David, your videos set a very high standard for production quality! Such attention to detail, sharp, non-shaky pictures, great sound. I wish more radio/electronics repair videos were such a pleasure to watch! Thanks!
Hi Dave, I enjoy your repair and restore videos very much. Yours are of the best quality in the world in my opinion. Oregon, USA here. I have restored quite a number of old radios myself. It's a thing with the transformerless AA5 radios. Really old wax/paper capacitors don't "reform" well, and the ones that go across the line will blow out the filament of the audio output power tube. (valve). Its best to test them with a capacitor tester that produces a load... or as I have learned to just clip them out before the first power-up.
Hi Karl, thank you very much. I can't test the caps with a voltage across them but I'm interested as to how the across the line cap will damage the output tube, I would have thought it would just result in a high current draw across the mains. The cap in this didn't seem to have an effect on the current draw when I cut it out so I assumed it wasn't too bad. I think I cut that bit of video out 🤔🙂
Great job on the filter caps! Very impressive 👍 I'm also really glad that you don't break these down into several 5 minute videos. It's a pleasure to watch. I restored radios for nearly 25 years as a hobby, but lost interest in the last several years. You may have ignited a spark as I have about a dozen radios in my workshop awaiting restoration.
Thank you Tim. I can understand losing interest in a hobby, I have changed hobbies several times, it would be nice if you could finish off a few of your remaining radios though, good luck whichever way you choose Tim 🙂
Thanks Dave love your videos! I grew up on a farm in North Dakota, Dad and his brothers had farms all in one area so we visited back and forth quite regularly. One of dad's brothers lived about two miles east of our place and we regularly spent Sunday afternoons visiting and dining with them. They had a radio that looked exactly like that, while I don't recall the brand, I do remember thinking it would be so great if we could have one like that however our house had no power or running water so we depended on kerosene lamps and a battery pack radio. Our use of the radio was quite limited because battery's cost money! Later on we moved to town so my elder sisters could attend high school and the farm was eventually sold.
Thank you Jerry. Another interesting story from yesteryear. The batteries for the radios were very expensive, I would be limiting the time the radio was on too 🙂
Just a note, since you aren't that familiar with AA5s - you got it by the end, but it is pretty important to have the dial lamp working on AA5s, where the lamp is across the rectifier. When it burns out, that increases the current through the rectifier filament, and it will burn out much sooner than normal. These radios are marvels of low-cost design, almost *everything* in there more-or-less has to be there, and as you found, the performance is very good for something so incredibly simple.
Yes, thanks Brett. I was reminded of that after I released the video, I was aware but forgot when I did this one. I won't forget next time, thanks again 👍🤦♂️🙂
What can i say David ? Perfect as usual and it seems so easy for you, your videos always bring a smile to my face and a feeling of satisfaction when you get to the last cosmetic parts, but adding the Star Trek references was just the icing on the cake this time. I'm a long time Trekkie and learned much of my english through the series growing up. Again thank's for sharing and live long an prosper :-)
Thanks Sarge. I can't take all the credit, this radio was in very good condition, I just uncovered it. As for my now decommissioned teleporter, you have to have a bit of fun from time to time 😀
@@DavidTipton101 Well, I certainly hope that poor little alien animal was properly returned to its home planet without any unnecessary trauma before the transporter was decommissioned.
@@DavidTipton101I have seen a lot of restoration videos and yours are the best. You show diagnostics with test equipment and its always fun to watch and see how much leakage an old capacitor has on the grid bias it catches my curiosity. There are other diagnostics that are curious as well. Other people's videos don't have that and recapping is just boring especially if it didn't work and it was recapped to make it work instead of using test equipment. Shango066 in another interesting person to watch. Some of my radios are all original and still work but they're shelf queens and only turned on to show my guests as a conversation pieces. One of these days it might not make a sound 😄
Well done David..... you've done a superb job on that radio. That radio likely played the news of assassination of JFK and Beatles for the first time in the U.S. It's come out beautifully..... well done mate
Dave, I am enjoying your videos. The Arvin in particular is very special. My mom always had one on her dresser til the day she died. An old friend of hers told me she had bought one for her first apartment after graduating college way back in the early fifties. She loved jazz and broadcasted music. She give me my first record player when I was 5, and a crystal set a year later. I’ve been building audio since. I suppose it all started with the Arvin. Its probably time for a tuneup. Thanks David
I think you’re the only other restorer I know other than myself who is willing to replace a paper capacitor enclosure to look original. Unlike yourself, I’m a bit more lazy and I just re-stuff the old paper enclosure, but you’ve inspired me to produce them from new. I never considered fabricating one. Will have to try it.
Thanks NBN. I would restuff the originals but the first one I destroyed so had to make a new one, the second one I needed it to be another 10mm longer so made a new tube and the one I'm doing now I have some smaller caps that will fit in the original so I will use that. The tube I used is from a roll of home food vacuum plastic if that helps 👍🙂
@@DavidTipton101 It is indeed hard to not destroy the originals. Thank you for the tip. I have some upcoming projects that this might be very useful in preserving the aesthetic of the AA5 radio. It seems to be all we have in North America.
Just beautiful, all of it. The little stars between the numerals on the dial really set it off. As for the transporter, haha, you wish! At least it didn't re-materialise as the French radio! Very enjoyable video as usual. Cheers
What a beautiful resto. Loved that shiny bakelite. Just found your channel and this is the first resto i have watched. You are a master, sir. Cheers from Northern Victoria.
Never seen one like that before. It came out very well and I liked your self build capacitor, work of art that. It sounded horrible until you tuned it and did that make such a difference! Well done David, another success.
I really enjoyed watching you make another capacitor tube - it's a work of art and looks completely authentic when you've finished. I do hope your neighbours don't work out where their tinny and vegemite have gone though!
Thanks Dave, I know I did it in another video but I filled in the missing bits this time. So far so good with the Vegemite and Beer, although I notice my beer stock is dwindling so... 🤦♂️
We had an Arvin TV through much of my childhood, late 1950s, so I remember that logo. My father who was a WWII radioman repaired it dozens of times, even replaced the flyback transformer at one point.
