Started this craziness as a retirement hobby a few years ago, now i wish to share the videos of my repairs and restorations of old vacuum tube radios and some solid state receivers, speakers and such. Sometimes i get them to work...
ps - am buying some transistor radios for myself which is why I found myself here. Just got two Grundig radios that are superb. Listening to my classical as I cook and potter about in the kitchen. Digital and wifi stuff can get stuffed - it's analogue all the way (for me at least) :)
Geez, thank you, i think you mean Vacuum Tube radios here and not transistors. But i completely understand where you coming from. I use my tube radios exactly the same way. I like the ambience they fill the room with, no modern transistor radios can yield the warm deep sound of vacuum tubes, although lately some companies have been producing very competent hybrid amps and receivers to be honest.
@@raymondmenard5444 Yes - my computer not knowing the difference I guess suggested your site after I was browsing for Grundigs and Hackers and I clicked on. You were doing far more complicated things than transistors, but the comment was general. But see what I mean about the uselessness of most people - ie me!
I so admire such expertise as yours. Think of what we now value in the world - rubbish pop stars, idiotic tv, mindless celebrities, shallow thought. We have lost so many skills. We are helpless - so few can fix or diagnose anything broken - take action and care. Know what to do. Thank heavens people like you are still figuring things out, using your mind, solving problems and sharing what you know. Really uplifting to see your humility and skill with something almost impossible for the rest of us to tackle...thank you
Again thank you, i don't know what to say, thank you for your kind words. I am a beginner at this and i learned mostly watching tutorials here on You Tube combined with a lot of reading. If you really want to see a pro at work, check out my mentor's channel David Tipton, now that's what i call complete restorations 🙂 www.youtube.com/@DavidTipton101
@@raymondmenard5444 All I know is that the more I try to find out about things, the more I know I don't have a clue about much. I do have a clue about the deskilling - am sure that is deliberate. Dumbed down people who can't look after their things themselves are much easier to monetise and control. I was a journalist but they are part of the problem. It is the place we are being taken to that worries me. So when I see skilled people it feels very comforting to know that some minds aren't captured by: "I'll get someone else to fix that. Instead they learn how to fix it themselves. Men are as useless as we women nowadays (sorry - but it is totally true). My father was an engineer so I like to fix things I feel confident about - I learned to service my own oil fired Aga - but that is just a case of getting a piece of wire coat hanger and ramming the thin oil tubes! It is tremendously satisfying to mend things. And it will be so important in our future - if we are to get through it ;)
Wow... well done Ray, what a beautiful radio. It's a pity the electrostatic speakers couldn't be revived, I hope the online replacements work OK. Manuel's rectifier boards worked well 👍🙂
Thank you Dave, electrostatic tweeters not working you say ? Hmm maybe I'll get them to work after all. Stay tune for part 5 you might be surprised... Again thanks for braving through this whole series, you're my #1 supporter, heck almost the only one lol
That was a great fix on the filter capacitor Ray. I agree, doing a quick power up to assess the radios functionally before diving in to replace components is a good idea.
Thank's Dave, yeah, i have to agree it's way safer to check before starting to replace all the caps at once, also if i made a mistake it'll be much easier to retrace my steps and trouble shoot problems. I learned that from you :-)
Thank you so much Dave, i was really lucky with this one, for ronce i didn't have to spend weeks on the cabinet. Looking forward to part II of the Time spot :-)
Merci Richard, j'ai vraiment eu beaucoup de chance avec cette radio, pour une fois je n'ai pas eu à passer des semaines à restaurer le cabinet. Merci d'être passé Richard :-)
Hi David, i totally agree, i couldn't grab this one quickly enough, with any luck i should be able to make her sing again. Thanks' for dropping by my mentor
Hmm interesting i hadn't thought of that to be honest, thank's for commenting and subbing, i'll go check you video on the subject. I'll surely have many more such corroded tuners to clean up in the future.
Wow... a lot of work but the result is outstanding. Well done Raymond. I guess it had a flat drive belt on it originally? Shouldn't be too hard to get a modern replacement. Looking forward to see the radio too.
Thank's Dave, coming from you is really encouraging. I've never seen the original belt on the pulley, it had been replace by a simple string at one point. I did find a guy on E-Bay who was selling a ton of those original NOS tuner reinforced rubber belts, but he had no way of cross referencing his inventory, all he had was different lengths and widths from other companies than RCA if i recall. Since i couldn't find an exact match i got 2 rubber belts from Quality radio belts in the U.S.. I'm hoping it will work, i'll send you pictures when i install one on the tuner. Fingers crossed. Thank's for commenting my mentor 🙂
