Nice work that turned this radio into a looker. I am happy for you having the station playing good old music, fits your style. Thank you for uploading.
Young hands! I've been restoring radios and gear for over 40 years and my hands show my nearly 70 year old age. It's wonderful to see a "young pup" carrying the mantle. Oh, but I do put shrink tube on cap leads but you still did a great job of repairing and explaining. Hugs to you and many thanks. Keep up the great work.
1st time viewing your Channel. Love the retro Clothes! Truly appreciate your diagnosis process. Love the old Radios and those who knew what to check, how to check and the importance of such. You are gem Sir.
Might I say -- Cool hat? Good to see folks from the same age range. Don't worry about the performing on camera--you're sharing your radios & tweeds alike; no need to worry too much. You're speaking slowly enough to be understandable. The bench almost looks like a museum exhibit.
Hi, I'm a new subscriber and have been in the hobby since I was about 12. Your video was very informative, and I love that model Howards. It has a simple, but very appealing overall deco design. I do not chassis work. My focus is the cabinets. With the paint issue, use a brand-new safety razor and gently glide into it, on a slight angle on the paint spots. Gradually, and with patience, they will scrape off. You will micro-scratch the finish, but a buff with Howards afterwards with take them out easily.
I just found your channel and have enjoyed the two videos I've watched. Very informative, but I hope to find one where you are doing the alignment so we can see the process and improvement. Kudos for your period wardrobe, it really adds to the viewing and reminds me of how professional old time techs were in their shops. No sweatshirts and cutoffs back then!
Nice! I enjoyed watching your video. I received a Radio back in the mid 1960's from my grandfather, in the mail for my birthday. My brother borrowed it without asking, and tried to stand on it to wax the roof of his car and crushed it. You are very talented. I have subscribed.
this is the first howard radio i have seen. a radio repairman wearing a suit and bowtie. no wingbacks? that radio was old when i was born and you look young. i didn't know they were still teaching radio repair. big band and that radio just go together.
What a great radio! I enjoy your methodical process and learn something new in every video you share. I am new to vintage radio restoration and prefer the 1930’s and early 1940’s sets. This was the first time I’ve seen a battery used for tube bias. Very interesting! Thanks for contributing and I look forward to your future projects!
Howard radio model 275T is a very rare bird. Very nice and logically done repair.Working eye tube is the cherry on top! It is a great signal puller after alignment.
Enjoyed the video! Really nice radio.....I have a Howard 400x console.....I ended up replacing the bias cell with a 10k resistor... I restored the entire cabinet due to veneer work and finish was bad....wife lets it sit in the parlor....lol...one of my subscribers recommended ur channel, so here I am....thanks for sharing...please keep up the great work! Take Care-Larry
Great video. I have no idea how to work on those things but like watching you do it. Always nice to see something brought back to work like it did when it was new. Actually in most of your repairs they work better than when they came off the line. Keep up the good work! Also your views are climbing as well as subscribers...Good job!
Very nice Howard and a nice job! Just a helpful suggestion or two. It's a very good idea to use a safety cap, put a fuse in-line and definitely a polarized plug .
Just found your channel, really enjoy your content so far! I'm also a self-taught radio repair hobbyist. Been doing this for 6 or 7 years now. I even have that same Triplett tube tester and Eico Signal generator on my bench. :D Also picked up most of my equipment broken and have had to repair it. Just recently got to the point where almost everything on my bench is working. Keep up the great content!
This is the second video I've watched since finding your channel yesterday. Very informative videos. The only suggestion I have is to increase the audio a bit. I'm looking forward to more radio restorations. Thank you.
Nice video, glad to see another person having respect and appreciation for our great radio-history. The more I learn, the more I can appreciate how knowledgeable and creative these design engineers really were. So, hats off to you for doing this video. As far as the paint on the case: If it is latex then isopropyl-alcohol on a Q-Tip will usually soften it, and will allow you to go slow as many varnishes are alcohol soluble. If it is oil-based then the usual suspects for solvents can be tried in the same manner. You can try in an inconspicuous spot and see just how much you can 'get-away-with'; I keep many different chemicals around to have available. Again, great video and may you love it as much when your 90! Hi-Hi! 73...
That's a nice find! I need to get some of that Howard's "Restore a finish" Just about every eye tube radio I find I need to replace that 1 megohm resistor in the eye tube socket. I like the suit! Got to have a scotch bottle and a pack of "lucky's" on the end of the workbench. I can pick up zoomer radio here in New Jersey most of the time on evenings.
Boa tarde fico orgulhoso em ver um jovem tão dedicado recuperando esres radios antigo eu sou um técnico em eletronica e as vezes compro radio antigo para restaura parabens mesmo
@@gwcoty0715 A lot better standard of work than glasslinger. Have a look at the Australian guys, David Tipton and Don in his old shed, they have good standards too. Removing paint splashes, if thick they will scrape off with care, try using a piece of credit card If oil pant, white spirit will work. Emulsion paint will dissolve with water. Meths and acetone are a last resort. The eye needs more AGC voltage to close, check the AGC caps and resistors. If the ACG rectifier diode in the valve is weak, try a semiconductor diode across it, germanium better than silicon, lower forward voltage loss.