Hmm, gonna have to work on my beer fridge restore next. Keeps turning beer into sake -- must be the metric parts I've been using. Fortunately, I love sake so there's no hurry... Great job on this restore, as usual, and thanks for the bit of Americana at the end! I remember the Duck and Cover drills at P.S. 193 Queens back in the 60s. I drank more Tang than Ovaltine, but I remember watching JFK and the moon launches on our B&W TV very well!
You had better get a new fridge SY, that saké is too strong 😵 I can imagine being in the bombs epicentre and all that remains is a kid under a desk 😏 We watched Armstrong come down the ladder and step on to the moon in our assembly hall, 450 kids watching a snowy 21" B&W TV from 50 feet 😄
Not surprised that 50C5 first started up with sound distortion then nothing. It was on it's way out. Worked on a radio where literally the glass deformed at the base of the tube because of the heat coming from it. It was also an original tube like this one. Love your multi-section capacitor work David . Looks great! Love your sense of humor mate. Too much Star Trek can do that to you! Be safe! Cheers, Steve.
Hi Steve, I think you are right, I was worried I had damaged it but I later realised it was already to blow. The cap was worth the extra effort in retrospect and looked better that a xmas tree of caps 😀 I am not a Star Trek fan by any stretch but I can still steal their ideas 😊
Another beautiful and entertaining restoration - You are getting very good at making new 'authentic' smoothing capacitors Dave. Looking forward to tuning into the next 'Tipton TV' episode
The radio was made by Arvin Industries in Columbus, Indiana. They made a wide variety of small appliances and they also made 80% of all original equipment mufflers installed on every brand of automobile at that time. Columbus was my home town and my father worked in the research lab of the automotive division about the time that this radio was made. In addition to the Arvin brand, they also put the brand of several different companies on their products. The company was founded under the name of Noblit-Sparks manufacturing. My Grandfather knew Mr. Noblit. The company has subsequently been sold or merged and the last time I heard anything about them they were Arvin-Molitar. Cheers.....
Hi Dave, thank you for the info. I read much the same on the Radio Museum website. Nice bit of trivia that you have ties to the company through your Dad and Grandfather 🙂
Hi there, the capacitor across the power switch is to help prevent sparking and popping when opening and closing the switch. I hope this helps you out. Thanks for your great videos. :)
Hi Keith, thank you. My understanding is the across the line capacitor are to keep RF noise picked up by the mains power lines from affecting the receiver, they are usually in AC/DC sets
As usual, a beautiful job Dave. Oh and that transporter could save some time in getting to the surf. Now go and have yourself another tinnie, you've earned it.
What a coincidence! I was listening to a Star Trek radio show while watching your video. Hahahaha. Fantastic restoration. Pretty cool of them to mark the "grill" for the alignment.
Hi Rick, I bet your radio show didn't get free beer 😄 I should have twigged the divots were the alignment marks, as you say, good idea from the manufacturer 🙂
Well as we have all come to expect another ugly duckling transformed and transported into a Swan. At this point David you need to start signing and dating your restoration work. You are a true Master and your restored radio are going to become highly collectible. A devoted fan, Joe
Another great job - that case really glows. When my son was at college (many years ago) he and a couple of friends used my video editing deck to create a transporter device...
What a relief! I was afraid you were just going to stick in those new capacitors they way Banderson has started doing, (he use to be so authentic (just like you) but to my utter relief, you built a new period correct look capacitor that is a masterpiece! Kudos for you being authentic! I love it!!!
Thanks Nicholas, I was happy I decided to make a new one, it looks much better. I can't guarantee I will do that all the time though, depends on the radio 👍🙂
Good after noon David Sir.A good efforts by you to restore radio as original as.Very nice Sir.Thank you so much. Pls upload reel to reel tape recorder if possible.
Maestro David Tipton: Es Admirable la forma tan elegante de reparar estas radios. La limpieza y la curiosa manera de colocar las Capacitores Electrolíticos en su envase original. Mí respeto y gratitud por sus Excelentes vídeos. Siempre Aguardo por sus Tutoriales. Cuídese Mucho Usted y Su Familia. Perdone que siga escribiendo en Español, mí Inglés es pésimo. Un Cordial Saludo desde Cuba.
Well, another winner, David. The transporter seems to only work one-way; try reversing the polarity next time. When I was a little nipper I had an all-American 5 and it was great. I never realised, however, how deadly they could be with a non-polarised plug. Keep 'em coming.
Sorry about the problem with your transporter, where you forgot to have the transmitter destroy the original one and ended up with two identical radios: the original and a copy. :-) Thanks for posting! A work of art as always.
Another great resto mod Dave. Its because of your videos I found out what the term means to "re-stuff the capacitor" Don't know why you would want to re-stuff it. It was stuffed when you got it 🤣
Very impressive David, obviously you are working on cutting edge matter transfer technology, but still find time restoring old radio technology. Great stuff, cheers
That's not an Iron "This is an Iron"! Energize... Bzzzzzzz...Love it. Looks great. Thanks for showcasing an Amerian Radio. Ovalteen.. Kinda got a start on Tang when it came out.
Never saw a floating feedback winding on an AM radio before. Seems like there is supposed to be a small cap on the top side of T2's secondary to ground. (gimmick like?). Great job Dave, I liked the labeling on the heat shrink in the cap and then hot gluing it together!
Well, what a lovely way to spend a Friday night away from Melbourne. Yes they've opened up the ring of steel and I'm now 200 Km from home. That's a nice looking radio and you've concurred again. What I really want to know is whether you could build me one of those transportation machines that sends me back to 1980 along with a box of XXXX beer. I quite fancy that idea right now. Nice video David.
Hi Graham, what a relief for Melbourne it's finally over. I have family down there and the stress has been unbearable. We are hoping to visit at Christmas as we do every year, fingers crossed. You are confusing teleportation with a time machine, I haven't perfected the latter... yet. Thanks Graham 😄
Hi Dave, I haven’t been able to watch much UA-cam lately so I’ve missed a few of your videos. I’m glad I caught this one I like AA5 radios. I love what you did with the filter cap, it came out great. I will catch up on the missed videos. I see you have been working on new projects also, fist time I’ve seen the new transporter. Nice seeing you again.
