Wow, impressive work. You remind me very much of my dad, who passed away in 1973. He to was a Jack of all trades. I can remember him pulling the engine on our old 48 International Farm Truck, tearing it down, rebuilding it with new pistons and sleeves grinding the valves replacing the bearings rebuilding the carburetor and such, putting it all back together and dropping it back in the truck. The truck ran like a new one when he was done. Then a few weeks later, our old battery pack tube Farm Radio began to fail, so he tore it down, replaced a few tubes and replaced a capacitor with one from an old radio that was laying in the storage shed that his dad had kept when it died. Again, the old radio came back to life and we were again enjoying Suspense and The Lone Ranger at night. He could fix most anything, and if there were no parts, he would build them. He had an old hand crank forge that he built out of the wheel off some bygone truck back in the tree patch, he would have me crank the air blaster while he heated the iron to hammer out the new bracket for the Windmill that we used to get water from the deep well on the farm, then he would climb that rickety old tower and fix the thing so once again, we could water the cattle in the old wooden stock tank that he kept in good repair. So I guess, he was the typical farmer of the 50's, he had a high school education, which back then meant something, the school board offered him a job teaching grades 1-8 at the local one room school house, but he turned them down, said it would interfere with his farming. He did, however run for and was elected to the School Board and County Commission back then. I have tried to be like him, I hold a degree in Gun Smithing, also a degree from the University of North Dakota in Legal Assistant (paralegal) and worked most of my life as a police officer and 8 years as a Soldier in the US Army, including a year in Vietnam where I became quite close friends with a couple of folks from down under who I met at the South East Asia Signal School, where we learned the installation and maintenance of the dial phones. Most of us were trained on the simple hand crank field phones before shipping over. Oh I think you must have read my mind about that black paint, I thought from the beginning that it would look best with that trim in black. What could have added was perhaps some gold colored wire trim filling the seams where the black and brown wood meet, now that would be great, even a chrome wire would look good to set off the color difference and sort of blend them into one piece of wonderful radio.
Your dad sounds wonderful and you had to be resourceful back then, particularly living on a farm. You also had a full life for gunsmithing to paralegal to policeman to soldier. I hope those Aussies didn't lead you astray. Thank you for your story Jerry, it was most interesting, cheers 😀
Thanks for posting these, I don’t know a lot about older technology and I’m glad you are making this content. I learn a lot, and I think it’s good that you include your mistakes too.
David...once again .....you do excellent work. After watching your speaker restoration I am better prepared when I have the many accidents when dealing with just moving the speaker from my shop to the bench. For some reason when i do that my fingers always find a way to puncture or tear the cones. :)
Great trick with the Dremel on the speaker cone. I did the same thing on an enamel plate to make a shade for one of my paraffin lamps. Your restringing technique is improving no end! I quite enjoy restringing, but I suppose 25 years in the textile industry helps a little! Look forward to the next video. Cheers Lynton.
Hi Lynton, thanks the Dremel worked pretty good even if it was a bit over the top. That was an easy restring, a lot of folk shudder when it's mentioned 🙄😃
Very neat work, well done and thank you for giving new life to these magnificent devices.I try to do the same with 16mm and 35mm projectors because I am a projectionist by trade.
Hi The Prisoner Number Six, thank you. If you are talking 35mm theatre projector that would be a huge task and very interesting I would think, thanks TPNS 👍😀
Fantastic - impressive restoration and I do like your attention to detail... . I do remember in the 1960's and 1970's many old Radios were thrown out in the local Council yearly rubbish collection. I'm sure in your hands they would have been brought back to life.. Thanks for sharing
Coming along nicely David. I would probably try just using a PVA glue on the paper speaker cone to repair those cuts. Not for bigger open holes of course but it will just give a smoother neater finish and should adhere the two sides of the cut sufficiently. Just a thought.
Hi Graham, thank you. Yes, PVA would have worked well. My glue has gone off, it should brush on like PVA. I use that because it stays flexible but that isn't so important in that area of the speaker. Thanks Graham 😃
Brilliant Dave.. That was quite tense in places... Wondering if you'd pull the rabbit out of the hat ... The reward is that the radio just sits there and lets you get on with it without complaint...If only my life was like that eh ! 😉
Thanks Ronnie, a few have commented that they expect to hear old radio shows when I turn a radio on, I thought I would oblige 🙂👍 Thanks for the feedback
@@DavidTipton101 I have a big collection of them! i'll sit and listen to them sometimes! Howdy Doody,The Shadow, Marks Brother and War of the Worlds just a few
You look like you used to work in the machining trade by the way you were lapping that speaker spacer on the sandpaper in that figure 8 motion. I used to lap parts like that in the shop I worked in. I was a tool and die maker/Cnc programmer for 25 years. I can spot a former machinist or at least a good hobbyist. Nice work as usual.
@@DavidTipton101 I used to make a lot of aircraft parts for Boeing and Lockheed Martin for years. From military to commercial planes and helicopters. Some of the the titanium stuff was a real challenge to fixture and machine but I always pulled it off one way or another.
@@DavidTipton101 Yes, the work hardening on it is terrible. I usually used tools with geometry geared more for aluminum worked the best on titanium. Anything blunt that was good on hard steel was not good on titanium. The hardest piece I ever had to program and fixture on a CNC lathe was for and F4 Phantom nose cone. Elaborate in shape and very thin titanium.
@H Higgins haha... Sorry... in reality it's anything thick or sticky like mud, we have a paper glue here called Clag it's just part of the lingo. To answer your question, it's glue 🙂
You mentioned a bug or worm ate up some of the paper (speaker)? The accent is thick. what was it again? Spray painting the speaker looked way better. Good restore on the speaker cone.
Hi TRM, yes I agree but this was way too dim and I don't know why the tapping was on the transformer, that part number transformer didn't have a 2.5 volt tap according to the schematic. Looks good at 6 volts though, thanks TRM 👍😃
Ich staune gerade: Du hast den gleichen Signalgenerator (Leader LSG-11) und den gleichen Frequenzzähler (Victor VC3165) wie ich... Eine schöne Arbeit mit einem schönen Ergebnis!
