Here is another mid 1920's battery operated radio. This one is in a console instead of a tabletop box. It is in unknown condition but all of it is there.
Your enthusiasm for this is infectious. How many folks on this planet would have that transformer in storage at the ready for this type of contingency? Nobody i know.
I was wondering if this really was a FADA radio until I saw the builder's plate. It is a Charles Freshman Co. Masterpiece radio from the early 1920's! The three large knobs controlled the tuning of the circuits and must match closely for best reception. The two smaller knobs did the filaments for the amplifier (left) and the detector(right) . In between both is an on/off switch. To turn it on just pull out the knob a bit. I must admit it does look like a FADA model. Nice piece of restoration work again Ron. Excellent restoring it to working use.
Three resto's in a week.... BONUS. Thanks so much Ron. My wife groans when I say, ' I have to watch Ron for the next 40 - 60 minutes '. Not ANOTHER old radio, she says. They just don't understand, haha.
Excellent video Ron - I share the same passion for getting things done rather than a nut and bolt restoration. In the time it took you to sort that out Mr Carlson wouldn't have finished talking about his capacitor leakage obsession!!
I agree, but I do like to see the different approaches taken by each. I kind of reckon Ron probably works on these like they would have done back when, whereas Paul treats them like museum pieces. Both are valid and enjoyable to watch!
Wish I’d known you 40 years ago , would have been able to learn and absorb all your incredible knowledge , I hope you have passed it all on to somebody . Love your videos !
I like when you tell the history of how you acquired the sets and how people would have used or enjoyed them generations ago! Enjoyed the video! Thanks!
Once again, a very enjoyable repair vid and a nice compact FADA console. I actually work just a few miles from where the current Andrea company exists, and continuing to produce electronics! I've been collecting old radios for 40 years and still have friends do the elec. repairs. Your videos have made me get more adventurous to do at least minor repairs and to solve easy-fix problems. Also great hints to cosmetic fixes. I thank you for that!
I enjoy your work, even though I have been involved with electronics for 50 years this still seems very foreign to me. Love the laugh when you screw up I am no where near that restrained :)
You are very fortunate because you always have space at your workbench for your radios, your power supply, your test equipment and your glasses - and a cup for the screws.
You're one of the few on UA-cam restoring TRUE antique radios (IE: those 90-100 years old). I think I'd like to explore your attic! Must be an old time electronic gold mine up there. I'd love to photograph the history that's up there! Look at that buss bar wiring with insulated sleeving over it.
WONDERFUL just to see these old radios built on the frontier of their development! Please can you tell us about the batteries that were used and how they were arranged?
Do you remember the old Ma and Pa Kettle movies? They used to be on TV when I was young. I remember a running gag in the movie where Pa would slam his rocker down on the floor to turn on and off the very early model radio in their shack. Seeing those type of tube sockets, I can understand why that was plausible back when people had those radios in their homes. I bet people smacked and pounded their radios quite a bit to get them to operate.
You are absolutely right! I remember how, during my childhood, I was even proud of the clever blow on the TV on the vacuum tubes, which returned the efficiency of this unit. :) I am sorry for my English
My grandmother had a cabinet similar to that she used as a table in her living room. According to my dad, it was from an Atwater Kent radio he listened to as a kid. He should me the acid stains from the wet cell "A" batteries on the inside battery shelf. Sadly, the chassis was long gone.
3 dial tunning is hard - set all resonant spikes on same freqency. Need switch to set one of stage to aperiodic RF amp / LC tuned. Use two hands and find stations and after find, set third stage to resonant mode and tune it.
Brilliant Work And Filming Buddy Ron Have You Ever Made Your Own Valves / Tubes And Built A Receiver With Old Salvage Bits From Old Sets ? Bless Up Earthling
Looking at all this ancient radios and restoration I am so wandering how much was designed and produced in USA and NOTHING SAME was even designed in Soviet Union those times... I see wide range of different radios being designed and made in USA/Europe that time and almost nothing was done in Russia/USSR at the same period.
High Tension 9 -12 months, cost 15/- to £1. Grid bias 9v - 6v 3 months 3/-. Accumulater 1 - 2 weeks cost £2 ? charging 6d. We recharged and sold them. Weekly wage was circa £2. It was not cheap !
Yes, they are "hungry" for tips. I usually get about two weeks out of a tip. I make them out of #12 square bus wire. (round works fine too) Take a piece of romex and strip the plastic off it for plenty of cheap tips. The commercial tips last longer but are now way overpriced.