Hi Phillip, good that you could catch up. Yes, I like to dabble in other projects, you know how it is... transporters, time machines, stuff like that. Thanks Phillip, I hope you enjoy my other videos 🙂
Love this David! Beautiful work as always. As a child in the '50's (south central Indiana) had a nice Arvin and a few showed up at my friend's houses out in the "sticks" too (broadleaf forests). They were excellent radios. Hey the transporter is ingenious! Makes me wonder if It could work to transport my wife when she's nagging excessively.... drum roll please! Ha! Anyway, PLEASE STAY SAFE!! Thanks!
Hi John, Thank you. I think Arvin was made in Columbus, Indiana. If could transport your wife I may not be able to get her back as it only seems to return free beer, and we wouldn't want that 🤔
Interesting set. Can't say I've ever seen a chassis curved like that to accommodate a pot. (The only improvement I'd make to that transporter is a jar of Vegemite for added boost.)
That is an outstanding repair job i like your style ,that electrolytic cap is fantastic. First class restoration all round i shall be watching more of these vids from you cheers.
Yo. David uses that transporter to get your Philly Cheesesteak. right away! I give you the coordinates soon.LOL, Great restoration.Breathtaking just to watch....Thank's for sharing this video. Wow simple design and reaks of a time long ago, a simpler time. Take care...
Good thinking Joe, a Philly Cheesesteak and a beer 😄 Thanks Joe, glad you enjoyed it. Simpler times indeed, one car, one TV, one phone... on the wall. Good times but I wouldn't go back. Take care Joe 👍🙂
Greetings: The UA-cam channel "Mr. Radio" host Seth in California's San Francisco Bay area does many radio restorations for the local radio club's auctions. It seems most of the American radios after a certain point were predominantly power "transformer less" aka hot chassis sets. The across the line and B- to chassis caps had .05 ufd values that allowed too much AC that still shocked and were reduced to about .01 ufd "x or y" safety caps (certified to fail open rather than shorted). Also, when replacing the line cord a polarized cord is used and the wide blade is connected to outlet NEUTRAL with the power switch moved to mains HOT. That helps maximize the safety aspect. Here when the B- is NOT connected to chassis except through a high value resistor, 200K-400K, and a Y cap, we say the chassis B- is "floating". From what I've seen, fuses are added to transformer sets to save the "hard to replace" transformer. My preference is to add an inexpensive (about a US dollar) CL90 or CL90A "inrush current limiter" on the HOT circuit to protect the VALVEs. They are about 120 ohms cold and drop resistance as thy warm up.
Hi James, thanks for the information. I did a few American hot chassis sets and can't remember what exactly I did with this one. I did change them to polarised cords and switch the positive, one I may have done after the video. I have some CL90s on order. Thanks James 🙂
Always in leadership, I give you a thousand greetings and greetings, for the effort expended in a hobby, but I want to relate to the past and the nostalgia and love it brings to the future, in order to instill stability in it. Let me say that I watch your videos with this perspective, and with this vision, to gain two things, nostalgia and confidence, for nostalgia for the past and confidence for the present and the future. Long as
Another Tipton Treat with even some tube-powered transporter activity! Lovely radio and a great result indeed. Those clips at the end - especially JFK, the rocket launch and Armstrong gave me goosebumps. And I'm not even an American! As always, a pleasure to watch, mr. Spock. Err, David.
Hahaha. I wish you could transport me so that I could take a vacation from the lockdown. Seriously though, great video, I always look forward to seeing your restorations. One suggestion about the retrobright; you might consider applying some UV protectant after you brighten them. In theory, it will greatly lengthen the time the parts remain white. There's many products, I use 303 aerospace. Also, you might want to use liquid peroxide rather than paste because it's easier to get an even job and it can be reused if you don't dilute it and you seal the container.
Thanks Brian. I wondered about protecting the plastic, the 303 aerospace looks good. For the little pieces I do the hair treatment is good enough, I was thinking of putting them in plastic takeaway containers next time though 🙂
Arvin Industries is based in Columbus, Indiana, and started manufacturing Arvin radios in 1927. The company then started producing auto mobile radios in 1933, followed by home radios in 1934, and televisions in 1948. ... Arvin radios come in a variety of different shapes and sizes.
Again a very nive video. Even put in a few jokes,.. Keep up posting stuff like this. I find it very pleasant and usefull to watch. Maybe making a video explaining schematics, how to recognize the different stages in these radio's will be something for the near future. (than you won't have to wait for another radio to fix.) I'm sure that a lot of followers (loke me, biginners) would apreciate it. Learning from the master.
Thanks PD1RWK. I'm probably not the best to explain radio schematics, I haven't had formal training in this stuff and have pieced it together over the past few years. I do try and put bits in to explain what I'm doing but it would be nice if someone could put something together explaining from antenna to speaker. Manuel Caldeira did a good explanation of the IF stage a few videos ago, maybe have a look at his channel. I think it was "Grundig 2147 Restoration pt. 6. RF alignment of the AM bands. What is it and how do we do it" ua-cam.com/channels/1czABA87SroDeBAqsk1TDA.htmlvideos
Nice to see a radio dial i can understand instantly! Great job as usual Dave. This is very good for me because i have some chance of comparing your info with one i might run across sometime, and try to fix it. Thanks!
Would you believe it not 5-minutes after my favourite New Zealand UA-camr posts a video along comes one of yours. Well done our antipodean colonial cousins a massive thumbs up... Seriously hope your keeping safe and well, greetings from Droitwich ( well 5 miles south east)
David, once again a great video. Please don't take what I'm about to say as negative. As was watching, every time the mains voltage dipped below 50V the power display blanked was annoying to me, and yes I know that how these displays were designed. All other youtubers who use these displays also have the same issue. When I built my isolation transformer and current limiter which included one of these Voltage/Current/Power displays. I modified mine to be powered from a small mains transformer which allows the display to operate regardless of the ac voltage being measured.