Yes, I am aware that some radio stations do increase their power during the night to reach a wider audiance. I am from St. Louis and KMOX does this each night and so do other radio stations acorss the natino. cheers, chris in Dutchtown ( St. Louis, )
I recently purchased a 1936 RCA 5T Tombstone Radio for 50 dollars . There are hardly any scratches on the Cabinet. Someone actually punched a hole through the speaker fabric and the cone the size of a quarter. It's nice to look at even if it has not been restored.
You do excellent work, Sir I have read that olive oil, rubbed gently, will work for paint removal. How is your cat, Willie doing? The one that supervised your finishing the radio lamp.
From the very beginning, this video stood out and grabbed my interest so strongly that it kept me from going to bed...which I really needed to do. I think part of it was your "Archie Goodwin" look ( from the TV series Nero Wolfe ) and the Bow Tie...I really like Bow Ties. The set itself is a bit of an eye-catcher too. It is very unfortunate that the paint is on it...I have no idea of how to remove it...so many things to consider. Things like is it lead paint, latex paint, indoor paint, outdoor paint, would paint thinner take it off without harm, etc. I was happy to see you mention the danger of the "Death Cap" that runs from the line to the chassis, but I don't remember you ever saying or showing anything about replacing it. It really needs to be a "Y" type Safety Cap, but I'm not sure you used one to replace it. On the subject of capacitors, are you aware of the issues of the "Outside Foil" end of the capacitors? It really does make a difference which end of the capacitor goes where, even on "Non-Polarized" capacitors. ( ua-cam.com/video/BnR_DLd1PDI/v-deo.html ) It is sad that the "Magic Eye" tube doesn't work properly. That is a really nice radio. Your solution of the resistor on the pins of the "Magic Eye" tube is novel...I would not have thought it would work, but it does. I love the copper chassis! While it is not necessary for it to work properly, I would love to have seen you clean it and polish it up. There is that one corner that might not have been fixable, but it is a bit of a rare thing to have a copper chassis. Something else I would liked to have seen you do, which is not necessary for the working of the radio, but I think would be nice, is to have painted the transformer with a high heat black paint. Along the same lines, it would be nice to see the cans on top cleaned up and then spray painted with chrome paint. The plug you put on the power cord looks great...but it scares the crap out of me! you have a 50/50 chance of the hot side of the power cord going to the chassis with that plug. I agree with you about the Brass Plate on the front...it really adds "Pazzaz" to the radio. Oh, and you got my "Like", "Subscription", and "Notification Click" on this one.
Agree. That Magic Eye isn't the same and as some note, their difference prevents them from responding properly. Some sets don't care (I have an RCA that doesn't) and some do (I have a Zenith that does). Also...me, I like adding an in line fuse too. Overall, I think he did good.
same, because old furniture are often stored on a garage with all kind of stuff, paint buckets especially, but if you have time, sandpaper, then varnish it again, I did that with an old table on my living room, that's worth it. also, looks like the Donald approves! :D
@@gwcoty0715 yep, also, there might even be more specific tutorials depending of the type of wood, type of oils to use on it. I'm sure that's worth it.
Fantastic, another radio repair channel, don’t forget David Tipton in Melbourne, add him to the list. Also, thought you would have a dim bulb in series with the variac and the killawatt meter. Cheers and best regards, Geoff
Another great video thanks, you do just fine on the video, you talk just enough about what you're doing to keep your viewers engaged . Regarding the paint issue on the sides of the radio, did you try spot treating it with some lacquer thinner?
Dude, have your heard of grommets? There's very little strain relief using a Ty-Wrap. More importantly, the chassis hole has edges that can cut through the power cord over time. -John in Texas
Yes I know of grommets. I eat them for breakfast. Why don't you? The chassis metal on this one was formed in with rounded corners, didn't even have a grommet from the factory. No need for one.
Very nice to watch you work. It did worry me the glass scale would be damaged when you turned the chassis over. I think I should make some kind of jig or clamp on frame for holding radio chassis’s upside down. I’m not sure if you have a video but I would love to see a tour of your vintage workshop and equipment.
I was curious how you came to have so much nice test equipment. I'm envious. Did you inherit it? You don't see too many young guys repairing old radios. I started this hobby this year and really like it. Thank you for sharing.
Years of collecting and sharp eyes, doesn’t hurt that all the local antique stores have my name on file for radio stuff. Only about half of it works though, shhh don’t tell anyone else! 😅
@@allthegearnoidea6752 Tubes are fun to work with, certainly more interesting than transistors, I would say, but, on the other hand, I have never used FETs for other things than invertor running at some 55-65Hz, that converts 12V from standard power supply to 180 V square and then I double it for power stage. But It needs pre-amp for proper function and that is still not ready, I'm stuck with dilem whether ECC88 or ECH81 and where to place tone stack, whether between pre-amp stages or between pre-amp and power amp.
Good observation! I let that slip by in the editing. It’s like that commercial on tv about the guy never gets shown below the waist, so he doesn’t wear pants haha!
To remove the paint spots, turpentine or white spirit on a cotton bud may work, but it won't be quick, and you would have to be careful not to remove the original finish. Excellent restore of a rare radio.
Regards that battery bias on the control grid of the triode valve, what I would do is change the the value of "R6" from "1 Meg ohm" to "10 Meg ohms", then take the earthy end straight to chassis, bypassing the battery clip. The 10 Meg ohm resistor and charging effect of "C9" causes the valve's control grid to self bias slightly negative, which is sufficient for a small signal high impedance triode and thus, eliminating the need for a battery.