You can get glossy or matt-finish printing paper with adhesive backing. I bought some(a couple of packs) which I used to create contents lists for CDs when I put them into those slim CD cases. I attached them to the rear(black plastic side) of the case. Harvey Norman or Office Works are your best bet to get hold of them.
Your attention to details seems to be paying off. The best part is the speaker restoration. I have to do the same to a "holey" speaker. Like the liquid black tape idea. Cheers.
@@DavidTipton101 A helpful hint ,get a scrap piece of cardboard to cover the front of the speaker and find two holes to attach a screw and nut to hold down the cardboard to its front so you don't accidently poke it while working on the chassis!
Another nice job David. A little tip on the braided sleeve. In commercial use we add two or three inches extra length on each end (9 cm ) and then fold the ends inside the sleeve. with a little practice this ends up with a perfectly finished end that will not unravel. Will probably take you a time or two to get the feel for it. But when finished it will be worth the work.
Darn, looks like I missed your release by 1 hour! Still up but tonight you were a little early, HERE is is Friday, Feb 28, 12:59! When I find a speaker cone in bad shape, brittle, I just coat the entire cone with rubber cement. It does a great job of binding the old paper cone into a better structure. I have use tissue paper on the side of the cone that will not show and rubber cememt and even pretty large gaps can be bridged. Looking very nice so far!!
I released the video an hour earlier this week so you wouldn't have to stay up Wayne. I also coat the cone if needed I should probably do this one too, thanks 👍🙂
David, we have all done the LOST recording trick. Can make you suicidal at times. My favourite trick is to forget it's on pause and record all the setting up and none main footage.
I liked the speaker fix David, I think ill need to buy some of those speaker Suspension, I have a use for one with the Radio im working on now,,,, yes have uploaded part 1 of that Kriesler 11-20, if you are interested
Hi Melissa, thanks, I got them on ebay from China. I tried to watch your video but I couldn't hear it as the volume seems soft on my phone and PC. I am going to try it on a TV tonight. I want to see how you make the grill ribs. All the best 😃
@@DavidTipton101 I did find them on ebay thanks,.. That is strange you say that about the video's audio being soft, a friend said the same thing and added the music was loud, but on my phone, computer, works computer, home TV it sounds ok, its very strange, don't know how to fix that one
@@melissa.merritt You should be able to adjust the overall volume on your editing software. UA-cam used to let you adjust the volume of already uploaded videos but that feature isn't there anymore. I tried your video again just then and it is just loud enough so I will watch it now, cheers 🙂
Been there done that when moving around parts and sure enough something goes wrong you made a great job patching up the speaker look forward to part 3.
Although the repair to the speaker 🔊 looks unsightly, I like 👍 your tool for putting the paper 📃 on the middle of the speaker 🔊 (no offense intended). Your friend, Jeff.
I hope you find people who appreciate the level of difficulty and expertise you strive for. I am afraid I fall too short of those qualities and skills. My patience is not as great as it used to be. Right now I've taken a break from General radio work to experiment and study in more depth the mysteries of AM Radio. Right now I'm evaluating IF alignment techniques as to which one works best, makes more sense and simplicity.
Like they say if at first you don't succeed try try again. Not connecting capacitor could happen to anybody. That speaker did pick up a bunch of small little tears to repair. Looking great for part two of this restoration video thank you David.
@@DavidTipton101 Yes I know what you mean in some of my radio test videos I have done I actually forgot to turn the power on to the radio on video lol So at 69 I guess my mind is taking a holiday sometimes lol
Looking good David. Always intrigued to see your innovative repair techniques. Glad you rethought the paint job on the speaker - it would definitely not have been up to your standard to leave it the way it looked after your first rust/paint job. Liked the tricks on the "stencils" on the back of the chassis - must have been much easier than handling transfers. Most people talk of "putting their foot in it..." but you have come up with a new one "...putting your thumb in it..." - that speaker must now hold the record for number of repairs!
Hi Kenneth, thanks. The stickers work very well and way easier than transfers. I like to put everything into my work and the speaker is a case in point, fingers, scrapper, screwdriver etc... 😄
You find the coolest radio chassis to work on. I'm taking a break from restoration for a while. However I'll keep an eye on your channel. Right now I am finishing up an old RCA 45 changer / player.
David starts speaker repair. Breaks a mirror. Leaves a penny on the ground. Spills salt, and forgets to throw a little over shoulder. Walks under a ladder. Steps on a crack. Black cat walks by. Throws a hat on the bed....
Excellent job, as always! What exactly is a “slater?” Some kind of bug, I think. ;-) 5Z4 is metal and 5Y3G is glass, of course, and looks better in a vintage radio. Both use 2A of heater current, so no issue there. Less voltage drop with the 5Z4, but who cares? It works very well this way.
Hi Super Het, opps, I just dropped the G off the end, it would have had the glass version I think when new. Thanks, the 5Y3G seems to be right at home in there 😃
@@DavidTipton101 I don't think that I have seen a 5Z4G, but that doesn't mean that one wasn't made. The pinout of a 5Z4 is the same as the 5Y3, aside from the indirectly heated cathode, but the cathode is connected to one side of the filament anyhow so the potential is the same. If anything the 5Y3 is a better tube in that it can handle more output current.
Hi Grassy. For a standard copyright breach any money the video earns is given to the copyright holder or holders. So I make nothing which isn't much anyway. The longest playing time is about 6 seconds before it gets a copyright hit. There is no penalty as such, you just lose the income. I think you can breach copyright to the extent the video is taken down or you get your channel taken down. I haven't been there so I don't know the details. I upload my videos for a number of days to make sure it doesn't get a hit before releasing them. I have had videos that were released over two years ago getting hits, I have successfully challenged those hits.
you could repair paper speaker cones with some bits of tissue paper and some pva glue - no need for major surgery just a bit of paper mache . That was a while back - I expect you know better by now...?
