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How do I send you an email ? I have a question about something. I have asked the question on a couple videos but I think it's been missed. I'm sure it will be easy for you, just would appreciate your advice. Thanks Mr. Carlson.
Hi Are you going to drop into at EPTECH in Mississauga this year? If so I'd like to shake your hand. I have no connection with the show except as visitor.
I don’t know what it is about his videos, but I can watch them straight through for hours. I often watch them to go to bed to. The technical nature keeps my mind busy and from from obsessing about things that keep me up at night otherwise. I keep hoping if I listen to him enough his knowledge will be imparted upon me.
I grew up with the knowledge that if you got shocked from an appliance you unplugged it and flipped the plug 180 degrees and plugged it back in...you probably would not get shocked again...lol. For the longest time, I hated the new plugs that would not fit into the house outlets... Then I finally got it, and actually that kind of started me on my electronics journey. I must tell you that my absolute awe of your knowledge of old radios and old electronics is truly astounding. I remember my first project in my electricity class..they did not call it electronics...was to build a one tube power supply, and then we built a one tube radio receiver powered by our previously built power supply...I did poorly in these classes in the lab part because I could not find things like a cigar box nor the fine wire required for wrapping around an oatmeal box. Still, I managed to pass because I got a basic understanding. And, I found my hobby that is still fun for me today. I am now unable to fix or tinker with radios or computers any more due to my bad eyes and shaky hands...but that does not mean that I have lost any of my enthusiasm for the hobby. This is why I enjoy your videos so much. Keep up the great work and know that there is at least one old guy out there that really appreciates what you are doing.
Ole Kristensen , Once you have Ohm's Law under your bonnet, you can move on to Mr Carlson's Lab series in good order. You will understand what happens when the dust is blown away and the eye can pick up the stuff he talks about so fervently.
Yup , he's amazing ....and same here , but learning re capacitors turning bad , replacement of , transistor values, which most capacitors were ,and the tubes are awesome....
I used to build Heathkits with my grandfather. He was very patient and kind, and a great teacher, too....much like you. Thanks so much for sharing your passion and knowledge with the world. We are better off for having seen these videos.
As an old Motorola bench tech, I spent over 15 years working on old tube sets not just Motorola’s. Old Bakelite receivers were my junk food. Then in the early 90,s they (tube sets) just stopped coming in and I moved to international field tech support. I really miss working on them. Your description as you progressed, brought back that familiar burnt dust smell for a couple of hours that all old tube sets just have. Thank you for that Sir. I might add that I have over the years worked with some of the best in the industry. I would have no problem setting your workmanship right next th theirs.
Paul's videos are some of the very few on YT where I can always say "the longer, the better." I love these 2 hour marathons. Thanks Paul, I know that producing a 2 hour video, especially one of your quality, is time-consuming.
Watching as you worked on this radio brought back memories. My dad was self employed with a TV, radio, etc. repair business. Most repairs were able to be done in the customer's home. He had a shop where he would take and work on the really involved repairs, but many times customers would bring small items (radios and portable record players and small easily portable TV's) to our house. I loved hanging out at the dining room table where he would work on them and, completely fascinated, watched as he would take the items apart and put them back together. To me, he was working magic.
@@MrCarlsonsLab When we were cleaning out my grandma's farm house (the house my mom grew up in) we found a variety of old radios in a cupboard. The one I snagged had a very much art deco veneered case ...... and had been powered by a battery ...... a very large battery. Don't remember much about the "guts" of the battery, but I had it for years, trying to find someone who could/would (if possible) convert it to run off house power. Could not find anyone who even wanted to investigate for me if it would have been possible. All I heard from them was, "you won't be satisfied with the sound even IF I can/could be able to do it." Alas, I shall never know. I donated it to a shop (they accepted it knowing it needed a ton of work) and hopefully someone else is loving it. I too wanted to be able to listen to AM programs, particularly at Xmas time, or even listen to a baseball game, in the evening, enjoying the ambience if the amber glowing from the dial. I subscribed to your channel. I thoroughly enjoy these "fix'em up" youtubes. I love seeing old quality build abandoned items brought back to life. What becomes of the radios that you repair?
An absolute brilliant electronic and mechanical restoration Mr Carlson. I doubt many others can achieve your experience, technical expertise and demonstration techniques. Sincere regards from the UK.
Such a beautiful piece of history restored by a true craftsman. Most people would not see beyond the Bakelite. Thanks for being the Mr Carlson that is the patient bloke that identifies gems like these and gives them justice. You give the magnificent gift of delivering the verisimilitude of the engineering prowess that has long passed away from the older generation of blokes I had the privilege to work with when I was very young. You place these things in a real temporal manifold for people, because you bother to explain the history. You blow the doors off what most people think a university lecturer is meant to be. By doing the rebuilds the way you do, you really take people back in time again. Thanks so much for these they are wonderful.
Mr Carlson, I really enjoy watching your videos. I am an IT tech ( have been for 40 years). I like your manner of protocol when repairing these radios. You also have a great voice for videos! Thanks for your serious efforts!
Just love late 1930s American Art Deco design. Looks like a prop straight out of a 1940s film noir, with Humphrey Bogart and Edward. G. Robinson. This needs a Western Electric Model 302 telephone right beside it. Wonderful restauration and, as always, an excellent walk through! Thanks for doing this!
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Fine fine fine. Few things in life I enjoy more than seeing old machines...whatever they may be...that have been bodged by a succession of ham-handed "repairers" brought back to life by someone who's truly competent, and understands what he's doing. This was one of the best things I've watched in ages.
I haven't the slightest clue what you're talking about but your voice is so soothing and relaxing I love watching your videos to wind down or go to sleep... you are great at what you do and I can tell you love it I hear the joy in your voice... just wonderful! Thank you
I didn't even come to understand why this particular video had such an appeal for so many viewers including myself. I had to think it through and then it finally came to me. This wasn't just a restoration, it was resurrection. There is something deep in the human psyche concerning resurrections. You took something old and dead and brought it back to life. When you finally fired up the radio and the tubes began to glow , it was almost spiritual. You must have known this in advance because this was , in my opinion, your greatest video ever. Plus, I just loved the way you had to work with all those waxy electrical components and that gnarly wiring. It was like watching a highly skilled surgeon at work performing a transplant.
For some reason youtube recommended this video to me, 4 years after it was released... Well, beautiful restoration of an old electronic piece of art, will definitely watch more.
@@MrCarlsonsLab I'm already a sub and I'm watching more videos. Great content, very professional. You put a great amount of dedication in your projects and it shows on the videos and in the final results.
WOW....What a great teacher you are. I learn a little ...and maybe remember...more....each time I watch another Mr Carlson video. I likely will not be restoring vintage radio...but Ihave a few old tube units...and ...I get it....I understand...on a odd emotional level....the attraction to the old warm glow of the Tube...I am very much appreciative of your willingness to share your knowledge and passion.....PLEASE CONTINUE !
I really appreciate the fact that you restored this vintage radio. I like to see people keep equipment like this alive and I have a lot of respect for you sir. I also really appreciate it the way you praised the people of the past for their attention to detail and the quality of the construction. Keep up the good work you are one of my favorite UA-cam channels.