That soldering gun you use is massive for doing jobs like that if you used a Weller soldering iron you would get the same effect and you wouldn't burn your fingers as much
Some guys are use to having that big gun in their hand everyday and trading it in for a wee one would just feel all undeservedly stunted and unnatural.
That WAS a Weller, lol. Those are what you need for the old gear, not the new namby-pamby pencils. I've seen some people on TubeYou stabbing a feeble modern pencil iron at a lug for minutes on end hoping to warm it up. My dad used the old Weller gun, and I have a vintage one myself. I only had to replace the light bulb and it was fine.
Get yourself an old Weller like that. It's hardly the tool for surface mount, but you'll find yourself using it a lot. It's ready to go in about 1 second, and can easily keep up with soldering to those huge chunks of metal - something that'd cool down a lesser tool.
I use a soldering gun very often. This is an old tube set not SMDs. They sure didn't use soldering pencils when they made this thing. Their soldering irons look like the ones they use today for stained glass windows.
What a Twilight Zone-type of experience if for the first time you turned it on you heard the Clicquot Club Eskimos..ua-cam.com/video/1KUPHwGLhIc/v-deo.html
Ahem! Not quite done-- what is to power this old wonder? A nice array of batteries? Or a more modern power supply? OR does it just go back in the living room to fill that hole-- didn't work before, no need to turn it on now?
sorry but NO , i think youre lying about this ....you say its been in your living room over 20 years and youve NEVER inspected it , never worked on it ???.... that doesnt sound likely
If you're happy with your RTL-SDR, keep using it. (I use a few of those myself, very useful gadgets.) But it doesn't have the look and feel of the days when radios worked on tubes rather than microchips.
Ese Callum the sheep! Imagine if a group of people were stranded on a desert island. Ms Glasslinger and any others with knowledge of science and engineering would save the lives of the morons like you. In fact the only use you might have would be if the food ran out. Did you know that with careful butchering you could be eaten limb by limb and still remain alive to provide fresh meat?
You've been busy! I'm glad to see you uploading so many videos lately, and that you're doing well.
Your enthusiasm for this is infectious. How many folks on this planet would have that transformer in storage at the ready for this type of contingency? Nobody i know.
I was wondering if this really was a FADA radio until I saw the builder's plate. It is a Charles Freshman Co. Masterpiece radio from the early 1920's!
The three large knobs controlled the tuning of the circuits and must match closely for best reception. The two smaller knobs did the filaments for the amplifier (left)
and the detector(right) . In between both is an on/off switch. To turn it on just pull out the knob a bit. I must admit it does look like a FADA model.
Nice piece of restoration work again Ron. Excellent restoring it to working use.
Three resto's in a week.... BONUS. Thanks so much Ron. My wife groans when I say, ' I have to watch Ron for the next 40 - 60 minutes '. Not ANOTHER old radio, she says. They just don't understand, haha.
Excellent video Ron - I share the same passion for getting things done rather than a nut and bolt restoration. In the time it took you to sort that out Mr Carlson wouldn't have finished talking about his capacitor leakage obsession!!
I agree, but I do like to see the different approaches taken by each. I kind of reckon Ron probably works on these like they would have done back when, whereas Paul treats them like museum pieces. Both are valid and enjoyable to watch!
HA! I like Carlson a lot. He's quite intelligent. The only way to watch his videos is to set the playback speed to X2. He, he, he!
Wish I’d known you 40 years ago , would have been able to learn and absorb all your incredible knowledge , I hope you have passed it all on to somebody . Love your videos !
I restored an old fada for my grandparents several years ago. Good video!
Amazing. You got that thing working in less than 30 minutes!
I like when you tell the history of how you acquired the sets and how people would have used or enjoyed them generations ago! Enjoyed the video! Thanks!
Once again, a very enjoyable repair vid and a nice compact FADA console. I actually work just a few miles from where the current Andrea company exists, and continuing to produce electronics! I've been collecting old radios for 40 years and still have friends do the elec. repairs. Your videos have made me get more adventurous to do at least minor repairs and to solve easy-fix problems. Also great hints to cosmetic fixes. I thank you for that!
I enjoy your work, even though I have been involved with electronics for 50 years this still seems very foreign to me. Love the laugh when you screw up I am no where near that restrained :)
Vacuum tubes were abandoned 50 years ago. Not counting TV sets
Great video once again,really enjoyed it,a big thank you- from Scotland!
20 years - and never tempted ;-) Thank you for the video!
So many lovely old sets! This is fab 🙂
Brilliant to have all these new videos, thanks so much from the Highlands of Scotland.