Dear Sir-Great video! You should invest in a clean vintage soldering iron with a larger tip. They put out alot more heat and make soldering so much easier. Wasn't going to mention it, but your tip is dirty and you're rushing the heat transfer:(-John in Texas
275 T for tombstone. The C would be for a cathedral model . My Atwater Kent radio used two different model numbers both are on the chassis 337 and 317.
I'll admit, I'm an electronics hack. I am learning from you and others. But a very modest suggestion: I'm pretty sure a polarized plug, wired to switch the hot leg, along with a modern x-y cap (or 2) will make your restorations much safer.
I totally enjoy watching your videos and have picked up a few pointers. I have taken to calling myself a thief! When it comes to finding old radios, I do a pretty good job. I usually don't pay over $40 for them because of the gamble, but generally if I pay 40 and the thing can't be revived then I have a great stock of parts. I've been doing this stuff got close to 30 years on and off and enjoy it still as if it were the first time. Love the old smell from the radios and the excitement when it fires up! I do have a problem with interference in certain frequency ranges that I have not been able to master yet. I have minimal lighting all LED on the bench, no extra devices running, the alignments are good, strong peaking signals but there is something I'm missing. If anyone has suggestions on how to eliminate the interference I would be greatly appreciative.
Maybe you know this, but switched power supplies (e.g. battery chargers, PSU in your PC, the LED driver for your low Voltage LED's) all work in the long and medium wave frequencies, about 100KHz - 1MHz. They are also used in most if not all 230V LED bulbs. They are more or less the death of these bands. If it is not one of these in your room, try to pinpoint a direction with a short antenna in the antenna bus, a meter or less, and at the end a piece of rope on which you can pull it tight.. Now put the radio on a bar stool or so, so you can move the antenna all around, and see if you can mute the interference, and so find its direction.
@@gwcoty0715 I discovered the only light I had on was the problem lol After months of frustration I now have a light fixture that doesn't cause an issue. Thanks for the tips guys!
I can tell you why there's paint on nearly every old radio. If you've ever spent a day painting a room, you want to listen to a radio or some sort of music while painting. Lol. I typically use my fingernails and pop off the paint before beautifying the cabinet. If the paint's too hard, I use my little pocket knife. Thank you again.
This radio engineering-savvy man from his past apparently got lost in time and subsequently mysteriously milked himself and accidentally ended up in a modern workshop in our present time...
Fine steel wool should take the paint off the finish, and once it is off use that restore product you were using, it will fill in the places the paint has been removed from.
Cool video! not a common set to revive. Say, what station was the "Cow Cow Boogie" playing on? I'm in Los Angeles and have NO great AM stations besides talk and news. :/
Veery nice radio, big thumbs up on the restoration, and your excellent outfit!! One thing that makes me think however is the issue with the magic eye: You substituted a 6E5 for the duff 6U5 and it still doesnt close the pie shadow, it should though on even weak stations because shadow shuts on 6E5 at -7v at grid as opposed to about -20v on the 6U5. Is there maybe something amiss with the AGC circuit? (or is that maybe a follow up of deleting the grid bias battery?) With making those grid bias cells obsolete, what I do is either directly rectify the heater supply voltage with schottky diodes or use a tiny 1:1 audio transformer on the 6.3v and then rectify and use that as a supply, too much hassle for me to redo the resistor thing :-) Regarding those paint splats on the case: Those old paints are mostly oil-based, so carefully dabbing just the spot with a cotton swab wet with turpentine and wiping repeatedly may help here. Good going, cheers from Germany
@@gwcoty0715 LOL.... Everyone has their own style... I'm just glad to see someone keeping these pieces of history alive and functional enough to open doorways into the memory of our past.... Nothing beats the smell and dim light cast on the wall at night by the warm glow of old tubes..
If your camera has been switching off on its own, it could be that an important component is getting too hot, so the thermal shutdown system is activating to protect it.
Hello...this video was really nicely done! I've just recently discovered the antique radio channels (I've seen a lot of Mr. Carlson's content) and you're adding great stuff to the community. I just subscribed, and will check back. Thanks for all your hard work! Stay safe ... DT
@@gwcoty0715 Oh, great... now you'll have me hooked one another vicarious hobby! (lol). I might have to actually learn about electronics and try fixing these myself.... though it does look like a lot of fun, and worthwhile to keep things out of the landfills. And I happen to be old enough to remember when I was a kid, and we got the new/latest/greatest amazing tech you could imagine ...... TV! Our poor console radio was soon forgotten :( OK, I'm sold. Thx ... DT
Crc brake parts cleaner.... I know it sounds archaic to use this in an old radio but it really does work well and is cheap, but it will melt dial covers and certain plastics. I’ve used it for years and never any problems
You can use the Howard’s restore juice on quad op steel wool adds a lubricant to the steel wool you can clean around the knobs old finger grease and other dirt and grime with out hurting the finish.
I have a 1949 Beautiful bent plywood radio/phonograph. My guess is the tuning capacitor is gone. Restoration is desirable but maybe too expensive for a retiree. Anyway just to make it operational relatively cheaply?
Hi , please I would like to know who is the very clever technician who presents for his works and restoration of the vintage very old radios from the 20,s to 60,s, on his, youtube channel named 415 radio , my greetings for him, thanks
27 years ago I was visiting my mother in the twin cities minnesota. there was a radio consignment center in the midway district. I called and said. any howard radios. he said a 437 just came in. i asked him to hold it for me an hour. I bought it and took it to my mothers place. it looked like nothing had ever been fixed on it. I had heard that no matter how nasty an old howard looks most still work. so I hooked up a wire for an antenna and gave it the juice. it worked and I was listening to lots of fun stuff on it. later when I got it home I gave it a full refresh/update. still works great. I then wanted a 450A but none around. about 5 years ago I scored one off craigs list. I refurbished it and it works great. thats my Howard stories. I bet this one will refurbish nicely.