Hi Ricobass0, after putting my finger through the cone it was well past tissue and glue. I now use liquid electrical tape and tea bag material which works very well 🙂
Hi David just a quick question was that white glue you used on the speaker frame and the new foam surround Gorilla glue? Another great restoration nearing completion congratulations.
I am always glad that you keep your mistakes in your videos, such as not soldering the tabs for the antenna on, and you comment about the plug cover going on before soldering in the wires. I have done stuff like this so many times, you think we would learn faster ;)
Hi Trogdor, thanks. Mistakes are part of the process and hopefully don't cause any damage. You would think we would learn but we keep making them 🤦♂️😀
Hi again Dave. I've seen many times how you've had to perform surgery on speakers and it's quite an art, you have mastered it very well. My question is after a few years do they remain intact? Does the cone ever start to separate from the new surround it is glued to, or any other problem develop?
Hi Daniel, thank you. The foam surrounds eventually disintegrate to dust and will need to be replaced, the amount of time depends on the conditions it's kept in. I still have speakers I did 3 years ago that show no sign of this happening yet but I would expect a minimum of 10 years if kept inside. The glue won't fail though 👍🙂
That certainly was quite an adventure. The speaker fought back with a vengeance, but it sounds pretty good now. Looking forward to the cabinet restore.
Thanks for the advice on the ultimate BCU it was not the oscillator there was a wrong wire connected to the screen grid and missing capacitor on cathode which was casing all sorts of things like squeaks and whistles and over loaded the if stage.
Hey David, you have a typo on your new sticker on the right. You have "inless" instead of "unless". I checked the original, the typo wasn't on the original.
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ That's some good sleuthing Alexey. I don't think I can get the sticker off to replace it so it might have to stay there, maybe it will be worth more, like a stamp with a mistake on it. Thanks for letting me know Alexey 👍🙂
Hi Phillip. I use contact adhesive too particularly if the suspension ribbing is looking weak. It works quite well 👍🙂 Woops, I just realised this was an older video. I used contact adhesive in the repair I think but not on the new suspension, I needed a slow drying adhesive for that. We can get Weldwood here but it's expensive because it's imported from the US 😟
Great video Dave!!! Radio sounds great....when you touch up the speaker with paint....I said to myself....Dave will never leave it like that! Lol.....How many times on my videos...I warn myself not to ram my fingers thru the speaker....once poked a hole with a meter probe on camera....yikes!!! Things happen...and people need to see really how repairs/restores goes in real life!!! Not the mistakes...but how you recover! Speaker repairs (major) scares me a bit!!! I guess ai need to recone a few more and get comfortable....one trick I use on patches is take a coffee filter....tear an irregular piece to cover the tear...use my fingers and pull the edges of the filter a bit to get microfibers of the filter to fray.....when I glue it, those tiny fibers reach away from the edges and reinforces the bond......Im curious of the gold looking glue you used? I like to try everyone's techniques....some products are more suited for certain jobs! Thanks for sharing your video and experience! Take Care--Larry
Hi Larry, thank you for your comment. Yeah, you were right about the touch up job, it wasn't going to happen 🙄 That poor speaker, I couldn't believe it. I have been meaning to get some coffee filters, thanks for the tip for feathering the edges. The golden adhesive is contact cement. Mine is too old, it should paint on much better than that, I will get a new tin. Cheers 😃
love the videos, can you show a little more about the " radio jig" it looks like you made it at home. do you have to drill new holes for certain radios your working on? or did you drill a bunch of holes when you made it and it just works out. fantastic editing on videos as well! keep em comin, huge fan in GREEN MOUNTAIN, NC!
Hi Chad from Green Mountain NC. It's just flat strap iron bent and welded into a square frame. I drill the holes as I go but a lot of times now the old holes will line up. Thank you 😃
Sorry David, I am having problems on how to do the Alignment, I am not shore where to attach the signal generator and Meter, I know you are busy but do you think at sometime you could make a short video on this procedure, using a schematic as well as the equipment..
Hi Melissa, I did explain it on earlier videos but can't remember which. For the generator to antenna I connect the generator ground to the radio chassis and the signal wire I either lay it over the top of a short antenna wire connected to the radio or form two coils with both wires to induce a signal, failing that I connect the signal wire directly to the radio antenna, whichever works. You can put a 200pF cap in the signal line if you want. The tuning condenser should be fully meshed or you can connect the sig Generator in series with a 0.1 uF to the grid of the mixer valve bypassing the tuning condenser. The meter can be attached to the speaker terminals and set to AC volts. I connect the meter to the output valve plate in series with a 0.1 capacitor and set it to AC Volts, that means I don't have to have the speaker so loud. There is a bit of DC voltage on the plate so be careful. I'll see if I can do a video in the near future.
Thanks David, I do remember seeing a video showing it but couldn't remember where, it must have been one of yours, ill go back and have a look, but from what you have said here I think I can work it out, ill give it a go this week. Thanks again 👍
@@melissa.merritt OK, good luck Melissa. you just want the two IF transformer primary and secondarys to resonate at 455kHz. You feed a 455kHz signal in and when each coil is passing maximum signal is it resonating at 455. Keep the volume on the radio at max and adjust the signal generator to the required signal strength 👍😃
@@DavidTipton101 Yes, on the speaker basket and the transformer housing after the use of the rust converter of course... I would have used it on the chassis too. But I understand that it's a matter of personal taste and tastes differ ;) .
Believe it or not David the best adhesive for speaker repair is nail polish, any colour but clear seems to work best also its a good filler on the cone it's self! Cheers
Hey David!!! WOW! That speaker really was a monster to work with, but you took control and made it happen. This was another educational one as well...thanks!