Thanks for the videos keep um coming Ron best wishes from UK 🇬🇧
Hey Ron great job on repairing the radio stay safe God bless you and your family
You are very fortunate because you always have space at your workbench for your radios, your power supply, your test equipment and your glasses - and a cup for the screws.
Thanks for all the treats. I learn something every time.
You're one of the few on UA-cam restoring TRUE antique radios (IE: those 90-100 years old).
I think I'd like to explore your attic! Must be an old time electronic gold mine up there. I'd love to photograph the history that's up there!
Look at that buss bar wiring with insulated sleeving over it.
WONDERFUL just to see these old radios built on the frontier of their development! Please can you tell us about the batteries that were used and how they were arranged?
Thank you for passing along your knowledge.
Very Nice! It helps alot when you have spare parts!
Great Job! I really enjoyed this.
Great job on the old FADA. Thank you for the another great video.73 Mal KI7DYM
I hope you won't be offended, Ron, but your wheezes of delight when something ain't bust, or goes just right, remind me of Gabby Hayes.
Very nice, we will need to know this in a nearer future ☹👏👏👏
This radio is very beautiful. A rarity ....
Enjoying the heck out of these TRF sets!
You should see mine, I use a jfet instead of tube.
Ron you are a funny Guy i like that good Work 👍👍
Three in a row Ron keep them coming - Stay Safe
Do you remember the old Ma and Pa Kettle movies? They used to be on TV when I was young. I remember a running gag in the movie where Pa would slam his rocker down on the floor to turn on and off the very early model radio in their shack. Seeing those type of tube sockets, I can understand why that was plausible back when people had those radios in their homes. I bet people smacked and pounded their radios quite a bit to get them to operate.
You are absolutely right! I remember how, during my childhood, I was even proud of the clever blow on the TV on the vacuum tubes, which returned the efficiency of this unit. :) I am sorry for my English
That console radio would have cost them a full year's wages
love the video big help fixing my old wireless
My grandmother had a cabinet similar to that she used as a table in her living room. According to my dad, it was from an Atwater Kent radio he listened to as a kid. He should me the acid stains from the wet cell "A" batteries on the inside battery shelf. Sadly, the chassis was long gone.
Como siempre muy buen trabajo mi amigo.
You are quite brilliant!
wow i would love to root around in your attic. maybe you can show us your stash one day thanks for the vid
great work again
3 dial tunning is hard - set all resonant spikes on same freqency.
Need switch to set one of stage to aperiodic RF amp / LC tuned. Use two hands and find stations and after find, set third stage to resonant mode and tune it.
super vidéo bravo
Wow, what a PRO!
11 seconds in and I'm already excited
Excellent !! and like you have a fire extinguisher nearby , but a better dress would be better ( just kidding ) , thank you for everything !
You are outdoing yourself! Oh, and you really must teach my girlfriend how to get excited over a 3" long screw.
Hi, Ron....another nice video. Might you be willing to share the achematic for your bench power supply ?
This looks like my Freshman Masterpiece from 1925. Are you sure it's a Fada? Love your video's by the way! Thanks for making them.
Thx. ❤️
Score for 20 bucks good for you love them deals
and another one your spoiling us Ron
Glasslinger, can you make a youtube video on how to calibrate radios and using the Tuning tools to adjust the Radios RF tuning coils and AGC circuits?
What are the three dials doing differently in a three dial set?
Brilliant Work And Filming Buddy
Ron Have You Ever Made Your Own Valves / Tubes And Built A Receiver With Old Salvage Bits From Old Sets ?
Bless Up Earthling
He has made his own valves/tubes. Check out his older videos.
Very nice Ron. A new speaker cloth ?
what was purpose of red wire at back of radio?
It is a cool early console....
The Weller iron is as handy as a shirt pocket!!
Good to go for another 100 years.
is.it.mw.or.lw.radio.i.m.looking.first.time.this.kind.radio.thank.u.sir.
Looking at all this ancient radios and restoration I am so wandering how much was designed and produced in USA and NOTHING SAME was even designed in Soviet Union those times... I see wide range of different radios being designed and made in USA/Europe that time and almost nothing was done in Russia/USSR at the same period.
These non hets are interesting devices.
How long would the batteries last back in the day for these type of radios?
High Tension 9 -12 months, cost 15/- to £1. Grid bias 9v - 6v 3 months 3/-. Accumulater 1 - 2 weeks cost £2 ? charging 6d. We recharged and sold them. Weekly wage was circa £2. It was not cheap !
Depends on strength of station, aerial, battery type & maker
Hello from england.
How long do the tips last on your solder gun, when I used mine a lot it ate tips,
Get some thick solid bare copper wire - probably AWG 6 or 8 - and make your own tips for dirt cheap.