I need someone to restore my GE 202 AA6. my GE 430 AA5 needs some TLC too. I can solder like a boss, but not while blind... That's a sweet wood cabinet radio. Built like a tank to survive the ages... and it did I got some GE 605 parts I rescued from a rusted out chassis in a barn that had lost its roof long ago I know it's a PITA and hardcore techs never do it, but wear safety glasses when you spray that electrical cleaner. That's how I went blind, spray back from a can of carb cleaner. The solvents in that stuff read like a who's who of nasty chemicals. Within seconds poof... one eye was gone, from a few spatter drops.. and the second eye got a tiny drop. After a few months it was gone too. Those chemicals are chosen to penetrate through a hole even smaller than what gasoline can go right through... Yep.. that can of cleaner.. the most dangerous thing you have in yoru shop. A rattlesnake and you don't even know it. I was cleaning out a music box mechanical mechanism at the time at half an arms length and it went in and curved back right at me.
@@gwcoty0715 Ok thanks. Do you accept mail ins and give estimates or ball park quotes? I recapped a few main caps on the GE 430 (years before I got a good FET soldering iron) and it works, but recently I noted it will lose all volume once it get hot after a while. The GE 202 I just recently found in house my friend bought. I'm mostly curious to see how many more stations one more tube would bring in? I was already on the radiomuseum page before you looked it up in the video lol. Radio is dead to me so these are curios, but I use to live to do what you do as a PC tech in the 90's bringing pickup truck loads of computers home. When you rattled around in a drawer fro another Rectifier 80 tube I was like OMG, I remember, that is so me. X is dead, let me pop in another one, I got half a dozen lying around. Good times. I did it for the thrill of brining equipment back for the dead and the victory of making something that was discarded junk into a new piece of working kit for me. :) Rinse and repeat 100x over. I'm not even sure I could box them up blind. Addressing things is now a pain, I have to do it under my Hayer 5mp inspection digital microscope or sight unseen and then the address line starts to curve...... like it's falling off a cliff. I found a trick to use, print it out on a computer printer and cut to fit and packing tape over it... Be carefulw ith those compressed can solvents. Being blind swxs like you wouldn't imagine. I can read text but only dark them on a glowy computerscreen. That radio label tag on the bottom with words on it would be just a blank white square to me... 😕 AA5's.. not terribly collectible, but all old things are neat. Got a lot of old 8bits.
@@gwcoty0715 Great, great! Now even with the lapel mic, upload with the audio "hot", not distorting, but "up there." As long as it is not distorting, we can always turn it down, but we can't turn up what's not there. If post processing, I think you want the peaks at +3dB , but perhaps a more experienced youtube person can help when you go with the new microphone.
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Love young folks having interest in the past! The period clothing was a very nice touch! Keep up the good work, new fan.
Nice work that turned this radio into a looker. I am happy for you having the station playing good old music, fits your style. Thank you for uploading.
Really nice to see young people working on these radios .I really love the workmanship 👍
Young hands! I've been restoring radios and gear for over 40 years and my hands show my nearly 70 year old age. It's wonderful to see a "young pup" carrying the mantle. Oh, but I do put shrink tube on cap leads but you still did a great job of repairing and explaining. Hugs to you and many thanks. Keep up the great work.
1st time viewing your Channel. Love the retro Clothes! Truly appreciate your diagnosis process. Love the old Radios and those who knew what to check, how to check and the importance of such. You are gem Sir.
that pretty and stylish guy, with his old fashioned tuxedo and his bow tie, is probably from an "new old" stock from the 30's or 40's. :-)
Might I say -- Cool hat?
Good to see folks from the same age range. Don't worry about the performing on camera--you're sharing your radios & tweeds alike; no need to worry too much. You're speaking slowly enough to be understandable.
The bench almost looks like a museum exhibit.
Hi, I'm a new subscriber and have been in the hobby since I was about 12. Your video was very informative, and I love that model Howards. It has a simple, but very appealing overall deco design. I do not chassis work. My focus is the cabinets. With the paint issue, use a brand-new safety razor and gently glide into it, on a slight angle on the paint spots. Gradually, and with patience, they will scrape off. You will micro-scratch the finish, but a buff with Howards afterwards with take them out easily.
I just found your channel and have enjoyed the two videos I've watched. Very informative, but I hope to find one where you are doing the alignment so we can see the process and improvement. Kudos for your period wardrobe, it really adds to the viewing and reminds me of how professional old time techs were in their shops. No sweatshirts and cutoffs back then!
Love the old Test Equipment
Love the whole themed repair! Was getting tired of watching old grumpy techs complaining about every units that comes across their bench.
Nice! I enjoyed watching your video. I received a Radio back in the mid 1960's from my grandfather, in the mail for my birthday. My brother borrowed it without asking, and tried to stand on it to wax the roof of his car and crushed it. You are very talented. I have subscribed.
this is the first howard radio i have seen. a radio repairman wearing a suit and bowtie. no wingbacks? that radio was old when i was born and you look young.
i didn't know they were still teaching radio repair. big band and that radio just go together.