Good evening Sir a good effort to restore in original condition.Great Sir.I am remembering my child hood days when father tune the I.F.T using signal generator.Thanks so much.
I wish we lived closer together !!!!! I love these old valve radios or as we say in the states tube Receivers !!!! Excellant work Dave, Keep the videos coming !!!
Lovely looking dial once the cabinet has had your magic touch it will look great. That speaker was a swine, didn't seem to appreciate all your care and attention. Worth the effort in the end. Looking forward to pt3
Wow, impressive work. You remind me very much of my dad, who passed away in 1973. He to was a Jack of all trades. I can remember him pulling the engine on our old 48 International Farm Truck, tearing it down, rebuilding it with new pistons and sleeves grinding the valves replacing the bearings rebuilding the carburetor and such, putting it all back together and dropping it back in the truck. The truck ran like a new one when he was done. Then a few weeks later, our old battery pack tube Farm Radio began to fail, so he tore it down, replaced a few tubes and replaced a capacitor with one from an old radio that was laying in the storage shed that his dad had kept when it died. Again, the old radio came back to life and we were again enjoying Suspense and The Lone Ranger at night. He could fix most anything, and if there were no parts, he would build them. He had an old hand crank forge that he built out of the wheel off some bygone truck back in the tree patch, he would have me crank the air blaster while he heated the iron to hammer out the new bracket for the Windmill that we used to get water from the deep well on the farm, then he would climb that rickety old tower and fix the thing so once again, we could water the cattle in the old wooden stock tank that he kept in good repair. So I guess, he was the typical farmer of the 50's, he had a high school education, which back then meant something, the school board offered him a job teaching grades 1-8 at the local one room school house, but he turned them down, said it would interfere with his farming. He did, however run for and was elected to the School Board and County Commission back then. I have tried to be like him, I hold a degree in Gun Smithing, also a degree from the University of North Dakota in Legal Assistant (paralegal) and worked most of my life as a police officer and 8 years as a Soldier in the US Army, including a year in Vietnam where I became quite close friends with a couple of folks from down under who I met at the South East Asia Signal School, where we learned the installation and maintenance of the dial phones. Most of us were trained on the simple hand crank field phones before shipping over. Oh I think you must have read my mind about that black paint, I thought from the beginning that it would look best with that trim in black. What could have added was perhaps some gold colored wire trim filling the seams where the black and brown wood meet, now that would be great, even a chrome wire would look good to set off the color difference and sort of blend them into one piece of wonderful radio.
Your dad sounds wonderful and you had to be resourceful back then, particularly living on a farm. You also had a full life for gunsmithing to paralegal to policeman to soldier. I hope those Aussies didn't lead you astray. Thank you for your story Jerry, it was most interesting, cheers 😀
Groucho Marx sounded very natural......what a great job on the radio & the speaker ! Walt
Hi Walt, Groucho was very relaxed on his radio show and quick witted. Thanks Walt 😃
I love radios enjoyed watching David take care
Thanks Gordonseries385 👍😃
So enjoyable to see a master at work.
Not sure about the master bit Comforter Spirit but I was working 👍😃
Brillent video! You have encouraged me to tear down my radios for restoration.
That's great Sam, if you do keep your fingers out of the speakers, not like me 😄
Thanks for posting these, I don’t know a lot about older technology and I’m glad you are making this content. I learn a lot, and I think it’s good that you include your mistakes too.
Hi FC thank you. If I cut out my mistakes there would be nothing to watch 😄
David...once again .....you do excellent work. After watching your speaker restoration I am better prepared when I have the many accidents when dealing with just moving the speaker from my shop to the bench. For some reason when i do that my fingers always find a way to puncture or tear the cones. :)
I will make up some covers Skip. My workshop is only 20 steps from my bench and I still managed to put my finger through it 🤦♂️🙂
David, you are an inspiration. A combination of pride in your work, dedication and craftsmanship - characteristics that built Australia.
Thank you Karl, you are very kind 👍🙂
Sure like watching your videos. Very relaxing.
Thanks Phil, my pleasure 🙂
Great trick with the Dremel on the speaker cone. I did the same thing on an enamel plate to make a shade for one of my paraffin lamps. Your restringing technique is improving no end! I quite enjoy restringing, but I suppose 25 years in the textile industry helps a little! Look forward to the next video. Cheers Lynton.
Hi Lynton, thanks the Dremel worked pretty good even if it was a bit over the top. That was an easy restring, a lot of folk shudder when it's mentioned 🙄😃
Great dedication!
Hi Paul-Ivo B. Thanks 😃
Very neat work, well done and thank you for giving new life to these magnificent devices.I try to do the same with 16mm and 35mm projectors because I am a projectionist by trade.
Hi The Prisoner Number Six, thank you. If you are talking 35mm theatre projector that would be a huge task and very interesting I would think, thanks TPNS 👍😀
Fantastic - impressive restoration and I do like your attention to detail... . I do remember in the 1960's and 1970's many old Radios were thrown out in the local Council yearly rubbish collection. I'm sure in your hands they would have been brought back to life.. Thanks for sharing
Hi P V Gold, thank you. I can imagine but luckily enough have survived to be saved and admired, at least for a while 😃
You got more praise for your work in 1 day than I have in my whole life
Nice shiny color coating of the chassis
Haha, thanks Latürnich. The chassis came out great 👍🙂
Excellent job.
Thank you Anurag 😃
That speaker tried it's very best to hold the job up! It was good to see you show it who's boss!
I gave it everything I had Paul 🤦♂️😄
I am learning a lot watching your work, very grateful from Spain
Thanks BarrabasO. Be careful to check what I say, I get it wrong sometimes 👍🙂
Great job looks like new
Thanks Peter 😀
Coming along nicely David. I would probably try just using a PVA glue on the paper speaker cone to repair those cuts. Not for bigger open holes of course but it will just give a smoother neater finish and should adhere the two sides of the cut sufficiently. Just a thought.