Your gift, in my small, but wondrous mind, can't begin to be quantified Mr .Carlson. I have several components in need of restoration and I would only entrust them to you. Your deep esteem of this science is not once missed by this viewer. Please continue your treasured work. -Scott Strother
So glad I got to sit right next to you in the lab Mr. Carlson. You have the best seats in the house. This was a real treat. Also give your wife a shout out for her awesome stills. Always an inspiration.
A magnificent restoration. I remember my Grandad loved to repair (really) old radios. I saw him once wind a new coil with Litz wire as one of the "pancakes" on a little regeneration receiver he made, where the two "pancake coils" could be rotated together or apart from one another to get the best sensitivity. He had a curious tool to wind the coil - it looked like a sock darning "mushroom" made of wood but had two series of short metal spikes around the circumference. He would wind the wire around and in an out of these spikes to gradually build up a "high Q" coil (which latter meant nothing to me at the time). I'm so glad that you are keeping this tradition alive. I still have that coil winding tool as a treasured posession.
I have to say, when I saw that this video was close to 2 hours, I got _REALLY_ excited! Far too many videos about old radio restoration are far too short, far too often. Settling in with a cup of coffee for this one :D
I stayed 'glued' to this Video and got (probably) as much of a thrill out of seeing this lovely Radio properly restored, as 'Mr Carson' did. I know from personal experience that it is very gratifying to get a Radio (or any other piece of electrical or electronic equipment) working so well, after many hours of work put into restoration. I have a 1936 Radiogram and a 1934 Radio - all fully restored by me, in my 'Lounge'. (I still have loads of Shellac 78 rpm records to play on the 'radiogram') !
Mister in my contry ( France ) we have a word for your job : " en etat de l'art " state of the art !!! brief beautiful job with love for the machine and a perfect mind for the restoration I have 59 years ols and with you i take a lesson ... i love that please continue your video and thanks for the share .... Eric from france
You captivated me for the entire video from start to finish. It called to mind the times when I was growing up that when the TV went on the fritz I would pull all the tubes out, take them to the drug store, use the vacuum tube tester and buy the replacement for the defective tube. You are a true teacher.
That warm backlight and the presets buttons system makes me time travel to those old days :) RESPECT! thanks Paul for all this knowledge shared! I feel sorry for ppl who cannot feel how much of mind beauty there is inside a bakelite box like this!
I am impressed how good you are with your hands and it takes a lot to get me impressed. I've been working as a TV repairman for 35 years and I got really good at what I like doing and I would not have attempted to remove the dial paper I probably would have damaged it but I can say you're the better man. Thumbs up👍
I was an Air Force metrology technician during the 70s. I used and repaired most of the equipment seen in the opening scene. I grew up when tubes were being phased out and transistors were coming in. This brings back a lot. I use to repair quite a number of those old radios, as they were either being thrown away or held onto. It was a great time to get into the field.
Yes indeed, I was in the Army at that time, we were always getting TV's and radios from the officers, who were convinced that anyone in communications knew how to repair them. I still have scars where I discharged the wrong cap with the wrong part of my body.
These were also sold in great numbers between 1946-49 under a variety of brands and cabinets. Belmont made them for Wards, Speigle, and other house brands. There were even wood cabinets. I think they kept the same design throughout, just using more modern resistors. IIRC they also kept the same (octal) tube lineup. You got really lucky finding one of the early ones. I'm glad someone who respects it got it.
It's a real testament not only to Mr. Carlson's repair and restoration, but also to the designers, manufacturer that this radio was so well designed and built. Everyone once in awhile UA-cam's suggestions are right on the money and this channel is really a gem. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and advice to the the electronics and restoration community. Keep the great videos coming, they are really enjoyable and informative.
So awesome, I learn a lot from watching your videos as you explain everything thoroughly. I have an old AM tube radio from a friend who passed which sort of works, but had no idea how to set the IF and oscillator.
This video was my favorite so far. I plan on watching many more of your restoration themed videos. Love all the technical details. I grew up learning all this theory and put it into practice on old radios and TVs of the 50s. I even found good methods to repair the speaker cone paper so the sound would be normal again. There was so much to learn working with these oldies. Talk about nostalgia! That is another huge plus for enjoyment watching your restoration videos. Thank you so much.
Looks like i have the next 2 hours to sit back and relax,Paul thanks so much for the time you put into these videos i understand how long it can take. Alex.
I remember my Great Uncle owned one of those radio's, he had it setting on his kitchen table. Living atop a hill, in a small one room shanty, the radio easily filled the whole house with music, and he did love his music. I used to walk to his house every morning before school, empty his slop pail, and carry in coal for his coal stove, and take out the ash from the night before. In the days when there was no school, this would be followed by several games of rummy, that radio playing it's warm toned music in the background. Funny how just seeing another radio like his sort of brings him back, at least in my memory, he died in 1969, the year I married my sweetheart.
I watched this video from start to finish, what an enjoyment it was. You did an excellent job of cleaning the chassis and you new wiring was very neat and tidy. After the alignment it worked really well, as you said "just like it came out of the factory". I was however somewhat disappointed that you did not remove the guts from the old paper capacitors and re-stuffed them with the new capacitors. It just seemed to be a really good thing to do as you put so much effort into the restoration. Putting that aside, you are really an expert and you deserve credit for your very good and informative videos. Keep up the good work Paul.
Outstanding video and so helpful for both experienced and amateur radio restoration fans. Excellent choice of radios - love the looks and performance. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise.
Many years ago I collected antique radios. At one point I had 150 of them. I sold them just before the bottom dropped out of the market for them. The proceeds bought us a house. I repaired many of those radios with no more training than a couple of small books. I enjoyed the hobby very much. I enjoyed your video a lot. Wish it had been around in the mid 80s. I never got zapped from a radio. But did with antique telephones.
I'm an old radar tech and I love to hear you use the term cycles instead of hz. just the way I learned it in tech school back in the 1960s. You're a brilliant engineer and I just discovered your channel and subscribed. I was never a top electronics whiz but I know enough to enjoy your videos.
Ya know thats a funny kinda thing... I'm not old school trained, we were very much taught to use hertz. But anytime it was radio related it was just easier to describe it as cycles.
Wonderful work Mr. Carlson! This radio is ready for another 30+ years! Great video to wake up with by the way. Coffee, a cigarette, an old tube radio playing an AM pirate station in the background while watching this two hours of great work! That's how to start a Saturday! There are not a lot video's on UA-cam that I can watch for 2 hours (I can't even watch a 2 hour movie), but your long video's are done in the blink of an eye. Very interesting, so well explained, never boring and very educational.
I get home from a long boring hard days work to find out my good friend Paul has uploaded a video. No matter What it is. I put my headphones on and that's my night improved :) Thanks Paul but i seriously want you to restore my pioneer sa-9800 dual mono block stereo amplifier.
The power amp and power supply of the 8800 is a piece of cake. Tone section and preamp not so much. I imagine the 9800 has a similar layout. Also the 8800 had a noisy diff pair.
