1939 Marble Radio - Will It Work? Let's See! 

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A speaker rebuild will be interesting. How to you mitigate the addition of your test speaker across the original speaker (change of impedance?)

Yes, a speaker rebuild would be very interesting...thanks!

The marble plastic is absolutely gorgeous.

I would love to see the rebuild attempt of the speaker and also the full restoration of this radio!

I would like to see you repair the speaker's voice coil if possible. Thanks Paul!

Might be interesting to see if the speaker can be repaired, since electromagnetic speakers are no longer available.

Would love to see a re-build of an electromagnetic speaker, count me in!

Would love to see the speaker rebuild as I have a similar issue with one of my Philco radios. Always learning from you as well as enjoying your videos.

I don't know why but every time I see you fixing and testing these old radios, I'm really hoping that you'll find 50's or 60's radio stations. Thank you for the excellent videos Mr Carlson.

Anyone else go "damn!!" when Paul separated the Fluke?? Now that's a feature I can get behind! 😄

I've never seen a speaker rebuild, I'd like to see that process.

Yes Paul, I would really like to see you fix the speaker and restore the beautiful little radio.

That marble radio ROCKS.. Thanks Paul.

From a distance looked like rust, what a beautiful radio!

That case is very pretty...and being over eighty years old & still works is just amazing! I would love to see the speaker being rebuilt...I used to re-wrap headset coils back in the day :)

That meter is pure sorcery. :D

You amaze me, Paul. Super interesting when you go into "Detective Mode". The way you worked through the schematic while showing us the bottom of the case was very very informative!!!

Mr Carlson, you have educated me very well in to be confident in repairing my sets. Have a very wonderful xmas! Greetings from the UK

Thanks for this one Paul, I'm eagerly watching now! From the UK to you and your family in Canada, have an absolutely wonderful Christmas and a fantastic new year. Keep safe.

I would LOVE to see the speaker rebuilt/replaced and the final product. As always, awesome video!

I would definitely be interested to see a field coil speaker recone - super cool radio!

I've wished you a Merry Christmas, Paul, and now I want to send greetings each and every one of your World Wide family of viewers my very best wishes of the season. No matter what race, creed, or religion, whoever and wherever you are. From here in the heart of the UK, keep safe, and we'll all be part of the World Wide Mr. Carlson's Lab Fan Club for many years to come.

My first job - pre 1984 - was designing and building Automatic Test Equipment (ATE), so your videos bring back memories, with lots of enjoyment.

Yes its nice to see the speaker being fixed! Thank you! 📻

Nice looking radio.

I'd like to see the rebuild of an electro-magentic speaker!

I would be very interested to see a speaker restoration when you do the radio restoration. Thanks for the great content. I find the full restorations of old tube equipment absolutely fascinating. Thanks, Paul.

"current limited isolation transformer and variac supply". WE GET IT! Nice radio reminds me of a nice catalin radio. Best, Doc.

I would love to see the speaker rebuild, this really is a beautiful radio.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years everyone.

Thank you for bringing me this video.

I just love the look of that little radio. Its a nice little thing.

Yes anxiously awaiting a full restoration video (kinda been a while) and even better if it includes a speaker restoration! This GEm looks like a perfect candidate..

Dang that audio is flawless on here. Good work have a great Xmas, professor!!!

Built to last several life times, thinks for sharing Mr. Carlson.

mr calson turns knobs more than i do .lol love his work

That's a very artistic radio.

We used to call that a frozen voice coil. Fixed a lot of speakers by hitting the frame with a hammer in the right place. This worked better than half the time

Now, that's something you never see often. That's a nice radio.

It would be interesting to see you repair the speaker and how would you prevent the speach coil from rubbing on the magnet.

Paul, here's my vote for seeing the speaker being repaired/restored/rebuilt too. Many folks won't have a stockpile of old, but still good, speakers available to replace something like this, so this is a good opportunity to share good material that most channels don't or aren't able to share.

I love your videos Mr. Carlson! They are clear, concise and easy to follow. I studied electronics back in 2002. Unfortunately, I was never able to get a job in the field. I really enjoyed the course in telecommunications wherein we built a radio as well as Digital Electronics.

havn´t fully seen it yet, but I have the feeling its gonna be a great video again

Speaker rebuild would be amazing!

Beautiful radio. Looking forward to the speaker repair. Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, God Jul, Fröhliche Weihnachten, С Рождеством to all watching this video.

beautiful radio, love the details, the shape of the dial pointer looks like an art deco skyscraper

Mr Carlson's lab what a cool marbel radio receiver from the 1939

The work you do here is excellent, great demonstrations and awesome video editing. Keep up the great channel!

Thank you sir! I love all your videos, and all of the rare, oddball pieces you manage to find, but its great to see the small, simple projects are still not beneath you!

It would be very good to see how you rebuild electromagnetic speakers.

Awesome! From the notification I got when you posted it looked like it was covered in mud. It’s the kind of patterning I’d expect to see on a puffy sofa! Merry Christmas and happy new year!

This radio reminds me of a radio my granparents had in my bedroom at their house. Many is the night I listened to Cousin Brucie on WABC while the radio glowed in the dark. Please do the speaker rebuild on it, I would love to see that!

It looks like the label inside is set over the paint so I'm leaning towards that paint being original

A really nice radio Paul, it deserves a full restore and a new home, Merry Christmas 🎄🙂

A thumbs up for a speaker rebuild. Thanks.

Marble-ous video. Happy Christmas Paul and family, GOD bless you all. Thank you for your exceptionally hard work for us.

