Bush Battery Radio 1936 Part 1 

Really interesting set with the dial lights and capacitor bank. Bush always like to put the components in a row on phenolic tag strips which makes that aspect of servicing them easier. But they're always constructed in a way that makes rewiring or stripping down the chassis quite a challenge. Great camera work and editing Dave, makes watching far more enjoyable. Looking forward to the next episode.

"like a mozzie at a nudist camp, I don't know where to start"😂 Top banter as always. Good to see you back Dave hope you are well.

When you mentioned "Bus Bar I had an image in my mind of a big Double-Decker rolling up to a pub and ordering a schooner of unleaded petrol. When the barman asked why unleaded, the bus said: *"My engine's diabetic!"*

Hi Dave, I'm a former Vietnam Vet from the state of Connecticut, USA. I was a radar repairman and avionics tech, so i worked with vacuum tube and early transistors. I enjoy all your videos and love all the different types of radios. You have repaired some beautiful radios. Please keep up the fine work. Continued success, Paul McCarthy

Great to see you again and hope you’re doing well! Thanks for another quality restoration from the absolute best in the business!

My wife would never, ever allow me to use family cookware for important radio projects. And I never get sausages for dinner. I think You are my new idol now. Greetings from Finland.

Как обычно, отличная работа! Приятно наблюдать Ваши реставрации, сплав мастерства и любви!

I love the smell of burning oil fillled capacitors in the morning , Chassis came out bettet than I thought it would nice job so far Dave ...Keep it up

How does one recognize the genuine radio adventurer? Sautes his dinner sausages in capacitor oil! A very interesting radio, this one, and a great video indeed. Thank you for sharing with us lurkers.

"Like a mozzy at a nudist camp,. I don't know where to start." Dave Jones just lost his Aussie youtuber catch phrase champion status...

Your mention of crop circles reminds me of the time my double cousin and I made the first reported crop circles in North Dakota back in 1957. Being double cousins means mom and her mom were sisters dad and her dad brothers. At any rate our fathers liked the whiskey a bit too much and when they got together, both being farmers the neighbors were targets of their conversations. This day, they were angry at the neighbor who owned the land across the fence from my Uncles farmstead. After listening to their list of transgressions against the farmer, my cousin 8 and I 7 years of age went outdoors, we walked across the road and climbed the fence into the ripe wheat field which was on a slight rise in the prairie, we went to the top of the rise and lay down in the wheat then began rolling down the hill. WE rolled and maneuvered so we made circles and squares, all sort of patterns in the wheat knocking down the crop and getting even for the terrible things this man did to our fathers. Later we learned most of it was fueled by the drink and not by his actions, but we proudly watched from afar as the farmer checked his crop. Then, my cousin informed me other farmers in the area, including our dads examined the knocked down crop and tried to figure out what could have made the patterns. We never did tell our fathers, but I wrote of it once and my cousin, who I have not seen in perhaps 30 years now called me laughing at our youthful indecision.

I always love it when you change the capacitors inside a housing and you did it twice

"now It smells lemon fresh" I almost choked on that! And I never thought of spraying some disinfectant on the "mice pee smell"....taking notes for the next one that comes "wet". THANKS!

The JB on the capacitor unit stands for Jackson brothers. Fantastic thorough job there, about £1000 worth of work for the client!

Greetings from Pittsburgh PA, USA. Herein the US, they were called farm radios. Made into the 1940s, they were designed fir use in rural areas that lacked electrification.

Time for a cup of coffee and some Dave ! Good to see you.