Had flash backs to my time in the Navy when you showed which resistors you decided to use as replacements and then again when you whipped out that Tektronics scope. Transported me almost 2 decades back to my shop on the ship.
As always, a beautifully well restored piece. Invaluable experience and knowledge brought to great use. Thank you for making these restoration videos, and I hope you will enjoy listening to Christmas Carols on this fine machine.
Boy this bring back memories. Back in 1975 I restored a short wave radio with tubes that are much older design than these. Luckily the unit only needed minor repair compared to this unit. Thank you for this video.
I learned a lot on old electronic with your restoration videos. I just fixed an old luxman lv-105 (1984) last week. A hybrid amplifier of my friend. The local shop here said to him:" the tubes are gone need replacement and 400$". I said:" bring it to me please!!!" I re-watched you tube video and a i was full trianed :) Diode bridge was open so the heater tube was not heating. Replacing a bunch of old electrolytic capacitors, find a short between 2 solder on a transistor. And that's it. Tubes was good and the sound of this amp is very good. 35$ :) Thank you Paul :) Take care!
Today I discovered your channel. Love it. Subscribed right away. I love old radios and antique items. In my youth I listened on old radios,everyone had one. Many still used beautiful cabinet radios even as they got their first tv set. As we moved from time to time I would find discarded old radios in the house we moved too. Kept me in replacement tubes!
It's really fantastic radio restoration 👍👍I really enjoyed and I learned more technic in this video, great job. You Know sir Paul I love your channel it's because of lots of real information, and your line of thinking and thought is absolutely great. More of inspiration, incouragement, and I have found only here how to read a bad resistor that I never knew before. Not all bad resistor is faulty Lol. Thank you so much mr Paul for this restoration and the radio now back to its own case and good as brand new, you did well.
This is so great and much better than watching TV. When you displayed the final product I was blown away. So cool and I know next to nothing about electronics.
It's so awesome how you talk about the individual circuits from the b power side to IF, detector and RF and go through the full adjustment procedures. What I also like is the way you get all the details of the experience into the video so that someone working on a restoration for himself could know what to expect. You have some really great tips for safety and I really did appreciate the demonstration on the IF cans where you showed the live 70v against the chassis; I really think that was important. .
What a gorgeous radio. Really love that "futuristic" style. Usually see it in plastic and chrome instead of wood. Another fascinating rebuild. Lookin' forward to more.
Thank you mr carlson for this video of restorstion ,you are really a really electronic info treasure ,i am following you from algeria and your chanel very useful and cool thank you for your professional work and explanes
Your restoration style is exceptional, I lost my interest to watch others for very clear and many reasons, so perfect at any level, no one even can come close to, countless thanks for your excellent informative works.
I randomly came upon this...what a treat, you have opened up a whole new universe with your expertise...your words and knowledge are quite beyond me but I can appreciate what you are doing and with each episode my understanding of electronics opens up a little each time...its both intimidating and satisfying to watch a teal master at work. bravo
What a lovely radio , it had that flame burst pattern on the cabinet opon seeing initial picture , but must have dulled over time ... What a beauty ... Thanks for sharing this Mr Carlson Sir , again you"re capability makes good.
Give the young 'uns a chance to see real B&W TV! "No, there's no way to see it in color, not even on the packed up color TV in the attic!" "These programs (from You Tube) were made in black and white!" Later on, you get to tell them: "On this TV, even color programs come out black and white."
Bob Pegram Believe it or not, here in the UK, some people still have B&W TVs. As you need a licence for your TV by law (big fine and possible jail time if you don’t have one!) black and white TVs are used by the blind or partially sighted. A B&W licence is half the cost of a colour licence. There are about 3000 B&W licence holders left. Crazy but true!
I'm not into electrical components or electronics, radios etc, I just wanted to know how much effort in restoring such classic piece took. I must say you're a real pro and sure with a lot of patience. I must say watching the entire video wasn't planned however I can't stop it. It was worth watching. Please wear some rubber gloves to play safe with electricity when you're working on live equipment.
Hi, Mr. Carlson....I've restored a few old radios myself, and I have great admiration for your expertise - and your patience! I have a couple of tips for you, based on my own experience. Once the chassis has been removed from the cabinet, tape a piece of stiff cardboard over the speaker - when the chassis is upside down, it's very easy to accidentally poke a hole in the cone with a screwdriver - or your thumb! Also, I always turn the tuning capacitor so that the plates are fully meshed while working on the underside. If the plates get accidentally bent, it can be a headache to get them straight again. Enjoyed your video and your narration - beautifully done!!
Marvelous video. You're lost in time sir. I have a 1936 Zenith console that I got from my folks. Hitler, Churchill and Roosevelt have come through that thing.
Hi Mr Carlson really enjoy your restorations & testing / top marks brings back memories working on radios with my Dad Best regards Ernest South Wales UK
Another fine, well explained, restoration, Paul. I am a radio person and mostly enjoy your radio restorations. That Belmont is a nice radio. Your explanations and cautions are well done. Keep up the fine work!
They (You Tube people) say that 20-30 minute videos are the best to catch and hold an audience. Have they never paused watching a Mr. Carlson video to finish it a day or two later?
Mr Carlson, you are one of the people helping me to finally learn things that I dimly remember from college and things I was never taught (tubes and their circuits).
It’s so great. When others would be long done , because they don’t have much to say. Paul packs it all in giving full respect to his viewers / his customers , and the machine itself.
In the early 1960s I made a 5 tube superhet radio in hi school electronics class. Such a clever concept. Simple but very effective. From the 1930s into the late 1960s these radios ruled. How many viewers remember the vacuum tube checkers in the supermarkets
When I was a kid in the 50's I got shocked all the time by everything, no one thought anything about it, it was normal. I love these old radios especially the old wood ones. K5AZE... ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀█▓▒░A░W░E░S░O░M░E░░▒▓█▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄
I guess I must have been about 14 or 15 years old when I 'disassembled' a vintage Grundig on tubes back in the early seventies. I had no clue I was dealing with high voltage. I still don't understand how I was not fried while poking around in that unit.
been there. got the shock of my life testing wires on radios such as my radio project i mentioned above . i thought the speaker was 12 volts not 60! XD no need for coffee that day. already had a buzz
One summer we set up the garage as a den (there was no air con and it was cooler). There was an area rug but if you weren't standing on the rug you would get a pretty stout tingle when changing the channel on the TV. I measured 90 volts AC. We were teens back in the early 70s and loved giving a jolt to unsuspecting friends by standing on the concrete and touching them while they changed the channel. Really stupid in retrospect. I did electronics and should have known better.