Well done sir.
your video was so captivating that when you soldered the powerwire (58:00) I blow on the screen to cool the solder. Thanks for a nice video
Wonderful character you have for this project! So good I'm not entirely convinced you are not like this always... thanks for the great binge-video!
What a great radio! I enjoy your methodical process and learn something new in every video you share. I am new to vintage radio restoration and prefer the 1930’s and early 1940’s sets. This was the first time I’ve seen a battery used for tube bias. Very interesting! Thanks for contributing and I look forward to your future projects!
Howard radio model 275T is a very rare bird. Very nice and logically done repair.Working eye tube is the cherry on top! It is a great signal puller after alignment.
Enjoyed the video! Really nice radio.....I have a Howard 400x console.....I ended up replacing the bias cell with a 10k resistor... I restored the entire cabinet due to veneer work and finish was bad....wife lets it sit in the parlor....lol...one of my subscribers recommended ur channel, so here I am....thanks for sharing...please keep up the great work! Take Care-Larry
Lucky you have a station that matches the radio. Big band music.
Great video. I have no idea how to work on those things but like watching you do it. Always nice to see something brought back to work like it did when it was new. Actually in most of your repairs they work better than when they came off the line. Keep up the good work! Also your views are climbing as well as subscribers...Good job!
Very nice Howard and a nice job! Just a helpful suggestion or two. It's a very good idea to use a safety cap, put a fuse in-line and definitely a polarized plug .
A power cord chassis gromment would be a good idea.
Just found your channel, really enjoy your content so far! I'm also a self-taught radio repair hobbyist. Been doing this for 6 or 7 years now. I even have that same Triplett tube tester and Eico Signal generator on my bench. :D Also picked up most of my equipment broken and have had to repair it. Just recently got to the point where almost everything on my bench is working.
Keep up the great content!
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This is the second video I've watched since finding your channel yesterday. Very informative videos. The only suggestion I have is to increase the audio a bit. I'm looking forward to more radio restorations. Thank you.
Disregard my comment about the audio. It was the location of my speakers. Tnx
Nice video, glad to see another person having respect and appreciation for our great radio-history. The more I learn, the more I can appreciate how knowledgeable and creative these design engineers really were. So, hats off to you for doing this video. As far as the paint on the case: If it is latex then isopropyl-alcohol on a Q-Tip will usually soften it, and will allow you to go slow as many varnishes are alcohol soluble. If it is oil-based then the usual suspects for solvents can be tried in the same manner. You can try in an inconspicuous spot and see just how much you can 'get-away-with'; I keep many different chemicals around to have available. Again, great video and may you love it as much when your 90! Hi-Hi! 73...
That fly likes your radio!
That's a nice find! I need to get some of that Howard's "Restore a finish" Just about every eye tube radio I find I need to replace that 1 megohm resistor in the eye tube socket. I like the suit! Got to have a scotch bottle and a pack of "lucky's" on the end of the workbench. I can pick up zoomer radio here in New Jersey most of the time on evenings.
I am new to radio testing and I am really excited about learning your videos are very informative thank you so much for the information
Boa tarde fico orgulhoso em ver um jovem tão dedicado recuperando esres radios antigo eu sou um técnico em eletronica e as vezes compro radio antigo para restaura parabens mesmo
Wow it looks and sounds great. Can you fix mine? I am in Irvine California lol.
Nice job on that radio. I enjoy your videos very much. Do you plan to do more videos?
New subscriber. Looking forward to learning. I had never heard of Body End Dot. Awesome.
A pleasure to find this channel 👍🏻
As good as Glasslinger 😀
Now that’s a compliment! Thanks!
@@gwcoty0715 A lot better standard of work than glasslinger.
Have a look at the Australian guys, David Tipton and Don in his old shed, they have good standards too.
Removing paint splashes, if thick they will scrape off with care, try using a piece of credit card If oil pant, white spirit will work. Emulsion paint will dissolve with water. Meths and acetone are a last resort.
The eye needs more AGC voltage to close, check the AGC caps and resistors. If the ACG rectifier diode in the valve is weak, try a semiconductor diode across it, germanium better than silicon, lower forward voltage loss.
Hope college is going well. Look forward to new content
Yes, I am aware that some radio stations do increase their power during the night to reach a wider audiance. I am from St. Louis and KMOX does this each night and so do other radio stations acorss the natino. cheers, chris in Dutchtown ( St. Louis, )
I recently purchased a 1936 RCA 5T Tombstone Radio for 50 dollars . There are hardly any scratches on the Cabinet. Someone actually punched a hole through the speaker fabric and the cone the size of a quarter. It's nice to look at even if it has not been restored.
Gran video waoo , Gran trabajo .
You do excellent work, Sir
I have read that olive oil, rubbed gently, will work for paint removal.
How is your cat, Willie doing? The one that supervised your finishing the radio lamp.
From the very beginning, this video stood out and grabbed my interest so strongly that it kept me from going to bed...which I really needed to do.
I think part of it was your "Archie Goodwin" look ( from the TV series Nero Wolfe ) and the Bow Tie...I really like Bow Ties.
The set itself is a bit of an eye-catcher too. It is very unfortunate that the paint is on it...I have no idea of how to remove it...so many things to consider. Things like is it lead paint, latex paint, indoor paint, outdoor paint, would paint thinner take it off without harm, etc.