Hi Peter, thank you. Yes I agree, the display blanking is useless but it's not a problem with our usual 240 volt radios, only the 120 volt stuff. I considered modifying my display but didn't expect to be doing another US radio. I will have to consider it I think, thanks 👍🙂
It is -11F here in South Dakota this morning, we have had 6 inches of snow pushed by 45 MPH Winds out of the West. A friend has just come by with his Bobcat Skid loader and cleaned the drifts out of my drive way so we can use it now. Hope you folks down under are enjoying your warm weather.
Hi David. Another superb and interesting video. The Arvin turned out really well. The teleporter made me laugh. Luckily you had the second radio for spares. As always I thoroughly enjoyed watching. Keep up the good work. Cheers Chris.
@@DavidTipton101 tele is shite most of the time, so your videos are a god send... I get ideas for my own restoration projects, and there's a strange medatative quality to watching you bring back to life those things so long neglected... Keep it up... Boss!
That replacement cap is a thing of beauty!
Thanks basicbasic, worth the extra effort I think 🙂
Well said.
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...THAT'S THE TRUTH-!!!
David, your videos set a very high standard for production quality! Such attention to detail, sharp, non-shaky pictures, great sound. I wish more radio/electronics repair videos were such a pleasure to watch! Thanks!
Hi Tom, I appreciate you noticing, thanks 🙂
Someday, someone is going to open this radio and admire the way you replaced the cap. No waste of time at all.. 😊
Thanks Rene. Maybe on a UA-cam video in 2050 🤔🙂
Hi Dave,
I enjoy your repair and restore videos very much. Yours are of the best quality in the world in my opinion.
Oregon, USA here. I have restored quite a number of old radios myself. It's a thing with the transformerless AA5 radios. Really old wax/paper capacitors don't "reform" well, and the ones that go across the line will blow out the filament of the audio output power tube. (valve). Its best to test them with a capacitor tester that produces a load... or as I have learned to just clip them out before the first power-up.
Hi Karl, thank you very much.
I can't test the caps with a voltage across them but I'm interested as to how the across the line cap will damage the output tube, I would have thought it would just result in a high current draw across the mains. The cap in this didn't seem to have an effect on the current draw when I cut it out so I assumed it wasn't too bad. I think I cut that bit of video out 🤔🙂
Great job on the filter caps! Very impressive 👍
I'm also really glad that you don't break these down into several 5 minute videos. It's a pleasure to watch.
I restored radios for nearly 25 years as a hobby, but lost interest in the last several years.
You may have ignited a spark as I have about a dozen radios in my workshop awaiting restoration.
Thank you Tim. I can understand losing interest in a hobby, I have changed hobbies several times, it would be nice if you could finish off a few of your remaining radios though, good luck whichever way you choose Tim 🙂
Thank God its Friday, just love these Friday morning electronic fix great work Daviid thanks
Haha... thanks Mel 😄
Love the capacitor work - and the transporter was brilliant!!
Thanks Paul 😀
Thanks Dave love your videos! I grew up on a farm in North Dakota, Dad and his brothers had farms all in one area so we visited back and forth quite regularly. One of dad's brothers lived about two miles east of our place and we regularly spent Sunday afternoons visiting and dining with them. They had a radio that looked exactly like that, while I don't recall the brand, I do remember thinking it would be so great if we could have one like that however our house had no power or running water so we depended on kerosene lamps and a battery pack radio. Our use of the radio was quite limited because battery's cost money! Later on we moved to town so my elder sisters could attend high school and the farm was eventually sold.
Thank you Jerry. Another interesting story from yesteryear. The batteries for the radios were very expensive, I would be limiting the time the radio was on too 🙂
Just a note, since you aren't that familiar with AA5s - you got it by the end, but it is pretty important to have the dial lamp working on AA5s, where the lamp is across the rectifier. When it burns out, that increases the current through the rectifier filament, and it will burn out much sooner than normal. These radios are marvels of low-cost design, almost *everything* in there more-or-less has to be there, and as you found, the performance is very good for something so incredibly simple.
Yes, thanks Brett. I was reminded of that after I released the video, I was aware but forgot when I did this one. I won't forget next time, thanks again 👍🤦♂️🙂
What can i say David ? Perfect as usual and it seems so easy for you, your videos always bring a smile to my face and a feeling of satisfaction when you get to the last cosmetic parts, but adding the Star Trek references was just the icing on the cake this time. I'm a long time Trekkie and learned much of my english through the series growing up. Again thank's for sharing and live long an prosper :-)
Thanks Sarge. I can't take all the credit, this radio was in very good condition, I just uncovered it. As for my now decommissioned teleporter, you have to have a bit of fun from time to time 😀
@@DavidTipton101 Well, I certainly hope that poor little alien animal was properly returned to its home planet without any unnecessary trauma before the transporter was decommissioned.
@@socalav It's safely back where it came from, my Granddaughter would not be pleased if it wasn't 😄
As usual David you restorations are a marvellous of technical mastery and humour! Love it!!
Thanks chris 👍😀
...well, if ya LOVE IT so much- then why don't ya MARRY IT?!
Your videos are more enjoyable than the stars on TV 👍
Yeah... well, I didn't get an Emmy 🥲😄
@@DavidTipton101I have seen a lot of restoration videos and yours are the best. You show diagnostics with test equipment and its always fun to watch and see how much leakage an old capacitor has on the grid bias it catches my curiosity. There are other diagnostics that are curious as well. Other people's videos don't have that and recapping is just boring especially if it didn't work and it was recapped to make it work instead of using test equipment. Shango066 in another interesting person to watch. Some of my radios are all original and still work but they're shelf queens and only turned on to show my guests as a conversation pieces. One of these days it might not make a sound 😄
Well done David..... you've done a superb job on that radio. That radio likely played the news of assassination of JFK and Beatles for the first time in the U.S. It's come out beautifully..... well done mate
Thank you Ron. There would have been so much coming from that little radio as you say, what I did was a snippet of a fraction 😀
The ending was a very nice touch.