Unfortunately for Keith Relf of the Yardbirds it wasn't normal, it was the end of his life , when touching a microphone that was cross grounded (through a PA) with his guitar (amp), and I believe it was through electronic equipment that was transformer isolated but had "hum balancing" switchable through a capacitor (a capacitor connected to one side or the other of the AC line coming in.). That is why they are called "death caps". Although I believe this was in the UK, with 220 V 'mains', AC supply,.. the charge carried by a .01 cap (due to its reactance at 50 Hz is as miniscule part of the duty cycle. RESPONSIBLE TECH'S PLEASE REMOVE DEATH CAPS !!!! I've been doing repairs for 50 years , and shocked many times near the beginning of my career, actually had no shocks for about 25 years straight however,... please always check the unit being serviced is unplugged , and main filter caps are discharged before servicing. I nailed myself a few months ago because "I thought I unplugged that".... thinking isn't the same as doing,... and Tesla's one hand rule is excellent!
Almost as bad as getting a mustache hair stuck in the microphone grill and when you jerk back the mic comes out of the stand and hangs by your lip, this activity will even make King Kong's eyes water!
Paul, why are you not teaching or passing your extensive knowledge to these newer generations, I've been in the electronics service for 40 yrs, and you are an absolute crackerjack (as we would say back in my day)...... You have a perfect demeanor and skill of projecting knowledge. Great video as usual. I would've loved to have met you when I was in my hayday in the TV and appliance service business.... Man, I could've picked your brain something fierce...😀..!
I am totally amazed to find someone probably in their 40's? or maybe 50. who knows about all this old electronics lore. Explaining the foil end of capacitors is great,... Would be nice to show what they look like by unrolling them , and showing on a high impedance tube circuit input how easily fingers near the foil will easily pick up the stray hum field. And also a lot of people don't know what the "low impedance" side of the circuit means. I E. Close to ground, or B+ plate output portion of a tube. I think I was about 20 years into electronics before I figured out how that worked, and how B+ could behave like ground in terms of shielding. I have great admiration for Your enthusiasm in restoring this old radio. One can appreciate the Aesthetics of these old phenolics, but for me having grown up when these things were still in use, and when there was still some worthwhile programing on AM radio,.. I must admit these broken cast - offs were a dime a dozen, and the amount of work necessary to restore this rat's nest, and rewiring things would never tempt me today. I took bunches of these things apart as a child to scavenge for parts.I am guessing this is from the late 1940's or early 1950s. I'm going to have to post some video's and show some additional techniques for such things as repairing speakers like that one (in ten minutes) so that they work fine.
Mr, Carlson, Such an EXCELLENT body of work, in Your uploads,.. with material presented clearly, and in an engaging style that can be appreciated and accessible, no matter the level of experience. Love the foil side identifier device you invented. I couldn't contain my enthusiasm, and made my comment about 1/2 way through this video, without having realized You had created such a wonderful thing !
Hmm, what to do. Repair a HP 8656B or what Mr Carlson's Lab......Decisions.....Well I watched a 2 hour Excellent video. Well done Paul. Just a fantastic radio and now as good if not better than a new one.
Buddy, you will love that 8656B. I have an 8657B. You can even do "sweep" FM alignments if you use external FM DC modulation with a sawtooth wave. Looking forward to a video on that.
Outstanding work. I've been slowly (11 years) restoring an old Bush british radio and you quite inspired me go on and finish it. It is working though no decent IF RF etc alignments done. It was a rat's nest in an old shed, then brought it to a repair guy which refused to work on it. Started myself. Loudspeaker was reconditioned, bad wires replaced, electrolytics all exchanged, chassis and air tuning condenser cleaned. Still have not changed those old paper wax caps that you recommend to trash. Both IF transformer's ferrite cores were broken (scary repair), one I could glue and went nice, the other had a quarter of the ferrite crumbled into a soft putty, had its total length shortened. With some basic alignment it is tuning stations not bad. Aesthetically it's ugly since the pulley-cable-needle display mechanism is broken and missing parts and the overall wooden body needs heavy work. Thank you for presenting such rich technical content and for inspiring people like me.
Hi Sir ! I watched your all kind of video , your explanation method is excellent .I love to watch videos.I'm an Electrical student . I request for if you have time . to explain ON Grid,Off Grid system these two type of supply , hope
Another great restoration video, Paul. Not really anything cosmetically to fix, but oh those capacitors and reistors! Hope you get your video up quick on making the home made transmitter to transmit your own programming. It's just a shame to listen to Katy Perry or Madonna on a 1940's radio when Benny Goodman, Bing Crosby, or Fibber McGee and Molly should be coming out of the speaker! 73, Harvey KM4JA
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How do I send you an email ? I have a question about something. I have asked the question on a couple videos but I think it's been missed. I'm sure it will be easy for you, just would appreciate your advice. Thanks Mr. Carlson.
Good work pointing out GFI/RCD issues if you bridge earth and neutral.
Oh, so I'm not the only one that says "Hake'o".
I didn't see you resolder the I.F. cans.
Hi Are you going to drop into at EPTECH in Mississauga this year? If so I'd like to shake your hand. I have no connection with the show except as visitor.
The UA-cam algorithm gets one right every now and then! :) This channel is one of the best suggestions yet!
Same here - no idea why the UA-cam Overlords thought I would like this based on my existing choices, but they were right.
I don’t know what it is about his videos, but I can watch them straight through for hours. I often watch them to go to bed to. The technical nature keeps my mind busy and from from obsessing about things that keep me up at night otherwise. I keep hoping if I listen to him enough his knowledge will be imparted upon me.
Mr Carlson, you are an electronics genius. Thank you.
Thanks for your kind comment Edward!
I grew up with the knowledge that if you got shocked from an appliance you unplugged it and flipped the plug 180 degrees and plugged it back in...you probably would not get shocked again...lol. For the longest time, I hated the new plugs that would not fit into the house outlets... Then I finally got it, and actually that kind of started me on my electronics journey.
I must tell you that my absolute awe of your knowledge of old radios and old electronics is truly astounding.
I remember my first project in my electricity class..they did not call it electronics...was to build a one tube power supply, and then we built a one tube radio receiver powered by our previously built power supply...I did poorly in these classes in the lab part because I could not find things like a cigar box nor the fine wire required for wrapping around an oatmeal box. Still, I managed to pass because I got a basic understanding. And, I found my hobby that is still fun for me today. I am now unable to fix or tinker with radios or computers any more due to my bad eyes and shaky hands...but that does not mean that I have lost any of my enthusiasm for the hobby. This is why I enjoy your videos so much. Keep up the great work and know that there is at least one old guy out there that really appreciates what you are doing.
I have absolutely no idea what you are doing, i just enjoy to see a serious guy doing what he does best. These videos are amazing :)
Ole Kristensen , Once you have Ohm's Law under your bonnet, you can move on to Mr Carlson's Lab series in good order. You will understand what happens when the dust is blown away and the eye can pick up the stuff he talks about so fervently.
Yup , he's amazing ....and same here , but learning re capacitors turning bad , replacement of , transistor values, which most capacitors were ,and the tubes are awesome....
I used to build Heathkits with my grandfather. He was very patient and kind, and a great teacher, too....much like you. Thanks so much for sharing your passion and knowledge with the world. We are better off for having seen these videos.
You're welcome Bill!