Hi Graham, thank you. Yes, PVA would have worked well. My glue has gone off, it should brush on like PVA. I use that because it stays flexible but that isn't so important in that area of the speaker. Thanks Graham 😃
Brilliant Dave.. That was quite tense in places... Wondering if you'd pull the rabbit out of the hat ... The reward is that the radio just sits there and lets you get on with it without complaint...If only my life was like that eh ! 😉
Hi Pete, good too see you made it till Friday 😄 Thanks, it was touch and go there for a while 😃
You do good work! Thanks for taking us along. Greetings from Ohio, USA.
Thank you Jeffry from Ohio 😃
I loved your insertion of the Groucho Marx interview with the working woman/housewife,
that couldn't have been a coincidence well done Dave
Hi Mack, no, I dubbed it in there 😬
This is such a great hobby compared to say building model aircraft. It's got similar attention to detail but also the added danger of shock :)
I like living on the edge Malcolm 😬👍😄
Nice to see you left in the mistake of leaving the wires off, shows you are human like the rest of us.
Hi Bob, Yes, I don't leave much out, it's all part of the process 👍😃
I really like watching you restore the old radios. Thank you sir for posting.
Hi Phil, thank you and my pleasure 😄
makes a change to see a restoration "warts and all" good work David
Plenty of warts on this one Paul, thanks 😄
Love old radio recording at the end David
Thanks Ronnie, a few have commented that they expect to hear old radio shows when I turn a radio on, I thought I would oblige 🙂👍 Thanks for the feedback
@@DavidTipton101 I have a big collection of them! i'll sit and listen to them sometimes! Howdy Doody,The Shadow, Marks Brother and War of the Worlds just a few
@@ronniebrown8775 The Shadow knows... all good shows Ronnie 😀
You look like you used to work in the machining trade by the way you were lapping that speaker spacer on the sandpaper in that figure 8 motion. I used to lap parts like that in the shop I worked in. I was a tool and die maker/Cnc programmer for 25 years. I can spot a former machinist or at least a good hobbyist. Nice work as usual.
Hi Sixstrings63, i was an aircraft engineer, lapping parts was part of the job 😃
@@DavidTipton101 I used to make a lot of aircraft parts for Boeing and Lockheed Martin for years. From military to commercial planes and helicopters. Some of the the titanium stuff was a real challenge to fixture and machine but I always pulled it off one way or another.
@@SIXSTRING63 Titanium is the worst! Trying to drill it is a chore much less try and shape it. Hats off to anyone who can tame titanium SIXSTRING63 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Yes, the work hardening on it is terrible. I usually used tools with geometry geared more for aluminum worked the best on titanium. Anything blunt that was good on hard steel was not good on titanium. The hardest piece I ever had to program and fixture on a CNC lathe was for and F4 Phantom nose cone. Elaborate in shape and very thin titanium.
Gotta love a bit of Groucho Marx. 😉
Nice work as always. Looking forward to part 3.
Amazingly quick was Groucho, always worth a listen 🙂
"I must have stood on a leprechaun!" I know how you feel. Devious little buggers.
It was the only logical explanation 984francis 🙄🙂
Nice joke @31:20 😄
Edit: and another one at the end of the video 😂
Nice restauration job 👍
Looking forward the woodworks ....
Thanks Plons0Nard, woodworks are on the way 👍🙂
David i use tissue paper and clag to repair my old speakers. Cheers and thanks for the great videos
Hi Andrew, I used kitchen towel in the video, thanks and my pleasure 😃
@H Higgins haha... Sorry... in reality it's anything thick or sticky like mud, we have a paper glue here called Clag it's just part of the lingo. To answer your question, it's glue 🙂
You mentioned a bug or worm ate up some of the paper (speaker)? The accent is thick. what was it again? Spray painting the speaker looked way better. Good restore on the speaker cone.
Hi Craig, I don't have an accent, everybody else does 😄 In Australia the bugs are called slaters, you may know them as woodlice, thanks Craig 🙂
Hi David, you make everytime a nice work. you get my respect! Very nice chassis. Greetings from germany. Werner
Hi Werner, thank you once again 👍😃
Not uncommon to run dial lamps at a lower voltage. Makes the lamps last darn near forever, and gives a nice soft glow to the dial in a darkened room.
Hi TRM, yes I agree but this was way too dim and I don't know why the tapping was on the transformer, that part number transformer didn't have a 2.5 volt tap according to the schematic. Looks good at 6 volts though, thanks TRM 👍😃
Glasslinger uses rubber cement on his speaker repairs, seems to work ok, just a thought 👍
The cement I used stays flexible and the black cement is rubber cement, thanks waynio67 👍🙂
Another excellent work :)
Thanks for posting these videos. Waiting for the next part.
Thanks Chathura 😃
Ich staune gerade: Du hast den gleichen Signalgenerator (Leader LSG-11) und den gleichen Frequenzzähler (Victor VC3165) wie ich... Eine schöne Arbeit mit einem schönen Ergebnis!
Der Leader LSG-11 war sehr beliebt. Nicht wenige hatten gesagt, sie hätten eine. Danke Werner 😀
You can get glossy or matt-finish printing paper with adhesive backing. I bought some(a couple of packs) which I used to create contents lists for CDs when I put them into those slim CD cases. I attached them to the rear(black plastic side) of the case. Harvey Norman or Office Works are your best bet to get hold of them.
Thanks Neil👍
@@DavidTipton101 Cheers!
Hi davad my frand are you good. 'thank you for thes video.... Abdul
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Thank you for watching them Abdul 🙂
Muy buen trabajo, felicitaciones.
Muchas gracias Eduardo 😃
Your attention to details seems to be paying off. The best part is the speaker restoration. I have to do the same to a "holey" speaker. Like the liquid black tape idea. Cheers.
Oh dear, that poor speaker, I was toying with replacing the suspension anyway, I just sped you the decision making 🙄🙂
@@DavidTipton101 A helpful hint ,get a scrap piece of cardboard to cover the front of the speaker and find two holes to attach a screw and nut to hold down the cardboard to its front so you don't accidently poke it while working on the chassis!