Great vid! As a valve radio collector and repairer for over 40 years the first radio I had was a Marconi set that had a notorious 'PITCH' wound power transformer (30s) that bellowed smoke when powered up... 😗 It also had about 10 taps off it! A complete NIGHTMARE to recreate !! Now has pride of place as I was 14 at the time! It also relied on a 20 metre run of aerial ! (back garden😗 - along the washing line 👀😀) It used light bulbs 👀😀🤣 PEN valves et that were HUGE! It also suffers from major drift on the tuning / reception of stations et 👀 It also has POWERED speaker system with high voltage to coils on the speaker assembly et😗 I'm surprised that your Bush radio is circa 1936?? The power with the separate rechargeable accumulator (motor garages et exchangeable) and the build et is more early 1950s ? 🤔Bush were notorious for using those notorious green dropper resistors turning the live chassis into death traps.. NOT that they were alone re that power option, Phillips / Philco et were also guilty of those cheap and nasty builds? 1940s were mostly the 'war limited resources valve radio sets.' many of which ended up on the fire or scrap heap. 👀 I worked with mates of mine who were in a band, servicing their Mullard valve amp units et A good wholesome SQUEAL from them re the talents of a decent lead guitarist.. 👀😀 Growing up on a farm in Cornwall (UK) I serviced the cow shed AMERICAN radio that had powered tuning with sub miniature valves et (Apparently the milk yield went up if the cows listened to music 😗🤣🤣) You mention the quality of sound et but we must remember that a loudspeaker (probably 3 ohm - not alternative 15 ohm ) would not sound that good out of the wood cabinet as the wood would help re resonance / depth / warmth of sound et 😗 The loudspeaker OUTPUT transformers on early sets were also prone to short circuits / blow outs et Anyways thanks for sharing a great vid and STAY safe!

Man that turned out beautiful. I especially love when you redo an entire capacitor like in other videos, where you melt the wax or in this case tin to replace the insides. Thats dedication.

Super nice radio; can't wait to hear it when the speaker is repaired/replaced and you have a permanent power supply solution.

This is the most interesting receiver I have seen, the design is exceptional for its age, thank you Dave this is fascinating!

I'll wager theres only one working model in existence. Facinating. Great work!

In spite of the lemon freshness, this has got to be one of your most difficult restorations. I am so glad that the doctor cleared you for some things which you were not able to do before. I had a triple bi-pass about a year and a half ago and I couldn't do anything for three months until my sternum grew together again. No Hoover to vacuum. No cleaning the bathroom. No scrubbing the kitchen floor. ("David, we're having guests over tonight for dinner, so you don't have to cook sausages on the barbie. Have you seen one of my wine glasses? It better not be in your workshop." Hee, hee!)

Mmmmm...the sweet ,sweet smell of capacitor juice! Thank goodness those weren't PCB electrolyte. Great work on this odd DC radio. Glad you're doing better and looking forward, as we all here to have more of your work.😃😃😃

Main course - old radio with meat mouse insert. Then grilling in oil from capacitors. Be careful as you are heading towards the culinary channel. But seriously - your films are great to watch.

I'm getting quite interested in listening to Australian radio! The little snippets I'm hearing are great.

Just amazing David..!! I get a notification from RU-vid, and I know I'm in for a treat..😀 You can keep your soaps, films etc..this is entertainment..! Great video as always and I don't know how you do it but wow, how cool..Glad you're felling stronger, take care and keep them coming..Ed..uk..😀

Great episode-one of the most fascinating. Love it when you start with a radio that looks like death warmed over. I know the final result will be terrific, and wasn't disappointed with this one. Especially liked the PCB testing and your rebuilding the capacitor cans. Incidentally, did your wife approve the use of that nice frying pan for opening old electronic components? (Mine absolutely would not!) BTW, always appreciate your production sensibilities-what to include, what to leave out, camera work, audio quality, etc. There's never any needless distraction from your best-in-class narration and resourceful techniques. Many thanks!

26:00 Note to self, never to accept an invitation for a BBQ at David's house haha, Did you think about putting a message and or a modern postage stamp or coin, in the capacitors now empty tin can as a surprise to the tech that will be restoring it, in another 50 years from now. Super interesting restoration.

There he is again...The Miracle Worker! Awesome job...again... Well done, David.

A great design from a servicing view point. You do a great job Dave. Thank you.

Incredible craftsmanship. Thank-You, for all you do. Please listen to the doc's. Take care and behave.