As an old Motorola bench tech, I spent over 15 years working on old tube sets not just Motorola’s. Old Bakelite receivers were my junk food. Then in the early 90,s they (tube sets) just stopped coming in and I moved to international field tech support. I really miss working on them. Your description as you progressed, brought back that familiar burnt dust smell for a couple of hours that all old tube sets just have. Thank you for that Sir. I might add that I have over the years worked with some of the best in the industry. I would have no problem setting your workmanship right next th theirs.
Paul's videos are some of the very few on YT where I can always say "the longer, the better." I love these 2 hour marathons. Thanks Paul, I know that producing a 2 hour video, especially one of your quality, is time-consuming.
Watching as you worked on this radio brought back memories. My dad was self employed with a TV, radio, etc. repair business. Most repairs were able to be done in the customer's home. He had a shop where he would take and work on the really involved repairs, but many times customers would bring small items (radios and portable record players and small easily portable TV's) to our house. I loved hanging out at the dining room table where he would work on them and, completely fascinated, watched as he would take the items apart and put them back together. To me, he was working magic.
Thanks for taking the time to share your story!
@@MrCarlsonsLab When we were cleaning out my grandma's farm house (the house my mom grew up in) we found a variety of old radios in a cupboard. The one I snagged had a very much art deco veneered case ...... and had been powered by a battery ...... a very large battery. Don't remember much about the "guts" of the battery, but I had it for years, trying to find someone who could/would (if possible) convert it to run off house power. Could not find anyone who even wanted to investigate for me if it would have been possible. All I heard from them was, "you won't be satisfied with the sound even IF I can/could be able to do it." Alas, I shall never know. I donated it to a shop (they accepted it knowing it needed a ton of work) and hopefully someone else is loving it. I too wanted to be able to listen to AM programs, particularly at Xmas time, or even listen to a baseball game, in the evening, enjoying the ambience if the amber glowing from the dial. I subscribed to your channel. I thoroughly enjoy these "fix'em up" youtubes. I love seeing old quality build abandoned items brought back to life. What becomes of the radios that you repair?
An absolute brilliant electronic and mechanical restoration Mr Carlson. I doubt many others can achieve your experience, technical expertise and demonstration techniques.
Sincere regards from the UK.
Bosted Tap quit brown nosing
@@superpeluso1 most interesting comment.
curiousMarc channel shows some real knowledge and experience too. check it out
Thanks for the recommendation, it looks quite good.
I was impressed also, that was some pretty nasty looking wiring and circuitry he had to sort out , diagnose and fix.
Such a beautiful piece of history restored by a true craftsman. Most people would not see beyond the Bakelite.
Thanks for being the Mr Carlson that is the patient bloke that identifies gems like these and gives them justice.
You give the magnificent gift of delivering the verisimilitude of the engineering prowess that has long passed away from the older generation of blokes I had the privilege to work with when I was very young.
You place these things in a real temporal manifold for people, because you bother to explain the history.
You blow the doors off what most people think a university lecturer is meant to be.
By doing the rebuilds the way you do, you really take people back in time again.
Thanks so much for these they are wonderful.
You're like the Bob Ross of electronics.
But Canadian! ;)
haha I was about to post that same thing lol!
@@TheRealSmithFamily ...in Vancouver, British Columbia.
He would be like the Bob Andersen of vintage electronic restorers.
I know what you mean he is very soothing.
Mr Carlson, I really enjoy watching your videos. I am an IT tech ( have been for 40 years). I like your manner of protocol when repairing these radios. You also have a great voice for videos! Thanks for your serious efforts!
You're very welcome!
Just love late 1930s American Art Deco design. Looks like a prop straight out of a 1940s film noir, with Humphrey Bogart and Edward. G. Robinson. This needs a Western Electric Model 302 telephone right beside it. Wonderful restauration and, as always, an excellent walk through! Thanks for doing this!
Fine fine fine. Few things in life I enjoy more than seeing old machines...whatever they may be...that have been bodged by a succession of ham-handed "repairers" brought back to life by someone who's truly competent, and understands what he's doing. This was one of the best things I've watched in ages.
I haven't the slightest clue what you're talking about but your voice is so soothing and relaxing I love watching your videos to wind down or go to sleep... you are great at what you do and I can tell you love it I hear the joy in your voice... just wonderful! Thank you
Currently in bed watching drifting to sleep. 3-4 nights a week... it’s like a noise maker that entertains you until you’re ready to sleep
I didn't even come to understand why this particular video had such an appeal for so many viewers including myself. I had to think it through and then it finally came to me. This wasn't just a restoration, it was resurrection. There is something deep in the human psyche concerning resurrections. You took something old and dead and brought it back to life. When you finally fired up the radio and the tubes began to glow , it was almost spiritual. You must have known this in advance because this was , in my opinion, your greatest video ever.
Plus, I just loved the way you had to work with all those waxy electrical components and that gnarly wiring. It was like watching a highly skilled surgeon at work performing a transplant.
Thanks for your kind comment Matthew!
For some reason youtube recommended this video to me, 4 years after it was released... Well, beautiful restoration of an old electronic piece of art, will definitely watch more.
Glad you enjoyed David!
@@MrCarlsonsLab I'm already a sub and I'm watching more videos. Great content, very professional. You put a great amount of dedication in your projects and it shows on the videos and in the final results.
You're off to the races with this one The Bell Mount track that's for sure a nice looker man! Great buy, Mr. Carlson!
It's Friday evening. I am drinking wine and watching Mr Carlson's Lab. Life is good.
WOW....What a great teacher you are. I learn a little ...and maybe remember...more....each time I watch another Mr Carlson video. I likely will not be restoring vintage radio...but Ihave a few old tube units...and ...I get it....I understand...on a odd emotional level....the attraction to the old warm glow of the Tube...I am very much appreciative of your willingness to share your knowledge and passion.....PLEASE CONTINUE !
I really appreciate the fact that you restored this vintage radio. I like to see people keep equipment like this alive and I have a lot of respect for you sir. I also really appreciate it the way you praised the people of the past for their attention to detail and the quality of the construction. Keep up the good work you are one of my favorite UA-cam channels.
Your gift, in my small, but wondrous mind, can't begin to be quantified Mr .Carlson. I have several components in need of restoration and I would only entrust them to you. Your deep esteem of this science is not once missed by this viewer. Please continue your treasured work. -Scott Strother
So glad I got to sit right next to you in the lab Mr. Carlson. You have the best seats in the house. This was a real treat. Also give your wife a shout out for her awesome stills. Always an inspiration.
Thanks Willie, she will appreciate the compliment!
That cabinet is an art-deco beauty.
A magnificent restoration. I remember my Grandad loved to repair (really) old radios. I saw him once wind a new coil with Litz wire as one of the "pancakes" on a little regeneration receiver he made, where the two "pancake coils" could be rotated together or apart from one another to get the best sensitivity. He had a curious tool to wind the coil - it looked like a sock darning "mushroom" made of wood but had two series of short metal spikes around the circumference. He would wind the wire around and in an out of these spikes to gradually build up a "high Q" coil (which latter meant nothing to me at the time). I'm so glad that you are keeping this tradition alive. I still have that coil winding tool as a treasured posession.
diymostthings, You might consider making a video about your winding tool and how it is used. This would be a valuable tool to the people here! de KQ2E
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I have to say, when I saw that this video was close to 2 hours, I got _REALLY_ excited! Far too many videos about old radio restoration are far too short, far too often. Settling in with a cup of coffee for this one :D
I stayed 'glued' to this Video and got (probably) as much of a thrill out of seeing this lovely Radio properly restored, as 'Mr Carson' did. I know from personal experience that it is very gratifying to get a Radio (or any other piece of electrical or electronic equipment) working so well, after many hours of work put into restoration. I have a 1936 Radiogram and a 1934 Radio - all fully restored by me, in my 'Lounge'. (I still have loads of Shellac 78 rpm records to play on the 'radiogram') !