I was happy to see you mention the danger of the "Death Cap" that runs from the line to the chassis, but I don't remember you ever saying or showing anything about replacing it. It really needs to be a "Y" type Safety Cap, but I'm not sure you used one to replace it.
On the subject of capacitors, are you aware of the issues of the "Outside Foil" end of the capacitors? It really does make a difference which end of the capacitor goes where, even on "Non-Polarized" capacitors. ( ua-cam.com/video/BnR_DLd1PDI/v-deo.html )
It is sad that the "Magic Eye" tube doesn't work properly. That is a really nice radio. Your solution of the resistor on the pins of the "Magic Eye" tube is novel...I would not have thought it would work, but it does.
I love the copper chassis! While it is not necessary for it to work properly, I would love to have seen you clean it and polish it up. There is that one corner that might not have been fixable, but it is a bit of a rare thing to have a copper chassis.
Something else I would liked to have seen you do, which is not necessary for the working of the radio, but I think would be nice, is to have painted the transformer with a high heat black paint. Along the same lines, it would be nice to see the cans on top cleaned up and then spray painted with chrome paint.
The plug you put on the power cord looks great...but it scares the crap out of me! you have a 50/50 chance of the hot side of the power cord going to the chassis with that plug.
I agree with you about the Brass Plate on the front...it really adds "Pazzaz" to the radio.
Oh, and you got my "Like", "Subscription", and "Notification Click" on this one.
Agree. That Magic Eye isn't the same and as some note, their difference prevents them from responding properly. Some sets don't care (I have an RCA that doesn't) and some do (I have a Zenith that does). Also...me, I like adding an in line fuse too. Overall, I think he did good.
same, because old furniture are often stored on a garage with all kind of stuff, paint buckets especially, but if you have time, sandpaper, then varnish it again, I did that with an old table on my living room, that's worth it.
also, looks like the Donald approves! :D
That’s a good idea, I might try it.
Very nice radio, best of them all, everyone agrees- Donald
@@gwcoty0715 yep, also, there might even be more specific tutorials depending of the type of wood, type of oils to use on it. I'm sure that's worth it.
Definitely, not bad
Very nice job on restoration
In regards to capacitors, it is mostly is about reducing noise, hum etc..
Fantastic, another radio repair channel, don’t forget David Tipton in Melbourne, add him to the list. Also, thought you would have a dim bulb in series with the variac and the killawatt meter. Cheers and best regards, Geoff
Another great video thanks, you do just fine on the video, you talk just enough about what you're doing to keep your viewers engaged . Regarding the paint issue on the sides of the radio, did you try spot treating it with some lacquer thinner?
Dude, have your heard of grommets? There's very little strain relief using a Ty-Wrap. More importantly, the chassis hole has edges that can cut through the power cord over time. -John in Texas
Yes I know of grommets. I eat them for breakfast. Why don't you? The chassis metal on this one was formed in with rounded corners, didn't even have a grommet from the factory. No need for one.
Very nice to watch you work. It did worry me the glass scale would be damaged when you turned the chassis over. I think I should make some kind of jig or clamp on frame for holding radio chassis’s upside down. I’m not sure if you have a video but I would love to see a tour of your vintage workshop and equipment.
Thanks! I’ve been meaning to build a chassis jig, I found plans in a 1954 Rca manual, so it goes with the theme of things haha.
I was curious how you came to have so much nice test equipment. I'm envious. Did you inherit it? You don't see too many young guys repairing old radios. I started this hobby this year and really like it. Thank you for sharing.
Years of collecting and sharp eyes, doesn’t hurt that all the local antique stores have my name on file for radio stuff. Only about half of it works though, shhh don’t tell anyone else! 😅
It is nice to see a younger man working on valve gear. I remember being a younger man myself, it was nice.
@@allthegearnoidea6752 You do?! I don't.
@@allthegearnoidea6752 Tubes are fun to work with, certainly more interesting than transistors, I would say, but, on the other hand, I have never used FETs for other things than invertor running at some 55-65Hz, that converts 12V from standard power supply to 180 V square and then I double it for power stage. But It needs pre-amp for proper function and that is still not ready, I'm stuck with dilem whether ECC88 or ECH81 and where to place tone stack, whether between pre-amp stages or between pre-amp and power amp.
I’m shocked sir, shocked! Track shoes are not suitable attire for a gentleman! Seriously good content, you deserve more subscribers.
Good observation! I let that slip by in the editing. It’s like that commercial on tv about the guy never gets shown below the waist, so he doesn’t wear pants haha!
Sounds like a younger Mr Clarkson 🤫
Nice job.👍👍👍
Really nice job. Where I live this radio would be just for looks. There is nothing to listen to on AM, just talk radio.
To remove the paint spots, turpentine or white spirit on a cotton bud may work, but it won't be quick, and you would have to be careful not to remove the original finish. Excellent restore of a rare radio.
Nice work on this.
Nice assortment of older test equipment. CAL
This guy has exactly the same speaking voice as Glasslinger. Good grief. How bizarre. Damn good video bud.
Regards that battery bias on the control grid of the triode valve, what I would do is change the the value of "R6" from "1 Meg ohm" to "10 Meg ohms", then take the earthy end straight to chassis, bypassing the battery clip. The 10 Meg ohm resistor and charging effect of "C9" causes the valve's control grid to self bias slightly negative, which is sufficient for a small signal high impedance triode and thus, eliminating the need for a battery.