@@hestheMaster I will do just that HTM, I keep thinking it won't happen, I'll be careful... 🙄 I will do so in future, cheers HTM 👍😃
Another nice job David. A little tip on the braided sleeve. In commercial use we add two or three inches extra length on each end (9 cm ) and then fold the ends inside the sleeve. with a little practice this ends up with a perfectly finished end that will not unravel. Will probably take you a time or two to get the feel for it. But when finished it will be worth the work.
That's a good tip TRM, thanks 😃
Nice job David. I’m listening on my “new” Sennheiser headphones I scored at Vinnies for $2. Very nice
Ha-ha... good old Vinnies. $2 is the going rate for Sennheisers 😄
Darn, looks like I missed your release by 1 hour! Still up but tonight you were a little early, HERE is is Friday, Feb 28, 12:59! When I find a speaker cone in bad shape, brittle, I just coat the entire cone with rubber cement. It does a great job of binding the old paper cone into a better structure. I have use tissue paper on the side of the cone that will not show and rubber cememt and even pretty large gaps can be bridged. Looking very nice so far!!
I released the video an hour earlier this week so you wouldn't have to stay up Wayne. I also coat the cone if needed I should probably do this one too, thanks 👍🙂
David, we have all done the LOST recording trick. Can make you suicidal at times. My favourite trick is to forget it's on pause and record all the setting up and none main footage.
Ha-ha... I do that all the time Michael 😄
I liked the speaker fix David, I think ill need to buy some of those speaker Suspension, I have a use for one with the Radio im working on now,,,, yes have uploaded part 1 of that Kriesler 11-20, if you are interested
Hi Melissa, thanks, I got them on ebay from China. I tried to watch your video but I couldn't hear it as the volume seems soft on my phone and PC. I am going to try it on a TV tonight. I want to see how you make the grill ribs. All the best 😃
@@DavidTipton101 I did find them on ebay thanks,.. That is strange you say that about the video's audio being soft, a friend said the same thing and added the music was loud, but on my phone, computer, works computer, home TV it sounds ok, its very strange, don't know how to fix that one
@@melissa.merritt You should be able to adjust the overall volume on your editing software. UA-cam used to let you adjust the volume of already uploaded videos but that feature isn't there anymore. I tried your video again just then and it is just loud enough so I will watch it now, cheers 🙂
Been there done that when moving around parts and sure enough something goes wrong you made
a great job patching up the speaker look forward to part 3.
Hi Nick, thanks 😃
Although the repair to the speaker 🔊 looks unsightly, I like 👍 your tool for putting the paper 📃 on the middle of the speaker 🔊 (no offense intended). Your friend, Jeff.
Well, thanks Jeff 👍🙂
I hope you find people who appreciate the level of difficulty and expertise you strive for. I am afraid I fall too short of those qualities and skills. My patience is not as great as it used to be. Right now I've taken a break from General radio work to experiment and study in more depth the mysteries of AM Radio. Right now I'm evaluating IF alignment techniques as to which one works best, makes more sense and simplicity.
Hi Cosimo, thank you. I hope to expand my alignment technique too, cheers 👍😃
Like they say if at first you don't succeed try try again. Not connecting capacitor could happen to anybody. That speaker did pick up a bunch of small little tears to repair. Looking great for part two of this restoration video thank you David.
Haha... I've done it before and I'll do it again, they are hard to see and out of mind. Thanks LUCKYLARRY 😃
@@DavidTipton101 Yes I know what you mean in some of my radio test videos I have done I actually forgot to turn the power on to the radio on video lol So at 69 I guess my mind is taking a holiday sometimes lol
Looking good David. Always intrigued to see your innovative repair techniques. Glad you rethought the paint job on the speaker - it would definitely not have been up to your standard to leave it the way it looked after your first rust/paint job. Liked the tricks on the "stencils" on the back of the chassis - must have been much easier than handling transfers. Most people talk of "putting their foot in it..." but you have come up with a new one "...putting your thumb in it..." - that speaker must now hold the record for number of repairs!
Hi Kenneth, thanks. The stickers work very well and way easier than transfers. I like to put everything into my work and the speaker is a case in point, fingers, scrapper, screwdriver etc... 😄
ARRGH both labels are crooked!!! All that trouble to get them straight and you blew it! Drives me crazy. Enjoyed the video.
Haha... thay are supposed to be crooked, I think I matched them to the original crookedness 😄 Thanks Michael.
You find the coolest radio chassis to work on. I'm taking a break from restoration for a while. However I'll keep an eye on your channel. Right now I am finishing up an old RCA 45 changer / player.
Hi Cosimo, this radio is a bit different, a bit upmarket to the norm. Good luck with your record player 😃
Well thats a great job David I look forward to the cabinet video..........................................................Berni
Hi Berni, the cabinet repair is underway 😃
David starts speaker repair. Breaks a mirror. Leaves a penny on the ground. Spills salt, and forgets to throw a little over shoulder. Walks under a ladder. Steps on a crack. Black cat walks by. Throws a hat on the bed....
Hha... that about sums it up Steven 😄
Excellent job, as always! What exactly is a “slater?” Some kind of bug, I think. ;-)
5Z4 is metal and 5Y3G is glass, of course, and looks better in a vintage radio. Both use 2A of heater current, so no issue there. Less voltage drop with the 5Z4, but who cares? It works very well this way.
Hi Super Het, opps, I just dropped the G off the end, it would have had the glass version I think when new. Thanks, the 5Y3G seems to be right at home in there 😃
@@DavidTipton101 I don't think that I have seen a 5Z4G, but that doesn't mean that one wasn't made. The pinout of a 5Z4 is the same as the 5Y3, aside from the indirectly heated cathode, but the cathode is connected to one side of the filament anyhow so the potential is the same. If anything the 5Y3 is a better tube in that it can handle more output current.