Thanks Bill 👍🙂
Dave, I am enjoying your videos. The Arvin in particular is very special. My mom always had one on her dresser til the day she died. An old friend of hers told me she had bought one for her first apartment after graduating college way back in the early fifties. She loved jazz and broadcasted music. She give me my first record player when I was 5, and a crystal set a year later. I’ve been building audio since. I suppose it all started with the Arvin. Its probably time for a tuneup. Thanks David
Hi @anystereo. Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy my videos. That's a nice story about your Mom and her Arvin, thank you for sharing 👍🙂
I think you’re the only other restorer I know other than myself who is willing to replace a paper capacitor enclosure to look original. Unlike yourself, I’m a bit more lazy and I just re-stuff the old paper enclosure, but you’ve inspired me to produce them from new. I never considered fabricating one. Will have to try it.
Thanks NBN. I would restuff the originals but the first one I destroyed so had to make a new one, the second one I needed it to be another 10mm longer so made a new tube and the one I'm doing now I have some smaller caps that will fit in the original so I will use that. The tube I used is from a roll of home food vacuum plastic if that helps 👍🙂
@@DavidTipton101 It is indeed hard to not destroy the originals. Thank you for the tip. I have some upcoming projects that this might be very useful in preserving the aesthetic of the AA5 radio. It seems to be all we have in North America.
Just beautiful, all of it. The little stars between the numerals on the dial really set it off. As for the transporter, haha, you wish! At least it didn't re-materialise as the French radio! Very enjoyable video as usual. Cheers
Hi Pauline, thank you. Yes, you're right they do set off 🙂 I don't think I could get the french beast in there Pauline 😄 Cheers!
29:33 "I was standing, you were there" INXS
Great video Dave! Loved the cap rebuild. 😁
Thanks chachavessel, great group 😀
What a beautiful resto. Loved that shiny bakelite. Just found your channel and this is the first resto i have watched. You are a master, sir. Cheers from Northern Victoria.
Thank you harrothepilot and welcome. I hope you enjoy some of my other videos too 👍😀
Hi Dave, You're auto transporting stuff too, that's not the only magic though, the whole video is magic, 58:43 of it. Thank you.
Haha... thank you John 😀
Never seen one like that before. It came out very well and I liked your self build capacitor, work of art that. It sounded horrible until you tuned it and did that make such a difference! Well done David, another success.
Thanks Bob, it is working very well now after a shaky start 👍🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Yeah, it didn't sound very good at the start, but I knew the master would fix it.
@@BoB4jjjjs 😄 thanks
Great job, informative and entertaining as if we would expect anything else from you. Look forward to the next one!
Thanks tegwyn7 😀
I really enjoyed watching you make another capacitor tube - it's a work of art and looks completely authentic when you've finished. I do hope your neighbours don't work out where their tinny and vegemite have gone though!
Thanks Dave, I know I did it in another video but I filled in the missing bits this time. So far so good with the Vegemite and Beer, although I notice my beer stock is dwindling so... 🤦♂️
@MichaelKingsfordGray ...and a can of beer 😄
We had an Arvin TV through much of my childhood, late 1950s, so I remember that logo. My father who was a WWII radioman repaired it dozens of times, even replaced the flyback transformer at one point.
That's handy having someone able to fix TVs, We had a serviceman out at least once a year in the old days. Thanks Lawrence 🙂
Hmm, gonna have to work on my beer fridge restore next. Keeps turning beer into sake -- must be the metric parts I've been using. Fortunately, I love sake so there's no hurry...
Great job on this restore, as usual, and thanks for the bit of Americana at the end! I remember the Duck and Cover drills at P.S. 193 Queens back in the 60s. I drank more Tang than Ovaltine, but I remember watching JFK and the moon launches on our B&W TV very well!
You had better get a new fridge SY, that saké is too strong 😵 I can imagine being in the bombs epicentre and all that remains is a kid under a desk 😏 We watched Armstrong come down the ladder and step on to the moon in our assembly hall, 450 kids watching a snowy 21" B&W TV from 50 feet 😄
I'll send you my co-ordinates; please beam over some 4X Gold. Another great repair David! I love the capacitor rebuilds. Quite superb man, thanks.
Haha... I can only beam it in at the moment 😄 Thanks berniestep 😀
Another Superb Restoration of Arvin AA5 AC/DC Radio Congratulations of Wonderful Restoration David Again Full Marks.
Thanks eddyaudio, cheers 😀
Loved the transporter set, Whoa Ho it worked! Funny stuff
Haha... Thanks Elmo 😄
Not surprised that 50C5 first started up with sound distortion then nothing. It was on it's way out. Worked on a radio where literally the glass deformed at the base
of the tube because of the heat coming from it. It was also an original tube like this one. Love your multi-section capacitor work David . Looks great! Love your
sense of humor mate. Too much Star Trek can do that to you! Be safe! Cheers, Steve.
Hi Steve, I think you are right, I was worried I had damaged it but I later realised it was already to blow. The cap was worth the extra effort in retrospect and looked better that a xmas tree of caps 😀 I am not a Star Trek fan by any stretch but I can still steal their ideas 😊
Another beautiful and entertaining restoration - You are getting very good at making new 'authentic' smoothing capacitors Dave. Looking forward to tuning into the next 'Tipton TV' episode
Thanks xyredmax, the caps come up alright and are a bit of fun too 👍🙂
The radio was made by Arvin Industries in Columbus, Indiana. They made a wide variety of small appliances and they also made 80% of all original equipment mufflers installed on every brand of automobile at that time. Columbus was my home town and my father worked in the research lab of the automotive division about the time that this radio was made. In addition to the Arvin brand, they also put the brand of several different companies on their products. The company was founded under the name of Noblit-Sparks manufacturing. My Grandfather knew Mr. Noblit. The company has subsequently been sold or merged and the last time I heard anything about them they were Arvin-Molitar. Cheers.....