I got a shock when I heard modern pop music coming through. I expected to hear a speech from FDR or an episode of Amos 'n Andy!
Dear Sir-Great video! You should invest in a clean vintage soldering iron with a larger tip. They put out alot more heat and make soldering so much easier. Wasn't going to mention it, but your tip is dirty and you're rushing the heat transfer:(-John in Texas
Maravilha de rádio! Parabéns
Excellent job! New subscriber!
Maybe some citrus-based cleaner might remove the paint spots? I enjoyed your restoration. Thank you.
275 T for tombstone. The C would be for a cathedral model .
My Atwater Kent radio used two different model numbers both are on the chassis 337 and 317.
I'll admit, I'm an electronics hack. I am learning from you and others. But a very modest suggestion: I'm pretty sure a polarized plug, wired to switch the hot leg, along with a modern x-y cap (or 2) will make your restorations much safer.
Its a transformer set
I totally enjoy watching your videos and have picked up a few pointers. I have taken to calling myself a thief! When it comes to finding old radios, I do a pretty good job. I usually don't pay over $40 for them because of the gamble, but generally if I pay 40 and the thing can't be revived then I have a great stock of parts. I've been doing this stuff got close to 30 years on and off and enjoy it still as if it were the first time. Love the old smell from the radios and the excitement when it fires up! I do have a problem with interference in certain frequency ranges that I have not been able to master yet. I have minimal lighting all LED on the bench, no extra devices running, the alignments are good, strong peaking signals but there is something I'm missing. If anyone has suggestions on how to eliminate the interference I would be greatly appreciative.
Maybe you know this, but switched power supplies (e.g. battery chargers, PSU in your PC, the LED driver for your low Voltage LED's) all work in the long and medium wave frequencies, about 100KHz - 1MHz. They are also used in most if not all 230V LED bulbs. They are more or less the death of these bands.
If it is not one of these in your room, try to pinpoint a direction with a short antenna in the antenna bus, a meter or less, and at the end a piece of rope on which you can pull it tight.. Now put the radio on a bar stool or so, so you can move the antenna all around, and see if you can mute the interference, and so find its direction.
Flip off the breakers in your house one at a time, and see when the interference disappear
@@gwcoty0715 I discovered the only light I had on was the problem lol After months of frustration I now have a light fixture that doesn't cause an issue. Thanks for the tips guys!
I can tell you why there's paint on nearly every old radio. If you've ever spent a day painting a room, you want to listen to a radio or some sort of music while painting. Lol. I typically use my fingernails and pop off the paint before beautifying the cabinet. If the paint's too hard, I use my little pocket knife. Thank you again.
Louder please ! Great video !
This radio engineering-savvy man from his past apparently got lost in time and subsequently mysteriously milked himself and accidentally ended up in a modern workshop in our present time...
The fly took off i see
The Cow-Cow Boogie!
My second 78 RPM record.
Fine steel wool should take the paint off the finish, and once it is off use that restore product you were using, it will fill in the places the paint has been removed from.
The fly is in for a shock @24 minutes
Cool video! not a common set to revive. Say, what station was the "Cow Cow Boogie" playing on? I'm in Los Angeles and have NO great AM stations besides talk and news. :/
Where are you getting those beautiful suits, man?!
Questions:
Why no fuse and why no two-prong polarized plug? Nice job, though.
Veery nice radio, big thumbs up on the restoration, and your excellent outfit!! One thing that makes me think however is the issue with the magic eye: You substituted a 6E5 for the duff 6U5 and it still doesnt close the pie shadow, it should though on even weak stations because shadow shuts on 6E5 at -7v at grid as opposed to about -20v on the 6U5. Is there maybe something amiss with the AGC circuit? (or is that maybe a follow up of deleting the grid bias battery?)
With making those grid bias cells obsolete, what I do is either directly rectify the heater supply voltage with schottky diodes or use a tiny 1:1 audio transformer on the 6.3v and then rectify and use that as a supply, too much hassle for me to redo the resistor thing :-)
Regarding those paint splats on the case: Those old paints are mostly oil-based, so carefully dabbing just the spot with a cotton swab wet with turpentine and wiping repeatedly may help here.
Good going, cheers from Germany
Increase the grid resistor on the tube using the bias cell to 4.7meg or as high as 10 meg, and it will work fine without it.
Cool Radio and Video.... What Would Mr.Carlson Think?
Doubt it’s up to his “standards”
@@gwcoty0715 LOL.... Everyone has their own style... I'm just glad to see someone keeping these pieces of history alive and functional enough to open doorways into the memory of our past.... Nothing beats the smell and dim light cast on the wall at night by the warm glow of old tubes..
That cap u said that's on AC cord to ground looks like a Mica cap
Merely Disguised, some of the bigger ones are paper.
@@gwcoty0715 interesting. That troubleshooting manual does it cover every tube radio or just certain makes and models?
What about the foil ends?
Rubbish
If your camera has been switching off on its own, it could be that an important component is getting too hot, so the thermal shutdown system is activating to protect it.
Very probable
Cold in the shed these days tho
Also see: *Jim Burns* He does full restorations
Hello...this video was really nicely done! I've just recently discovered the antique radio channels (I've seen a lot of Mr. Carlson's content) and you're adding great stuff to the community. I just subscribed, and will check back.
Thanks for all your hard work!
Stay safe ... DT
Be sure to check out Shango066, radiotvphononut, bandersontv, radiowild, buzz1151, and glasslinger as well, they got me started in this hobby!