Hi David
Im just curious, what is the Price you have to pay in copyright,if you play a song for too Long, and what is too Long 🙂 ? Have a nice day
Hi Grassy. For a standard copyright breach any money the video earns is given to the copyright holder or holders. So I make nothing which isn't much anyway. The longest playing time is about 6 seconds before it gets a copyright hit. There is no penalty as such, you just lose the income. I think you can breach copyright to the extent the video is taken down or you get your channel taken down. I haven't been there so I don't know the details. I upload my videos for a number of days to make sure it doesn't get a hit before releasing them. I have had videos that were released over two years ago getting hits, I have successfully challenged those hits.
you could repair paper speaker cones with some bits of tissue paper and some pva glue - no need for major surgery just a bit of paper mache . That was a while back - I expect you know better by now...?
Hi Ricobass0, after putting my finger through the cone it was well past tissue and glue. I now use liquid electrical tape and tea bag material which works very well 🙂
What would you do without masking tape and JB Weld? But, knowing you, you would think of something equally good, or better.
There would be no videos 🙁
Hi David just a quick question was that white glue you used on the speaker frame and the new foam surround Gorilla glue? Another great restoration nearing completion congratulations.
Hi Gregory, it was a PVA glue, not Gorilla though, another brand 👍😃 Thanks
I am always glad that you keep your mistakes in your videos, such as not soldering the tabs for the antenna on, and you comment about the plug cover going on before soldering in the wires. I have done stuff like this so many times, you think we would learn faster ;)
Hi Trogdor, thanks. Mistakes are part of the process and hopefully don't cause any damage. You would think we would learn but we keep making them 🤦♂️😀
Hi again Dave. I've seen many times how you've had to perform surgery on speakers and it's quite an art, you have mastered it very well. My question is after a few years do they remain intact? Does the cone ever start to separate from the new surround it is glued to, or any other problem develop?
Hi Daniel, thank you. The foam surrounds eventually disintegrate to dust and will need to be replaced, the amount of time depends on the conditions it's kept in. I still have speakers I did 3 years ago that show no sign of this happening yet but I would expect a minimum of 10 years if kept inside. The glue won't fail though 👍🙂
That certainly was quite an adventure. The speaker fought back with a vengeance, but it sounds pretty good now. Looking forward to the cabinet restore.
I don't know what else I could have done to that poor speaker Phillip, run over it with the car? The cabinet is underway 😃
Excellent job, I don't care how careful I am but those giant magnets on the back of the speaker always seem to pull my fingers through the cone.
Hi Bruce, me too 🙄😃
Thanks for the advice on the ultimate BCU it was not the oscillator there was a wrong wire connected to the screen grid and missing capacitor on cathode which was casing all sorts of things like squeaks and whistles and over loaded the if stage.
Ah... good work Michael 👍🙂
You are master Engineer of Antique Radios Delicious Ice Cream for you🍧🍨🧁🌹🥀🌷
Thanks khan khan, Ooh... strawberry, thanks 😉😃
I am very interested in your dim bulb controller. Is it your design or did you purchase it from someone? Will you share?
Hi Sam, sorry for the slow reply, I answered your question in an earlier post, cheers 😃
Hey David, you have a typo on your new sticker on the right. You have "inless" instead of "unless". I checked the original, the typo wasn't on the original.
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ That's some good sleuthing Alexey. I don't think I can get the sticker off to replace it so it might have to stay there, maybe it will be worth more, like a stamp with a mistake on it. Thanks for letting me know Alexey 👍🙂
i use weldwood contact cement on speaker stays flexable paint it on the cone dries in 15-20 minutes cone like new
Hi Phillip. I use contact adhesive too particularly if the suspension ribbing is looking weak. It works quite well 👍🙂
Woops, I just realised this was an older video. I used contact adhesive in the repair I think but not on the new suspension, I needed a slow drying adhesive for that. We can get Weldwood here but it's expensive because it's imported from the US 😟
Are you gonna paint the speaker cone? I've heard coffee filter paper makes excellent patches for speakers.
No, I won't paint this one, it has enough added weight already. I will get some filter paper, I keep forgetting 😃
I would love to see a all those components transferred to a normal PCB, hidden underneath the chassis.
Thanks MirceaD28
Nice vídeo! What is the paste you use in 35:19 to fix the cone of the speaker?
Thanks for share.
Hi Lori, it's liquid electrical tape. It's used to insulate bare wires normally but someone in the comments said it was good for speakers too 🙂
Great video Dave!!! Radio sounds great....when you touch up the speaker with paint....I said to myself....Dave will never leave it like that! Lol.....How many times on my videos...I warn myself not to ram my fingers thru the speaker....once poked a hole with a meter probe on camera....yikes!!! Things happen...and people need to see really how repairs/restores goes in real life!!! Not the mistakes...but how you recover! Speaker repairs (major) scares me a bit!!! I guess ai need to recone a few more and get comfortable....one trick I use on patches is take a coffee filter....tear an irregular piece to cover the tear...use my fingers and pull the edges of the filter a bit to get microfibers of the filter to fray.....when I glue it, those tiny fibers reach away from the edges and reinforces the bond......Im curious of the gold looking glue you used? I like to try everyone's techniques....some products are more suited for certain jobs! Thanks for sharing your video and experience! Take Care--Larry
Hi Larry, thank you for your comment. Yeah, you were right about the touch up job, it wasn't going to happen 🙄 That poor speaker, I couldn't believe it. I have been meaning to get some coffee filters, thanks for the tip for feathering the edges. The golden adhesive is contact cement. Mine is too old, it should paint on much better than that, I will get a new tin. Cheers 😃
Looking good. Hope you and the Mrs. will get that cruise later on.