Hi Dave, thank you for the info. I read much the same on the Radio Museum website. Nice bit of trivia that you have ties to the company through your Dad and Grandfather 🙂
Hi there, the capacitor across the power switch is to help prevent sparking and popping when opening and closing the switch. I hope this helps you out. Thanks for your great videos. :)
Hi Keith, thank you. My understanding is the across the line capacitor are to keep RF noise picked up by the mains power lines from affecting the receiver, they are usually in AC/DC sets
@@DavidTipton101 Greetings again:
The capacitor across the power switch helps save the contacts on DC powered sets as DC hates being interrupted!
As usual, a beautiful job Dave. Oh and that transporter could save some time in getting to the surf. Now go and have yourself another tinnie, you've earned it.
Hi Brian, thank you. Haha... there are no limits to its use 😄
fantastic david love all your videos
Thanks Ian 👍🙂
What a coincidence! I was listening to a Star Trek radio show while watching your video. Hahahaha.
Fantastic restoration. Pretty cool of them to mark the "grill" for the alignment.
Hi Rick, I bet your radio show didn't get free beer 😄 I should have twigged the divots were the alignment marks, as you say, good idea from the manufacturer 🙂
Well as we have all come to expect another ugly duckling transformed and transported into a Swan. At this point David you need to start signing and dating your restoration work. You are a true Master and your restored radio are going to become highly collectible. A devoted fan, Joe
Thanks Joe. I will give that some consideration, thanks 😀
Another great job - that case really glows. When my son was at college (many years ago) he and a couple of friends used my video editing deck to create a transporter device...
Thanks Kenneth. I hope their transporter worked better than mine 😄
@@DavidTipton101 I think it worked PERFECTLY!! :)
Just finished Friday working from home, grabbed the phone and Dave over East has just posted another vid - perfect end to the week with a coldie.
Thanks Graham, if you let me know where I can send you a complementary coldie... or a unicorn 🤔
Beautiful restoration David. Loved the capacitor rebuild.
Thank you Peter 👍😃
Brilliant as always David, I thoroughly enjoy your videos!
Thank you James 😀
What a relief! I was afraid you were just going to stick in those new capacitors they way Banderson has started doing, (he use to be so authentic (just like you) but to my utter relief, you built a new period correct look capacitor that is a masterpiece! Kudos for you being authentic! I love it!!!
Thanks Nicholas, I was happy I decided to make a new one, it looks much better. I can't guarantee I will do that all the time though, depends on the radio 👍🙂
Well done my friend! Love your videos, i have learned a lot.
Thanks Dean, my pleasure 😀
Looking great as usual Dave. Well done on a sweet job. I like the simplicity of the case too.
Thanks Paul. Yes the radio looks stunning even if it is very simple 👍😀
Good after noon David Sir.A good efforts by you to restore radio as original as.Very nice Sir.Thank you so much. Pls upload reel to reel tape recorder if possible.
Hi Rakesh, thank you, I'll see what I can do 👍🙂
Maestro David Tipton:
Es Admirable la forma tan elegante de reparar estas radios.
La limpieza y la curiosa manera de colocar las Capacitores Electrolíticos en su envase original.
Mí respeto y gratitud por sus Excelentes vídeos.
Siempre Aguardo por sus Tutoriales.
Cuídese Mucho Usted y Su Familia.
Perdone que siga escribiendo en Español, mí Inglés es pésimo.
Un Cordial Saludo desde Cuba.
Gracias Juan y un saludo en Cuba. Estoy feliz de que disfrutes de mis videos. No te preocupes por tu inglés, mi español no existe. Cuídate 👍😊
The ending was indeed excellent.
Thanks Sean 👍🙂
Great job again David. Beam me up Scotty!! What a nice touch. Your editing is superb. Thanks for sharing. 73 de KB7ICI...Bill
Thanks Bill, this was a fun project 🙂
The production standard of your video's just gets better and better. Brilliant restoration. That multi electro is a work of art.
Thanks Ian, I try 😀
Never fails to impress us, thanks for sharing 😘
Thanks for watching and commenting Peter 👍🙂
I always love how you inject the humor into your presentations. The transported beer was hilarious. Please keep up the good humor.
Hi zorka4098, I'm glad you appreciate it, thank you 👍😀
Well, another winner, David. The transporter seems to only work one-way; try reversing the polarity next time. When I was a little nipper I had an all-American 5 and it was great. I never realised, however, how deadly they could be with a non-polarised plug. Keep 'em coming.
Thanks Chris, i'll try reversing the power plug next time 😄
Sorry about the problem with your transporter, where you forgot to have the transmitter destroy the original one and ended up with two identical radios: the original and a copy. :-)
Thanks for posting! A work of art as always.
Thanks Jac. You may be confusing a transporter with a replicator, that is still in the design stage 👍😉
What a kool Arvin 450 tl aa 5 radio reciver
Thanks Greg, I agree 🙂
Great restoration David. Really like the capacitor.
Thanks The Radio Shop 👍🙂
I am always amazed at the exceptional quality of you work.
Thank you Dean 😀
Another great resto mod Dave.
Its because of your videos I found out what the term means to "re-stuff the capacitor"
Don't know why you would want to re-stuff it. It was stuffed when you got it 🤣
Haha... you have a point there 1974UTuber 😄 Now I consider it really stuffed 👍😀
Very impressive David, obviously you are working on cutting edge matter transfer technology, but still find time restoring old radio technology. Great stuff, cheers
It's OK Lifestoquick, I like to keep busy 👍😉
That's not an Iron "This is an Iron"! Energize... Bzzzzzzz...Love it. Looks great. Thanks for showcasing an Amerian Radio. Ovalteen.. Kinda got a start on Tang when it came out.
Haha... everyone loves Tang 🤢 Glad you enjoyed it Craig 😀
Never saw a floating feedback winding on an AM radio before. Seems like there is supposed to be a small cap on the top side of T2's secondary to ground. (gimmick like?). Great job Dave, I liked the labeling on the heat shrink in the cap and then hot gluing it together!