Mister in my contry ( France ) we have a word for your job : " en etat de l'art " state of the art !!! brief beautiful job with love for the machine and a perfect mind for the restoration I have 59 years ols and with you i take a lesson ... i love that please continue your video and thanks for the share .... Eric from france
YOU ARE THE MAN...YOU MAKE WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A DULL BLOG, A REALLY INTERESTING RESTORATION..KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK......
Mr Carlson, you posted a 2 hour video covering a subject that I have zero understanding of. And, I watched EVERY second.
He sure knows how to bring it.
You captivated me for the entire video from start to finish. It called to mind the times when I was growing up that when the TV went on the fritz I would pull all the tubes out, take them to the drug store, use the vacuum tube tester and buy the replacement for the defective tube. You are a true teacher.
That warm backlight and the presets buttons system makes me time travel to those old days :) RESPECT! thanks Paul for all this knowledge shared! I feel sorry for ppl who cannot feel how much of mind beauty there is inside a bakelite box like this!
I am impressed how good you are with your hands and it takes a lot to get me impressed. I've been working as a TV repairman for 35 years and I got really good at what I like doing and I would not have attempted to remove the dial paper I probably would have damaged it but I can say you're the better man. Thumbs up👍
I was an Air Force metrology technician during the 70s. I used and repaired most of the equipment seen in the opening scene. I grew up when tubes were being phased out and transistors were coming in. This brings back a lot. I use to repair quite a number of those old radios, as they were either being thrown away or held onto. It was a great time to get into the field.
Yes indeed, I was in the Army at that time, we were always getting TV's and radios from the officers, who were convinced that anyone in communications knew how to repair them. I still have scars where I discharged the wrong cap with the wrong part of my body.
What a treat to watch you bring this 1930's beauty back to like-new condition!
I just love watching and learning from you Mr. C.!
Thanks Steven, I'm glad you enjoyed!
These were also sold in great numbers between 1946-49 under a variety of brands and cabinets. Belmont made them for Wards, Speigle, and other house brands. There were even wood cabinets. I think they kept the same design throughout, just using more modern resistors. IIRC they also kept the same (octal) tube lineup. You got really lucky finding one of the early ones. I'm glad someone who respects it got it.
Thanks for your comment Ray!
It's a real testament not only to Mr. Carlson's repair and restoration, but also to the designers, manufacturer that this radio was so well designed and built. Everyone once in awhile UA-cam's suggestions are right on the money and this channel is really a gem. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and advice to the the electronics and restoration community. Keep the great videos coming, they are really enjoyable and informative.
Fantastic! beautiful radio! I truly appreciate your dedication to detail as well as your Patreon content! One of the best channels on UA-cam.
So awesome, I learn a lot from watching your videos as you explain everything thoroughly. I have an old AM tube radio from a friend who passed which sort of works, but had no idea how to set the IF and oscillator.
This video was my favorite so far. I plan on watching many more of your restoration themed videos. Love all the technical details. I grew up learning all this theory and put it into practice on old radios and TVs of the 50s. I even found good methods to repair the speaker cone paper so the sound would be normal again. There was so much to learn working with these oldies. Talk about nostalgia! That is another huge plus for enjoyment watching your restoration videos. Thank you so much.
Hello Paul, I just finished restoring my Belmont 636B following your great video. You are truly a master! Thank you so much for your great videos.
Fantastic!
Looks like i have the next 2 hours to sit back and relax,Paul thanks so much for the time you put into these videos i understand how long it can take.
Alex.
Such a satisfying video to watch. This gem from the past couldn't ask for better hands to restore it. Thanks for sharing.
I remember my Great Uncle owned one of those radio's, he had it setting on his kitchen table. Living atop a hill, in a small one room shanty, the radio easily filled the whole house with music, and he did love his music. I used to walk to his house every morning before school, empty his slop pail, and carry in coal for his coal stove, and take out the ash from the night before. In the days when there was no school, this would be followed by several games of rummy, that radio playing it's warm toned music in the background. Funny how just seeing another radio like his sort of brings him back, at least in my memory, he died in 1969, the year I married my sweetheart.
Thanks for sharing your story Jerry!
I watched this video from start to finish, what an enjoyment it was. You did an excellent job of cleaning the chassis and you new wiring was very neat and tidy. After the alignment it worked really well, as you said "just like it came out of the factory". I was however somewhat disappointed that you did not remove the guts from the old paper capacitors and re-stuffed them with the new capacitors. It just seemed to be a really good thing to do as you put so much effort into the restoration.
Putting that aside, you are really an expert and you deserve credit for your very good and informative videos. Keep up the good work Paul.
Outstanding video and so helpful for both experienced and amateur radio restoration fans. Excellent choice of radios - love the looks and performance. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise.
Many years ago I collected antique radios. At one point I had 150 of them. I sold them just before the bottom dropped out of the market for them. The proceeds bought us a house. I repaired many of those radios with no more training than a couple of small books. I enjoyed the hobby very much. I enjoyed your video a lot. Wish it had been around in the mid 80s. I never got zapped from a radio. But did with antique telephones.
I'm an old radar tech and I love to hear you use the term cycles instead of hz. just the way I learned it in tech school back in the 1960s. You're a brilliant engineer and I just discovered your channel and subscribed. I was never a top electronics whiz but I know enough to enjoy your videos.
Thanks for your kind comment!
Ya know thats a funny kinda thing... I'm not old school trained, we were very much taught to use hertz. But anytime it was radio related it was just easier to describe it as cycles.
Wonderful work Mr. Carlson! This radio is ready for another 30+ years! Great video to wake up with by the way. Coffee, a cigarette, an old tube radio playing an AM pirate station in the background while watching this two hours of great work! That's how to start a Saturday! There are not a lot video's on UA-cam that I can watch for 2 hours (I can't even watch a 2 hour movie), but your long video's are done in the blink of an eye. Very interesting, so well explained, never boring and very educational.
I get home from a long boring hard days work to find out my good friend Paul has uploaded a video.
No matter What it is.
I put my headphones on and that's my night improved :)
Thanks Paul but i seriously want you to restore my pioneer sa-9800 dual mono block stereo amplifier.
The power amp and power supply of the 8800 is a piece of cake. Tone section and preamp not so much. I imagine the 9800 has a similar layout. Also the 8800 had a noisy diff pair.
@@StereosandotherfunI want a total over haul
Had flash backs to my time in the Navy when you showed which resistors you decided to use as replacements and then again when you whipped out that Tektronics scope. Transported me almost 2 decades back to my shop on the ship.
