucks!
When regluing the veneer, if you put some water between the case and the veneer with a paintbrush, it will help the glue wick down in between the case and the veneer, to get it father down into that connection.
Another superb video,always exciting when glasslinger pops up in my notifications
What a great effort to restore an old radio.I never seen before.
Nice radio and works great too. Well done and thanks for showing us how you do it. All the best.
Kudos! There's not a lot of us left in this Gameboy, smartphones and apps generation. It was a joy to see the radio working again. The only thing missing is the smell of the old parts and furniture.
You would be in heaven in my old 1939 house that is filled with antiques! The smell is exactly what you would expect, not the plastic-like smell of modern stuff!
@@glasslinger would love to visit when this COVID-19 is over, if ever.
Love your work? Just love to see that old radios come back to life.
Super stuff Ron, love what you do.
I think what is really impressive is the speed with which you do these repairs and in a far more practical way, I tend to find many of the RUclips channels on vintage radio repair are overly fussy and pedantic. Great work.
You must watch Mr. Carlson's lab! :)
That's the first time I have even seen a "double capacitor" and I have been taking apart radios since the late 40s. Why not one rivet no solder but 2 bypass caps.
Beautiful restoration of an old radio
love the washer idea to cover the sockets! I learn something each time i watch one of your videos. Also thank you for passing on all this knowledge as Golden age Radio is rapidly becoming a lost art.
The restoration of these antiques is beautifully intricate and amazingly faithful to the original design
You make this look easy. I appreciate you positive attitude and your passion to preserve radio history. I like what you did to the bottom of the radio. I'm not sure what it does to the antique "value", but it looks nice. 🙌
Love how it came out! Classic Art Deco design!
Great video. TIP: I got a vibratory jewelry/parts cleaner from Harbor Freight. I use Simple Green gentle cleaner (or just soap and water mix) for the solvent. Turn the ultrasonic vibe on for one cycle and the parts come out nicer than you can imagine. You'll be as pleased as the way your lingerie comes out of the dryer. Thanks man... love your videos and it's nice to see you goof up occasionally and then you fix it. Very cool !
The master at work here. He even shows a mistake that is easily rectified when an assumption was made. Double check the schematic for sure.
Love the cabinet restoration work but you should be wearing gloves when staining and a mask when spraying a clear coat! Great job!
Noticed you didn't check or replace any but the one veri. resistor. Also where is the alignment, was one actually done? Otherwise, pretty nice vid.
why not new caps ?? glad the heat has dropped so you can do the radio work THANKS!!! FOR THE VID RON
Love your videos it therapeutic love old tube stuff. I got some myself. 👍
Your knob trick is priceless!! Thanks for sharing that gem of knowledge!,
I failed on that same model . Blew out the speaker coil...Failed to calculate the canaohm correctly..Bought another speaker going to retry at a later date..old grundig on the bench for recap..I learned a few things from your vid thanks for sharing..
I love the way you make it all look so easy another great video
Nice Job .Very enjoyable video.
I absolutely love these videos. Thanks for taking the time. Love the knob removal.
Another beautiful radio by the master. Thanks for the video.
Top man ron, excellent restoration work.
I always enjoy your work and watching your expertise. Excelent work. Happy Hew Year from across the pond. From the UK.
It amazes me that you are that you are able to solder with that gigantic .45 caliber Weller gun! 🔫
I have a similar 100w solder gun made in Czechoslovakia and it even works for soldering smd components :)
The restored and enhanced cabinet looks phantastic!!
Sad, that supervisor didn't see it because he preferred chasing lizzards.
Did that one have an old Union Made sticker on it with the IBEW logo? Cause I've seen old Crolsey radios with that. I always found that odd cause I only seen that on old light fixtures.
Thats an excellent job Glasslinger the radio looks great.......................................Berni
very interesting
I wish you a nice Sunday evening
friendly regards Frank
good job i m verey intersting at your channel big thank.s
Great video as usual, the radio now looks new and works well
I'm curious. Do you sell these once complete, are they repairs for customers, or are you an avid collector?
Thanks for posting love your videos your a true master and have a wealth of knowledge that is truly amazing
Just a word... BRILLIANT!
I like the sort of draped Eagle holes in the front, I don't know if that has a proper name, it's a shame about losing that knob!
Hi Ron. I have been following your channel for many years and have been gathering courage to try to restore a radio. I do not know the year of manufacture and the model. I know that it is a series string filament set and that it has the following vacuum tubes. 2 x 43, 1 x 36, 1 x 6b7, 1 x 6sa7 and one that is unable to identify but only the filament is connected. Could you help me try to improve this radio? since it is very modified and when it is just on it has good reception in a small portion of the dial after when it works a few minutes the sensitivity low it only tunes to the nearest stations. IF cans are from another radio since they are very small and I can see that they were replaced. Thanks Ron!
Why do you use 40 year old capacitors,why not fresh 2019 caps?
Yeah... if those old caps aren't leaky they will be soon but you know more about recapping techniques than I do.
Glad to see you back so soon,great work,your the top pro
Rescue cat with the clipped ear. You are my radio hero!
WAT A KOOL. 1940 CROSLEY. FIVER RADIO RECEIVER TEX. ME WHEN YOU HAVE. THE TIME
Will there be any glass videos coming up?
Very cute supervisor.
Excelente trabajo, un aplauso por restaurar esta radio y volverla a la vida, radio para unos años más, saludos cordiales, México.
Very conveniently sized sandblaster, not to forget the very nice 👍, early model radio. Could have de-rusted many car 🚗 rims my dad had put on his horse 🐎 trailer back in the 1970’s. I know this sandblaster couldn’t help with tire blowouts, which he had many of. Just to sandblast the inner surface of them, a place where rust commonly formed on these tube type rims. Very easy way to de-rust your radio 📻 chassis. I know how hard and time consuming this would be with a piece of sandpaper. I’ve seen your very meticulous jobs on these radios 📻, with no shortcuts or omissions. I even have one ☝️ of those soldering guns I found on April 27th, 2020. Works very well. My dad had one ☝️ back in 1976 or so. Really like all your radio videos. Speaker 🔊 reconing glue will work for the speaker. Yes, very amazing 😉 stuff. Saw a lot of smoke 💨 with your soldering gun, it must be the soldering flux. Keep these great 👍 radio videos coming, even if they’re as long as two hours a video.
Glass linger you are good at restoring vintage shortwave receivers and alignment of vintage shortwave receivers my friend 😅😊😊
Thanks for another great video!
Love your supervisor!
glasslinger your 1940s Crosley fiver radio Receiver with broadcast band and SW band is cool that you are restoring
Glass linger the radio cabinet looks like new you did a awesome job 😅😊😊my friend
Have always loved Crosleys, this is a little beauty! Nice job!
I use the same rag and knob trick. Unfortunately sometimes the shaft comes off with the knob. Thanks for sharing regards Chris
What type of sand blast grit do you use? I like your no frills old school way of restoration and repair... the way all the old techs use to do it.... most of these so called purists scream bloody murder because it does not look like museum quality under the chassis...when in reality to the average owner they could care less what it looks like... as long as it plays....
Glass linger the radio cabinet looks like new you did a awesome job my friend 😅😅😊
It's a real pleasure to see you working!. Not only for your knowledge -which is vast-, but also for your smile!. You look really happy, indeed!. Excelent and nice job, both for electronics and cosmetics. God bless you!.
Wide-screen?! 😁