My father went on a Tuna fishing trip that year with my Grandfather. My Grandfather filmed it with 16mm color movie film. It was in Nova Scotia. It was the "Bon Voyage" before my father went into the Navy. 1939. He caught a 465 lb Tuna. He came back alive (from WWII). He was 16. He was 39 when I was born. The point is, my grandfather gave me a really cool radio that I listened to CBS Radio Mystery Theater on. It was tube and I don't even know the make. It was small and worked for years. I don't remember what became of it. I had it right next to my bed and it never shocked me. I guess I won the 50/50 "bet".😄💥

An electromagnet speaker, that's a blast from the past! My dad used to fix an old Admiral TV back in the 60's (the TV was from the 50's) that had one of those. They were obsolete even then and if you replaced it with a permanent magnet speaker you had to also find a choke for the power supply.

Definitely rebuild the speaker if possible.

Thanks Paul this helped me a lot! Keep up your amazing Talent! Hope you and your family has a merry Christmas!

Your troubleshooting fascinates me. I always enjoy your insights. And I'd LOVE to see the workings and restoration of an electromagnetic speaker. Keep up the good work.

I'm looking at Mr Carlson's bench, look back at my own and weep. ;)

Beautiful very original marbled radio

Hi Mr Carlson's Sir, Radio Fault Finding Is, Very Well Explained.

Love to see the speaker repaired. Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas

What a loverly looking radio. And a big thumbs up for a speaker restoration.

Rebuilding the speaker sounds good to me : )

Thanks a lot Paul for making us these fantastic videos this year as well, and I'd like to wish you Merry Christmas!

Wow! That's a beautiful radio!

Com certeza queremos ver o conserto deste falante!!! Excelente vídeo!!

As always Mr C, a really interesting and informative video. All your videos both off and on Patreon have given me a lot of confidence on tube radios and electronics as a whole. Keep up the fine work and have a great Christmas!

The silver/gray paint sprayed inside was probably there to keep the light above the dial from showing thru the plastic.

I would like to see the speaker rebuilt. Also if you could do a video on here or Patreon on how to reverse engineer a circuit and how to draw schematics (without running out of room on the paper). I've learned a lot from you. One thing I've started doing is running your old videos in the background while working on other projects. Thanks and Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and your family. Keep up the excellent work!

Very informative video, you explain what you're doing so well. Enjoy your videos. Thank You

Typically a speaker that distorts is caused by a warped cone. This can be caused by its getting wet at some point. Repair is to separate and recenter the cone.

Reworking a speaker would be VERY interesting.

What a beautiful looking catalin case radio. I know you will take care of this great radio. A catalin case radio from this time period is worth north of $1500.00. 73 Joe

Very nice and quick trouble shooting to get to the problem. I would very much enjoy to see a speaker teardown and possible rebuild of the coil. Thanks for what you do!

I'm a speaker enthusiast. I would love to see that repaired. You don't get to see the old drivers often. I once fixed my highschool theaters dual 18" JBL woofers that were original to the school.

7:24 jinxed yourself there. Would love to see a magnetic speaker restoration included in this one.

The idea of a speaker being repairable is relatively new to me. Even allowing that, the only repairs I ever hear of anyone doing are to replace the rubber surrounds on the cone. Would love to see the details on troubleshooting/fixing a voice coil! 👍️

Yes please for the speaker rebuild. On the back of watching your videos I have purchased an old Eddystone 840C receiver which isn't working (lots of mains hum). I have downloaded the circuit diagram and ordered some parts already for when it arrives after Christmas. I'm really looking forward to my restoration. Thank you for rekindling my interest in electronics. I like your methodology when it comes to fault diagnosis. I hope I have as much success as you do. Everything is fixable given the right amount of time and interest.

Красивый радиоприемник! Прекрасная работа! Спасибо! Привет из Украины!

Big yeah for the speaker rebuild Paul! N a very Merry one to you n yours. TFS, GB :)

yes!!! this is my Sunday,.

I always enjoy your videos and a speaker rebuild would be great. One thumbs up for a speaker rebuild.

I would definitely like to see the speaker rebuild.

Cool radio. I vote for the speaker rebuild.

You have a good point about old tune radios taking a little time to warm up and make sound. I've run into occasional flea market dealers, estate sellers and such who had various solid state radios for sale. When I asked about any older radios, they said the older radios didn't come on right away, like the transistor sets they where apparently used to, so they threw them away. Grrrr.

That really is a nice looking radio and being from 1939 very nice indeed. Thanks for show us the radio Paul. You and yours have a Merry Christmas.

I love and pay close attention to your superb instructional videos. Everything seems to just fall into place, though, in defiance of statistics, probability and Murphy's Law. What I'd love to see is a blooper reel of smoke, unexpected sparks and exploding electrolytics...... the occasional "What just happened!! AAAGH!" or a roach scurrying out of a garage-sale radio would be fun. Heh heh! Merry Christmas from the sunny south, Mr. C. and best wishes for the new year!

Great little radio, what a looker..! Love the walk thru and the tech info. Lots to learn, but the fog is clearing..Thanks for sharing..Have a safe Xmas..Ed..UK..😀

A speaker rebuild and a restoration would be great to see.

I'd definitely like to see a speaker rebuild. I've rebuilt a few myself, but they're all modern - not one was electromagnetic!

7:24 - 7:30 famous last words! :P great little radio.. nice vid

Classic vintage radio

In the 50s and 60s if we as kids bounced and played too hard in the living room, sometimes we would blow out the vacuum tubes in the black and white TV ! Dad would get mad and the next day he would take the tubes out and put them in a paper bag and go to the grocery store. There was a tube tester there and a shelf with vacuum tubes. The tester would tell which tube to buy and the next day dad would put the tubes back in the TV and make sure we didn't play in the living room again...

Great video. I am looking forward to the rebuild and yes the speaker also !

you look like kevin from home alone and your voice is smooth like butter