As always, a beautifully well restored piece. Invaluable experience and knowledge brought to great use.
Thank you for making these restoration videos, and I hope you will enjoy listening to Christmas Carols on this fine machine.
Stuart Russell That’s the best thing to listen to on one of these old beauties.
Boy this bring back memories. Back in 1975 I restored a short wave radio with tubes that are much older design than these. Luckily the unit only needed minor repair compared to this unit. Thank you for this video.
I learned a lot on old electronic with your restoration videos. I just fixed an old luxman lv-105 (1984) last week. A hybrid amplifier of my friend. The local shop here said to him:" the tubes are gone need replacement and 400$". I said:" bring it to me please!!!" I re-watched you tube video and a i was full trianed :) Diode bridge was open so the heater tube was not heating. Replacing a bunch of old electrolytic capacitors, find a short between 2 solder on a transistor. And that's it. Tubes was good and the sound of this amp is very good. 35$ :) Thank you Paul :) Take care!
Today I discovered your channel. Love it. Subscribed right away. I love old radios and antique items. In my youth I listened on old radios,everyone had one. Many still used beautiful cabinet radios even as they got their first tv set. As we moved from time to time I would find discarded old radios in the house we moved too. Kept me in replacement tubes!
Welcome Larry!
Oh happy day, another video from Mr Carlson!
Extremely thorough and brilliant restoration of a piece of vintage tube radio history.
It's really fantastic radio restoration 👍👍I really enjoyed and I learned more technic in this video, great job.
You Know sir Paul I love your channel it's because of lots of real information, and your line of thinking and thought is absolutely great. More of inspiration, incouragement, and I have found only here how to read a bad resistor that I never knew before. Not all bad resistor is faulty Lol.
Thank you so much mr Paul for this restoration and the radio now back to its own case and good as brand new, you did well.
This is so great and much better than watching TV. When you displayed the final product I was blown away. So cool and I know next to nothing about electronics.
Beautiful. There is a m agical feeling to me about working on vintage radios and listening to them after. Like working with a time machine.
It's so awesome how you talk about the individual circuits from the b power side to IF, detector and RF and go through the full adjustment procedures. What I also like is the way you get all the details of the experience into the video so that someone working on a restoration for himself could know what to expect. You have some really great tips for safety and I really did appreciate the demonstration on the IF cans where you showed the live 70v against the chassis; I really think that was important. .
Notified after two minutes and then find 2 hours of electronic joy to watch later on my new 43 inch smart TV.......Oh the joy!!
Only 43? Was this video posted on patreon in 2013? LOL
That would be pretty modern compared to the gear usually present in the videos.
Try it on my 72 inch bang and olufsen
The information is no less redundant because the number is larger.
rimmersbryggeri Now why would I want a huge TV in a small room unless it was to brag about ........
What a gorgeous radio. Really love that "futuristic" style. Usually see it in plastic and chrome instead of wood.
Another fascinating rebuild. Lookin' forward to more.
Thank you mr carlson for this video of restorstion ,you are really a really electronic info treasure ,i am following you from algeria and your chanel very useful and cool thank you for your professional work and explanes
Thank you for your kind comment Rida!
Mr. Carlson, sir, you have a wonderful style, and a soothing, reassuring voice. It's very obvious you know what you're doing...
Your restoration style is exceptional, I lost my interest to watch others for very clear and many reasons, so perfect at any level, no one even can come close to, countless thanks for your excellent informative works.
I know nothing about electronics but what you do is fascinating
Thanks!
I randomly came upon this...what a treat, you have opened up a whole new universe with your expertise...your words and knowledge are quite beyond me but I can appreciate what you are doing and with each episode my understanding of electronics opens up a little each time...its both intimidating and satisfying to watch a teal master at work. bravo
What a lovely radio , it had that flame burst pattern on the cabinet opon seeing initial picture , but must have dulled over time ...
What a beauty ...
Thanks for sharing this Mr Carlson Sir , again you"re capability makes good.
Your BEST radio restoration vid yet. Really enjoyed it. Perhaps you could restore an old TV?
Give the young 'uns a chance to see real B&W TV! "No, there's no way to see it in color, not even on the packed up color TV in the attic!" "These programs (from You Tube) were made in black and white!" Later on, you get to tell them: "On this TV, even color programs come out black and white."
Bob Pegram Believe it or not, here in the UK, some people still have B&W TVs. As you need a licence for your TV by law (big fine and possible jail time if you don’t have one!) black and white TVs are used by the blind or partially sighted. A B&W licence is half the cost of a colour licence. There are about 3000 B&W licence holders left. Crazy but true!
I'm not into electrical components or electronics, radios etc, I just wanted to know how much effort in restoring such classic piece took. I must say you're a real pro and sure with a lot of patience. I must say watching the entire video wasn't planned however I can't stop it. It was worth watching. Please wear some rubber gloves to play safe with electricity when you're working on live equipment.
Ooooh. It looks like hell from the inside. A hell for electronics restorators
Man, you did a great job!
Hi, Mr. Carlson....I've restored a few old radios myself, and I have great admiration for your expertise - and your patience! I have a couple of tips for you, based on my own experience. Once the chassis has been removed from the cabinet, tape a piece of stiff cardboard over the speaker - when the chassis is upside down, it's very easy to accidentally poke a hole in the cone with a screwdriver - or your thumb! Also, I always turn the tuning capacitor so that the plates are fully meshed while working on the underside. If the plates get accidentally bent, it can be a headache to get them straight again. Enjoyed your video and your narration - beautifully done!!
Thanks for your input Dave!
SEALDTITE.... to keep the leakage IN! .. That never ceases to make me burst out loud with laughter. Love watching these :D
I love how these were built on a solid chassis and placed inside whatever case, in stead of everything being attached to the plastic inside.
Cool! Vintage Mr Carlson. I love watching videos like this.
The before and after on the chassis was the most impressive part of this restoration. Simply amazing.
Thanks! If you liked the before and after, this restoration was pretty extreme: ua-cam.com/video/DzaiZtRoqs8/v-deo.html
Marvelous video. You're lost in time sir. I have a 1936 Zenith console that I got from my folks. Hitler, Churchill and Roosevelt have come through that thing.
Paladin 06, I like the way you think! Nicely said.
@@BruceNitroxpro Also thinking the same thing, all the history that passed through it 👌
Hi Mr Carlson really enjoy your restorations & testing / top marks brings back memories working on radios with my Dad Best regards Ernest South Wales UK
I look forward to watching each and everyone of your video's!!! Makes my day
Another fine, well explained, restoration, Paul. I am a radio person and mostly enjoy your radio restorations. That Belmont is a nice radio. Your explanations and cautions are well done. Keep up the fine work!
Woho !!! Full movie lenght. Nice.
Awesome! Much better than the live streams other UA-camrs are doing!
They (You Tube people) say that 20-30 minute videos are the best to catch and hold an audience. Have they never paused watching a Mr. Carlson video to finish it a day or two later?