Yes, they are "hungry" for tips. I usually get about two weeks out of a tip. I make them out of #12 square bus wire. (round works fine too) Take a piece of romex and strip the plastic off it for plenty of cheap tips. The commercial tips last longer but are now way overpriced.
#12 for the 240 watt gun and #10 for the 325 watt gun.
@@glasslinger Thanks I'll try that, I have some 3.0mm copper
make on of gold , it will last forever !!
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these long videos seem like only 15 min very entertaining
Wheres the paint? 😉
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Hi Ron
I don’t know how can I ask some questions
12:20 Those tube sockets look so primitive. Not good mechanical connections
I really enjoy watching your videos I've been don't learn electronics. Question how many ohms should the speaker read if it's good
Theres HUGE variations for each model can be 8 homs 10,4,3,9,6 and so on
Iv been watching you for hours on top of hours and iv notice and wondering if you make your beautiful dresses.
I make some but most are bought. It's a lot of work to make clothes, much more work than the relatively few dollars to buy something.
That soldering gun you use is massive for doing jobs like that if you used a Weller soldering iron you would get the same effect and you wouldn't burn your fingers as much
Some guys are use to having that big gun in their hand everyday and trading it in for a wee one would just feel all undeservedly stunted and unnatural.
That WAS a Weller, lol. Those are what you need for the old gear, not the new namby-pamby pencils. I've seen some people on TubeYou stabbing a feeble modern pencil iron at a lug for minutes on end hoping to warm it up. My dad used the old Weller gun, and I have a vintage one myself. I only had to replace the light bulb and it was fine.
Get yourself an old Weller like that. It's hardly the tool for surface mount, but you'll find yourself using it a lot. It's ready to go in about 1 second, and can easily keep up with soldering to those huge chunks of metal - something that'd cool down a lesser tool.
Pretty sure both a gun and a smaller iron made appearances in this video, but for the larger bus bars and such I think you need the gun.
I use a soldering gun very often. This is an old tube set not SMDs. They sure didn't use soldering pencils when they made this thing. Their soldering irons look like the ones they use today for stained glass windows.
Disappointed! - I wanna hear what it sounds like refitted in the console!
I have a 1927 fada I have everything except a speaker, not much traffic on am radio in Oklahoma, any pointers to make this a working unit
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What a Twilight Zone-type of experience if for the first time you turned it on you heard the Clicquot Club Eskimos..ua-cam.com/video/1KUPHwGLhIc/v-deo.html
Someone ONCE Said that there were no ugly cats.... That's pretty close to true
I live in New Jersey 😢😢😢😢❤❤❤
A) I suck at soldering B) I don't have any clue what you're doing
That floppy right-hand knob triggers me. Please secure it!
I'm always a little disappointed when you test these lovely old sets...... and the sound of 21st century radio comes out! ;)
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incorrectly uses a lighter to shrink the tubing and burns the transformer a little. YES!!
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How about dinner 🍽️
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Ahem! Not quite done-- what is to power this old wonder? A nice array of batteries? Or a more modern power supply? OR does it just go back in the living room to fill that hole-- didn't work before, no need to turn it on now?
White socks and worn out sneakers.... Shame on u
OOPS! Sloppy on the editing! :)
@@glasslinger i can't forgive that... Nice channel btw
sorry but NO , i think youre lying about this ....you say its been in your living room over 20 years and youve NEVER inspected it , never worked on it ???.... that doesnt sound likely
I like your videos.....but an old man in a dress is ultra weird.....
....not if he is virtually a genius, and almost a genuine "National Treasure"!
and you haven't seen his victoria secret undies yet !
YOU WOULD GET MORE VIEWS IF YOU SMASHED IT WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER
WHATS THE POINT YOU CAN BUT A NEW RADIO FOR $7. YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME AND OUR TIME WATCHING YOU
If you start to read the books, learn the history and arts you will understand why he do that.
@@matmat5898 NO ONE READS MUSTY OLD BOOKS. SO LAST CENTURY.
One mouse click and you can stop wasting your time.
If you're happy with your RTL-SDR, keep using it. (I use a few of those myself, very useful gadgets.) But it doesn't have the look and feel of the days when radios worked on tubes rather than microchips.
Ese Callum the sheep! Imagine if a group of people were stranded on a desert island. Ms Glasslinger and any others with knowledge of science and engineering would save the lives of the morons like you. In fact the only use you might have would be if the food ran out. Did you know that with careful butchering you could be eaten limb by limb and still remain alive to provide fresh meat?
I love old technology. for when another TV ...