Thanks Steve 👍🙂
Well, what a lovely way to spend a Friday night away from Melbourne. Yes they've opened up the ring of steel and I'm now 200 Km from home. That's a nice looking radio and you've concurred again. What I really want to know is whether you could build me one of those transportation machines that sends me back to 1980 along with a box of XXXX beer. I quite fancy that idea right now. Nice video David.
Hi Graham, what a relief for Melbourne it's finally over. I have family down there and the stress has been unbearable. We are hoping to visit at Christmas as we do every year, fingers crossed. You are confusing teleportation with a time machine, I haven't perfected the latter... yet. Thanks Graham 😄
Ah the smell of brasso and boot polish, takes me back to my Army days living in the barracks during our Basic Training in 1970.
It's the 'goto' for belt buckles 🙂
What a great piece of work,a quality cap stuffing exercise,well done!!!
Thanks Colin, yes, I've good at stuffing things 😄
As always *A+* David
Thanks pi-duino 👍🙂
Hi Dave, I haven’t been able to watch much UA-cam lately so I’ve missed a few of your videos. I’m glad I caught this one I like AA5 radios. I love what you did with the filter cap, it came out great. I will catch up on the missed videos. I see you have been working on new projects also, fist time I’ve seen the new transporter. Nice seeing you again.
Hi Phillip, good that you could catch up. Yes, I like to dabble in other projects, you know how it is... transporters, time machines, stuff like that. Thanks Phillip, I hope you enjoy my other videos 🙂
That was a proper restoration. Great!
Thanks Manny 👍🙂
The radio came out an absolute treat, David, did enjoy the video.
Thanks Theo 👍😀
Love this David! Beautiful work as always. As a child in the '50's (south central Indiana) had a nice Arvin and a few showed up at my friend's houses out in the "sticks" too (broadleaf forests). They were excellent radios. Hey the transporter is ingenious! Makes me wonder if It could work to transport my wife when she's nagging excessively.... drum roll please! Ha! Anyway, PLEASE STAY SAFE!! Thanks!
Hi John, Thank you. I think Arvin was made in Columbus, Indiana. If could transport your wife I may not be able to get her back as it only seems to return free beer, and we wouldn't want that 🤔
@@DavidTipton101 oh No!!! We can't stop the beer!!! Yes, also Seymour, and Greenwood Indiana. The heyday for radio! Thank you Sir!
Interesting set. Can't say I've ever seen a chassis curved like that to accommodate a pot.
(The only improvement I'd make to that transporter is a jar of Vegemite for added boost.)
Thanks James. Good point with the Vegemite, if boosted, I might be able to get some imported beer 😉🙂
...well, "ya can't please EVERYBODY!!"
Another beautiful job Dave. Thanks for all the tips! John
Thanks John, it's my pleasure 😀
That Arvin looks like it was stored in a dust free environment. Still for an Arvin radio that's a year younger than me it still looks pretty good.
I believe it was for the last 40 -50 years LUCKYLARRY. I was very lucky to find this one 🙂
21:05...very nice bit of work with the filter capacitor(s)-!!!
Thanks Dale, it was a bit of fun, I enjoyed it 👍😀
Well Done! Nice find on the Ant. Cap., I have herd that same distortion on one other AA5. Looks like I missed it, Thx!
Hi Bruce, yes, my other AA5 did the same, I will have a look at it again. Cheers 😀
That is an outstanding repair job i like your style ,that electrolytic cap is fantastic. First class restoration all round i shall be watching more of these vids from you cheers.
Hi Vaughan, thank you. I hope you find more videos of mine you like, cheers! 😀
Friday morning watching in bed, happy chuckling to myself, thanks again for a great watch, thinking of getting up,
Thanks Martin, good morning 🌅🙂
Another bang up job. Thanks.
Those transporters never seem to work right!
Thanks Radio Retired. Yes, transporter technology is still in development stage i'm afraid 😄
Yo. David uses that transporter to get your Philly Cheesesteak. right away! I give you the coordinates soon.LOL, Great restoration.Breathtaking just to watch....Thank's for sharing this video. Wow simple design and reaks of a time long ago, a simpler time. Take care...
Good thinking Joe, a Philly Cheesesteak and a beer 😄 Thanks Joe, glad you enjoyed it. Simpler times indeed, one car, one TV, one phone... on the wall. Good times but I wouldn't go back. Take care Joe 👍🙂
You are quite the perfectionist David , I like it !!!!
Thank you again Paul 😀
Again, a brilliant job! I am looking forward for the next one, wouldn’t miss it for anything!
Thanks W Rex 😀
Greetings:
The UA-cam channel "Mr. Radio" host Seth in California's San Francisco Bay area does many radio restorations for the local radio club's auctions. It seems most of the American radios after a certain point were predominantly power "transformer less" aka hot chassis sets. The across the line and B- to chassis caps had .05 ufd values that allowed too much AC that still shocked and were reduced to about .01 ufd "x or y" safety caps (certified to fail open rather than shorted).
Also, when replacing the line cord a polarized cord is used and the wide blade is connected to outlet NEUTRAL with the power switch moved to mains HOT. That helps maximize the safety aspect. Here when the B- is NOT connected to chassis except through a high value resistor, 200K-400K, and a Y cap, we say the chassis B- is "floating". From what I've seen, fuses are added to transformer sets to save the "hard to replace" transformer.
My preference is to add an inexpensive (about a US dollar) CL90 or CL90A "inrush current limiter" on the HOT circuit to protect the VALVEs. They are about 120 ohms cold and drop resistance as thy warm up.
Hi James, thanks for the information. I did a few American hot chassis sets and can't remember what exactly I did with this one. I did change them to polarised cords and switch the positive, one I may have done after the video. I have some CL90s on order. Thanks James 🙂
Always in leadership, I give you a thousand greetings and greetings, for the effort expended in a hobby, but I want to relate to the past and the nostalgia and love it brings to the future, in order to instill stability in it.
Let me say that I watch your videos with this perspective, and with this vision, to gain two things, nostalgia and confidence, for nostalgia for the past and confidence for the present and the future.