Mr Carlson, you are one of the people helping me to finally learn things that I dimly remember from college and things I was never taught (tubes and their circuits).
I had no choice, but to do so!
It’s so great. When others would be long done , because they don’t have much to say. Paul packs it all in giving full respect to his viewers / his customers , and the machine itself.
In the early 1960s I made a 5 tube superhet radio in hi school electronics class. Such a clever concept. Simple but very effective. From the 1930s into the late 1960s these radios ruled. How many viewers remember the vacuum tube checkers in the supermarkets
I do.
When I was a kid in the 50's I got shocked all the time by everything, no one thought anything about it, it was normal.
I love these old radios especially the old wood ones. K5AZE...
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I guess I must have been about 14 or 15 years old when I 'disassembled' a vintage Grundig on tubes back in the early seventies. I had no clue I was dealing with high voltage. I still don't understand how I was not fried while poking around in that unit.
been there. got the shock of my life testing wires on radios such as my radio project i mentioned above . i thought the speaker was 12 volts not 60! XD no need for coffee that day. already had a buzz
One summer we set up the garage as a den (there was no air con and it was cooler). There was an area rug but if you weren't standing on the rug you would get a pretty stout tingle when changing the channel on the TV. I measured 90 volts AC. We were teens back in the early 70s and loved giving a jolt to unsuspecting friends by standing on the concrete and touching them while they changed the channel. Really stupid in retrospect.
I did electronics and should have known better.
Unfortunately for Keith Relf of the Yardbirds it wasn't normal, it was the end of his life , when touching a microphone that was cross grounded (through a PA) with his guitar (amp), and I believe it was through electronic equipment that was transformer isolated but had "hum balancing" switchable through a capacitor (a capacitor connected to one side or the other of the AC line coming in.). That is why they are called "death caps". Although I believe this was in the UK, with 220 V 'mains', AC supply,.. the charge carried by a .01 cap (due to its reactance at 50 Hz is as miniscule part of the duty cycle. RESPONSIBLE TECH'S PLEASE REMOVE DEATH CAPS !!!! I've been doing repairs for 50 years , and shocked many times near the beginning of my career, actually had no shocks for about 25 years straight however,... please always check the unit being serviced is unplugged , and main filter caps are discharged before servicing. I nailed myself a few months ago because "I thought I unplugged that".... thinking isn't the same as doing,... and Tesla's one hand rule is excellent!
Almost as bad as getting a mustache hair stuck in the microphone grill and when you jerk back the mic comes out of the stand and hangs by your lip, this activity will even make King Kong's eyes water!
Fantastic job Paul (as always). The IF cans were a real challenge... thanks for sharing with us...much appreciated.
Paul, why are you not teaching or passing your extensive knowledge to these newer generations, I've been in the electronics service for 40 yrs, and you are an absolute crackerjack (as we would say back in my day)......
You have a perfect demeanor and skill of projecting knowledge.
Great video as usual.
I would've loved to have met you when I was in my hayday in the TV and appliance service business....
Man, I could've picked your brain something fierce...😀..!
Frankie Pitochelli, Ah, but he IS teaching the NEW restorers right here, right now. And doing a heck of a good job at it.
@@BruceNitroxpro the new gen. mainly doomed has attention span of closer to 2 minutes rather than the required 2 hours
Awesome restoration mr Carlson big thumbs up 👍
Thanks Allan!
This is exactly the love for electronics I was taught. 50 years ago Lol
I am totally amazed to find someone probably in their 40's? or maybe 50. who knows about all this old electronics lore. Explaining the foil end of capacitors is great,... Would be nice to show what they look like by unrolling them , and showing on a high impedance tube circuit input how easily fingers near the foil will easily pick up the stray hum field. And also a lot of people don't know what the "low impedance" side of the circuit means. I E. Close to ground, or B+ plate output portion of a tube. I think I was about 20 years into electronics before I figured out how that worked, and how B+ could behave like ground in terms of shielding. I have great admiration for Your enthusiasm in restoring this old radio. One can appreciate the Aesthetics of these old phenolics, but for me having grown up when these things were still in use, and when there was still some worthwhile programing on AM radio,.. I must admit these broken cast - offs were a dime a dozen, and the amount of work necessary to restore this rat's nest, and rewiring things would never tempt me today. I took bunches of these things apart as a child to scavenge for parts.I am guessing this is from the late 1940's or early 1950s. I'm going to have to post some video's and show some additional techniques for such things as repairing speakers like that one (in ten minutes) so that they work fine.
Thanks for sharing your story!
Mr, Carlson, Such an EXCELLENT body of work, in Your uploads,.. with material presented clearly, and in an engaging style that can be appreciated and accessible, no matter the level of experience. Love the foil side identifier device you invented. I couldn't contain my enthusiasm, and made my comment about 1/2 way through this video, without having realized You had created such a wonderful thing !
Beautiful radio! I need to work through my stock of radios to be restored this winter.
Bill Moran, Hope you make "Carlson quality" restorations and POST YOUR VIDEOS on Patreon, too!
IF alignment was always a bugaboo for me back in the 70's, but you make it look so easy
incredible Craftspersonship the DUAL LAMPS Outstanding : )
This was a fascinating journey, steady and methodical problem solving won the day.
Hmm, what to do. Repair a HP 8656B or what Mr Carlson's Lab......Decisions.....Well I watched a 2 hour Excellent video. Well done Paul. Just a fantastic radio and now as good if not better than a new one.
Thanks for stopping by Buddy! That 8656B sound like a great project too. Nice signal gen.
Buddy, you will love that 8656B. I have an 8657B. You can even do "sweep" FM alignments if you use external FM DC modulation with a sawtooth wave. Looking forward to a video on that.
Outstanding work. I've been slowly (11 years) restoring an old Bush british radio and you quite inspired me go on and finish it. It is working though no decent IF RF etc alignments done. It was a rat's nest in an old shed, then brought it to a repair guy which refused to work on it. Started myself. Loudspeaker was reconditioned, bad wires replaced, electrolytics all exchanged, chassis and air tuning condenser cleaned. Still have not changed those old paper wax caps that you recommend to trash. Both IF transformer's ferrite cores were broken (scary repair), one I could glue and went nice, the other had a quarter of the ferrite crumbled into a soft putty, had its total length shortened. With some basic alignment it is tuning stations not bad. Aesthetically it's ugly since the pulley-cable-needle display mechanism is broken and missing parts and the overall wooden body needs heavy work. Thank you for presenting such rich technical content and for inspiring people like me.
Hi Sir ! I watched your all kind of video , your explanation method is excellent .I love to watch videos.I'm an Electrical student . I request for if you have time . to explain ON Grid,Off Grid system these two type of supply , hope
That extra bulb really made a difference...Very nice Paul...thanks
Another great restoration video, Paul. Not really anything cosmetically to fix, but oh those capacitors and reistors! Hope you get your video up quick on making the home made transmitter to transmit your own programming. It's just a shame to listen to Katy Perry or Madonna on a 1940's radio when Benny Goodman, Bing Crosby, or Fibber McGee and Molly should be coming out of the speaker!
73, Harvey KM4JA