Hi Wayne, she is full steam ahead looking for our next cruise 🛳😃
JB Weld is the F@#ing bomb!!!!
and good work good video
Thanks Matt, JB works well doesn't it 👍🙂
love the videos, can you show a little more about the " radio jig" it looks like you made it at home. do you have to drill new holes for certain radios your working on? or did you drill a bunch of holes when you made it and it just works out. fantastic editing on videos as well! keep em comin, huge fan in GREEN MOUNTAIN, NC!
Hi Chad from Green Mountain NC. It's just flat strap iron bent and welded into a square frame. I drill the holes as I go but a lot of times now the old holes will line up. Thank you 😃
@@DavidTipton101 cool, thanks David
Awesome restoration, right down to the crooked stickers lol :-)
Hi ken, I thought they were straight 🤦♂️😃
Replace the electrolytic capacitors as well. They may be working ok now but you never know when they could fail. Better safe than sorry.
Hi Daniel, see part 3 👍🙂
@@DavidTipton101 I did now, thanks. Super job on the cabinet!
excelente trabajo ojala pudiera subtitulado para los hispanohablantes
Lo siento, no puedo hacer subtítulos aparte del inglés 😢
why would you leave old wires on...its a fire hazard...
Hi AH AH, what old wires? I checked them all and changed one in the speaker bundle. Did I miss something?
Sorry David, I am having problems on how to do the Alignment, I am not shore where to attach the signal generator and Meter, I know you are busy but do you think at sometime you could make a short video on this procedure, using a schematic as well as the equipment..
Hi Melissa, I did explain it on earlier videos but can't remember which. For the generator to antenna I connect the generator ground to the radio chassis and the signal wire I either lay it over the top of a short antenna wire connected to the radio or form two coils with both wires to induce a signal, failing that I connect the signal wire directly to the radio antenna, whichever works. You can put a 200pF cap in the signal line if you want. The tuning condenser should be fully meshed or you can connect the sig Generator in series with a 0.1 uF to the grid of the mixer valve bypassing the tuning condenser. The meter can be attached to the speaker terminals and set to AC volts. I connect the meter to the output valve plate in series with a 0.1 capacitor and set it to AC Volts, that means I don't have to have the speaker so loud. There is a bit of DC voltage on the plate so be careful. I'll see if I can do a video in the near future.
Thanks David, I do remember seeing a video showing it but couldn't remember where, it must have been one of yours, ill go back and have a look, but from what you have said here I think I can work it out, ill give it a go this week. Thanks again 👍
@@melissa.merritt OK, good luck Melissa. you just want the two IF transformer primary and secondarys to resonate at 455kHz. You feed a 455kHz signal in and when each coil is passing maximum signal is it resonating at 455. Keep the volume on the radio at max and adjust the signal generator to the required signal strength 👍😃
That old Chassis came a long way,Its better than new now!
Hi Robert, thanks. It came out very nicely 👍🙂
Great job David !!!!! I learn a lot !!!!!
I see twice this video to understand the details.
Congratulations - São Paulo - Brazil
Hi Fernando, thank you 🙂
Splendid, such a joy to watch this get sorted out.
Hi Craig, thanks 😃
Very very nice David, eager to see part 2 now. I'll be ready with popcorn and pops :-)
Thank you SargentRay... err that was part 2, part 3 will be at the end of the week all going well 😃
@@DavidTipton101 Yes of course my mistake i meant part 3, can't wait to see what you're going to do with the cabinet. You must be deep into it by now.
I am watching your video you are good mechanic.
Thank you Saeed 🙂
Excellent work Dave - you make restoration look so simple. I'm looking forward to seeing the completed radio eventually. Peace be with you.
Thanks RJ' that's because I cut out the cussing 😉😄 cheers
Just a suggestion: Perhaps next time use a transparent laquer instead of silver... it preserves the "patina" and looks more original.
Hi Edwin. Sorry, transparent lacquer on what, the rusty speaker basket?
@@DavidTipton101 Yes, on the speaker basket and the transformer housing after the use of the rust converter of course... I would have used it on the chassis too. But I understand that it's a matter of personal taste and tastes differ ;) .
Can't wait to see part three. Radio looks great!!
It's getting there, It is more work that I first thought though 🤦♂️😃
lovely job looking forward to part 3
Thank you 208raven 😃
Believe it or not David the best adhesive for speaker repair is nail polish, any colour but clear seems to work best also its a good filler on the cone it's self! Cheers
I haven't heard that Jupp, nail polish as an adhesive 🤔 I'll keep it in mind, I guess black nail polish is available 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 yes it works well, strange as that may seem..test it out ..see what u think
Hey dave. Hope all is well. Keep up the good work
Thanks Emilio, we are very well thank you 👍🙂
Can't wait for P3 - thanks for a great vid :-) ooh... there it is!
Great! you found it 😀🙂
@@DavidTipton101 lol yeah - momentary problem somewhere between chair and computer. ;-)
WOW another amazing restoration.
Thank you W,Manoj Nishshanka Dias 😃
Awesome work David, the speaker turned out wonderful. That is a really rich sounding radio.
Hi GVW , thank you. It will sound much better in the case, cheers 👍🙂
Hey David!!!
WOW! That speaker really was a monster to work with, but you took control and made it happen. This was another educational one as well...thanks!
I was the monster Wayne, still I got there in the end. Thanks Wayne 😃
Good evening Sir a good effort to restore in original condition.Great Sir.I am remembering my child hood days when father tune the I.F.T using signal generator.Thanks so much.
Hi Rakesh, thank you 😃
I wish we lived closer together !!!!! I love these old valve radios or as we say in the states tube Receivers !!!! Excellant work Dave, Keep the videos coming !!!
Hi Willie, thank you. I'm only a 14+ hour flight away 🤦♂️😄
Lovely looking dial once the cabinet has had your magic touch it will look great. That speaker was a swine, didn't seem to appreciate all your care and attention. Worth the effort in the end. Looking forward to pt3
Hi Ken, thanks. I was the swine, the speaker was just standing there. Part 3 is out 😃