Long as
Hi Seddas alkaderi and greetings to you. Thank you very much 👍🙂
Another Tipton Treat with even some tube-powered transporter activity! Lovely radio and a great result indeed. Those clips at the end - especially JFK, the rocket launch and Armstrong gave me goosebumps. And I'm not even an American! As always, a pleasure to watch, mr. Spock. Err, David.
JFK was a true leader, no doubt. Thank you alpcns, spoc... err... Dave out 🖖😉
One of the best times of the week. I really appreciate your videos. Stay well over there. Or down there. Or just there.
Hi James, thanks. I appreciate you nice folks watching. It's definitely down and we are only just hanging on 👍😀
Hahaha. I wish you could transport me so that I could take a vacation from the lockdown.
Seriously though, great video, I always look forward to seeing your restorations. One suggestion about the retrobright; you might consider applying some UV protectant after you brighten them. In theory, it will greatly lengthen the time the parts remain white. There's many products, I use 303 aerospace. Also, you might want to use liquid peroxide rather than paste because it's easier to get an even job and it can be reused if you don't dilute it and you seal the container.
Thanks Brian. I wondered about protecting the plastic, the 303 aerospace looks good. For the little pieces I do the hair treatment is good enough, I was thinking of putting them in plastic takeaway containers next time though 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 They certainly turned out well. :)
Nice looking old radio.
I agree, thanks Carl 🙂
Nice job. I thought for a moment you had beamed in a lemon colored sheep, but it was just a unicorn.
hahaha... I wish I had thought of that Wayne, and I had a lemon sheep, that would have been funny 😂
Arvin Industries is based in Columbus, Indiana, and started manufacturing Arvin radios in 1927. The company then started producing auto mobile radios in 1933, followed by home radios in 1934, and televisions in 1948. ... Arvin radios come in a variety of different shapes and sizes.
Thanks for the info Ronnie 👍😀
Your very talented Dave.
Thanks Phil, just doing what I do 👍🙂
Again a very nive video.
Even put in a few jokes,..
Keep up posting stuff like this.
I find it very pleasant and usefull to watch.
Maybe making a video explaining schematics, how to recognize the different stages in these radio's will be something for the near future.
(than you won't have to wait for another radio to fix.)
I'm sure that a lot of followers (loke me, biginners) would apreciate it.
Learning from the master.
Thanks PD1RWK. I'm probably not the best to explain radio schematics, I haven't had formal training in this stuff and have pieced it together over the past few years. I do try and put bits in to explain what I'm doing but it would be nice if someone could put something together explaining from antenna to speaker. Manuel Caldeira did a good explanation of the IF stage a few videos ago, maybe have a look at his channel. I think it was "Grundig 2147 Restoration pt. 6. RF alignment of the AM bands. What is it and how do we do it" ua-cam.com/channels/1czABA87SroDeBAqsk1TDA.htmlvideos
@@DavidTipton101 thanks for your answer.
I have Manuel C and Paul Carlson also in my playlist.
You three are the masters of fixing old radio's.
Nice meet job on the filter cap.
Thanks Fibbers Closet 👍🙂
Nice to see a radio dial i can understand instantly! Great job as usual Dave. This is very good for me because i have some chance of comparing your info with one i might run across sometime, and try to fix it. Thanks!
Haha... it is pretty simple Jeff. Thanks, it was quite a learning curve for me too, I do another AA5 next week 👍🙂
Would you believe it not 5-minutes after my favourite New Zealand UA-camr posts a video along comes one of yours. Well done our antipodean colonial cousins a massive thumbs up...
Seriously hope your keeping safe and well, greetings from Droitwich ( well 5 miles south east)
My family originated from near Birmingham as you can guess from my name. Thanks Scask 😀
Excellent video well done Mr Tipton very informative thanks 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Hi Phil, thank you 🦘🦘🦘
David, once again a great video. Please don't take what I'm about to say as negative. As was watching, every time the mains voltage dipped below 50V the power display blanked was annoying to me, and yes I know that how these displays were designed. All other youtubers who use these displays also have the same issue. When I built my isolation transformer and current limiter which included one of these Voltage/Current/Power displays. I modified mine to be powered from a small mains transformer which allows the display to operate regardless of the ac voltage being measured.
Hi Peter, thank you. Yes I agree, the display blanking is useless but it's not a problem with our usual 240 volt radios, only the 120 volt stuff. I considered modifying my display but didn't expect to be doing another US radio. I will have to consider it I think, thanks 👍🙂
It is -11F here in South Dakota this morning, we have had 6 inches of snow pushed by 45 MPH Winds out of the West. A friend has just come by with his Bobcat Skid loader and cleaned the drifts out of my drive way so we can use it now. Hope you folks down under are enjoying your warm weather.
Hi Jerry, it sounds inviting, meanwhile we are doing it tough here, nudging about 80F with a cold beer and a shrimp or two on the barbie 😄
Scrubbed up extremely well and didn't give you any problems, lovely lovely!
You NEED to get a patent on that transporter thingy!
It came up great Paul, I'm very pleased with it. I have given up on the transporter for radio work but it does provide plenty of free beer 🍻😄
@@DavidTipton101 Well maybe you should patent it in any case then! It would probably be fairly popular.
That trainport is kool
Thanks Greg 🙂
Beautiful work!
Thanks Patrick 🙂
Hi David. Another superb and interesting video. The Arvin turned out really well. The teleporter made me laugh. Luckily you had the second radio for spares. As always I thoroughly enjoyed watching. Keep up the good work. Cheers Chris.
Thank you Chris, glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I was lucky with the second radio although I only pinched the tube in the end. Cheers! 👍😀
Arvin Factory was in my home town in Columbus Indiana! My uncle Jack world there all his life
Uncle Jack may have worked on this one Ronnie, if he was there in 1950 🙂
Always gear videos David... Respect from Liverpool
Thank you Tim 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 tele is shite most of the time, so your videos are a god send... I get ideas for my own restoration projects, and there's a strange medatative quality to watching you bring back to life those things so long neglected... Keep it up... Boss!