@@gwcoty0715 Oh, great... now you'll have me hooked one another vicarious hobby! (lol). I might have to actually learn about electronics and try fixing these myself.... though it does look like a lot of fun, and worthwhile to keep things out of the landfills. And I happen to be old enough to remember when I was a kid, and we got the new/latest/greatest amazing tech you could imagine ...... TV! Our poor console radio was soon forgotten :(
OK, I'm sold.
Thx ... DT
most enjoyable the guy needs some fly paper tho
Hello GW.....what type of cleaner are you using on the volume control and bandswitch in your radio? Looks like one of the CRC types. Thanks!!!
Crc brake parts cleaner.... I know it sounds archaic to use this in an old radio but it really does work well and is cheap, but it will melt dial covers and certain plastics. I’ve used it for years and never any problems
@@gwcoty0715 OK thanks, I have an intermittent switch on a GE radio and was hoping this would clean the contacts.
It’s sure worth a try!
okey-dokey
I restore take the wax ad feed and four op steel wool add the wax to it and rub gently does the trick
You can use the Howard’s restore juice on quad op steel wool adds a lubricant to the steel wool you can clean around the knobs old finger grease and other dirt and grime with out hurting the finish.
I have a 1949 Beautiful bent plywood radio/phonograph. My guess is the tuning capacitor is gone. Restoration is desirable but maybe too expensive for a retiree. Anyway just to make it operational relatively cheaply?
What a classy outfit :)
Should have added by Russel Wright.
Hi ,
please I would like to know who is the very clever technician who presents for his works and restoration of the vintage very old radios from the 20,s to 60,s, on his, youtube channel named 415 radio , my greetings for him, thanks
27 years ago I was visiting my mother in the twin cities minnesota. there was a radio consignment center in the midway district. I called and said. any howard radios. he said a 437 just came in. i asked him to hold it for me an hour. I bought it and took it to my mothers place. it looked like nothing had ever been fixed on it. I had heard that no matter how nasty an old howard looks most still work. so I hooked up a wire for an antenna and gave it the juice. it worked and I was listening to lots of fun stuff on it. later when I got it home I gave it a full refresh/update. still works great. I then wanted a 450A but none around. about 5 years ago I scored one off craigs list. I refurbished it and it works great. thats my Howard stories. I bet this one will refurbish nicely.
HARRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY u fix radios now not tickets... good vid tho
I need someone to restore my GE 202 AA6. my GE 430 AA5 needs some TLC too.
I can solder like a boss, but not while blind...
That's a sweet wood cabinet radio. Built like a tank to survive the ages... and it did
I got some GE 605 parts I rescued from a rusted out chassis in a barn that had lost its roof long ago
I know it's a PITA and hardcore techs never do it, but wear safety glasses when you spray that electrical cleaner. That's how I went blind, spray back from a can of carb cleaner. The solvents in that stuff read like a who's who of nasty chemicals. Within seconds poof... one eye was gone, from a few spatter drops.. and the second eye got a tiny drop. After a few months it was gone too. Those chemicals are chosen to penetrate through a hole even smaller than what gasoline can go right through...
Yep.. that can of cleaner.. the most dangerous thing you have in yoru shop. A rattlesnake and you don't even know it. I was cleaning out a music box mechanical mechanism at the time at half an arms length and it went in and curved back right at me.
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@@gwcoty0715 Ok thanks. Do you accept mail ins and give estimates or ball park quotes?
I recapped a few main caps on the GE 430 (years before I got a good FET soldering iron) and it works, but recently I noted it will lose all volume once it get hot after a while.
The GE 202 I just recently found in house my friend bought. I'm mostly curious to see how many more stations one more tube would bring in?
I was already on the radiomuseum page before you looked it up in the video lol.
Radio is dead to me so these are curios, but I use to live to do what you do as a PC tech in the 90's bringing pickup truck loads of computers home.
When you rattled around in a drawer fro another Rectifier 80 tube I was like OMG, I remember, that is so me. X is dead, let me pop in another one, I got half a dozen lying around. Good times.
I did it for the thrill of brining equipment back for the dead and the victory of making something that was discarded junk into a new piece of working kit for me. :) Rinse and repeat 100x over.
I'm not even sure I could box them up blind. Addressing things is now a pain, I have to do it under my Hayer 5mp inspection digital microscope or sight unseen and then the address line starts to curve...... like it's falling off a cliff. I found a trick to use, print it out on a computer printer and cut to fit and packing tape over it...
Be carefulw ith those compressed can solvents. Being blind swxs like you wouldn't imagine. I can read text but only dark them on a glowy computerscreen. That radio label tag on the bottom with words on it would be just a blank white square to me... 😕
AA5's.. not terribly collectible, but
all old things are neat. Got a lot of old 8bits.
scotch bright pad and water will take off the paint
Great video! ... but a suggestion. Bump up your audio, a lot!
I’m working on it! Just purchased a lapel mic to use.
@@gwcoty0715 Great, great! Now even with the lapel mic, upload with the audio "hot", not distorting, but "up there." As long as it is not distorting, we can always turn it down, but we can't turn up what's not there. If post processing, I think you want the peaks at +3dB , but perhaps a more experienced youtube person can help when you go with the new microphone.
I see what you mean, but I record all of this with my iphone and I get what I get lol. One of these days I’ll get a real camera
i always found my fingernail takes paint off better than anything
Selling the Howard?