That is an interesting looking radio. Very impressive restoration as always Dave, stay well!

Dear Dave, now I have learned that I will forbid my wife to throw away any kitchenware in future ! Again a very great great video ! ! Best regards from Munich

So happy to start my Friday with another Dave's Radio Adventure😀

An amazing restoration as always. This is my favorite radio channel, nice to see you posting again and I hope all is going well with your treatments. Thanks for the great entertainment.

Russia is watching ! In our radio engineering of the past years, a faulty resistor is extremely rare. Ceramic capacitors are almost impossible to find faulty, but paper ones are almost always leaking. Thanks for the video, I'm waiting for the continuation.

What a transformation!! Nice job, David Hope that frying pan will not be for food again! :)

So nice to see a practical restoration/ service.

This was one of my favorite restorations Dave. Thanks for posting and take care!

Super fun. And very brilliant, Mr. David, as we have known you in all your works. Thank you for this beautiful and distinguished effort in all its details, such as photography and a detailed and integrated explanation. One thing I miss is our inability to follow your beautiful and fast English language, which is definitely our responsibility .. Thank you and we wish you complete health

Great work again! Thanks so much. 💯

David, your restorations are the best. Period.

After reading others comments there really is not much that I can add. Dave you are a true joy with the content that you create and the radios that you save God bless you

Enjoy everything you do Dave. Thank you for your great presentations and your sense of humor!

What an interesting set. Great work David.

Superb as usual David!

Always a great pleasure watching your videos, glad you are feeling better. I always learn something new from them. Many thanks.

Like always David. Great job.

I always love it when you re-stuff caps looking forward to part two

Years ago, I repaired a radio for an old farmer here in NZ. In the back I found a greenish black thing tied in with fishing nylon. Having no idea what this was, the wife told me, that when they got the set, they found it was louder when a finger was placed on that screw thing there. The husband figured a pork sausage should have a simliar effect and was duly mounted at the rear, in firm contact with the aerial terminal.

Another great job Dave & what an ingenious tuning mechanism. Can't wait for part two.👍

What a fascinating radio! I know that battery sets were the standard before people got AC installed in their houses but I don't often see one brought to life. That lighted dial looks like it came out of one of my all-time favorite movies, Metropolis! It's interesting to see how radio designers solved their technical problems back then. I also really liked your capacitor rebuilds. Even your cap fryer is in much better condition than most people's egg fryers! Looking forward to the followup video.

Hey David you're doing a great job on this radio ,as usual , you know a lot about old radio restoration and I'm learning a lot thanks

Always very nice job Mr David

Excellent as always!

Everytime I see you use that soldering iron, as an american I always think about that crocodile dundee movie when Paul says "This is a knife".

As usual, your attention to detail is impressive!

Wow,great restoration on this radio.Your work is outstanding. I'm always learning new tips from you. Also good to see you active.

Fantastic video Dave. You have gotten so good with your videos now. Keep up the great work. They are a pleasure to watch. Stay well.

Another GREAT Radio Adventure...Thank you Dave,,,,

Great job and good to hear you are recovering well. cheers

An enjoyable video to watch. You go the extra mile to make the insides look good, which might never be seen again for decades. Well done. Looking forward to the next video.

Awesome! That was one of my favorites! Definitely a lot involved with this restoration, but you make it look easy. Beautiful job!

beautiful radio Nice vídeo, Thanks for sharing

What a great old radio! Fantastic job on all the old canned capacitors. Cool dial!

Very cool repair and save from the recycle bin... Looks like that Receiver will be ready for the next 100 years... I'd bet they'll be impressed with your cap can rebuilds...

It's great to see you back at restoring radios. This is really an interesting one. I'll have to go find some matte clear coat. That really looks great.

Hi Dave, it's so nice to see you tinkering again. That's a very well built radio, looking forward to Part 2!

It really cleaned up well. I think most people were fascinated by the tuning dial, including myself. It is a shame you don't have the original back antenna coil unit, to really finish it off. This is one Bush Radio I've not seen before, it's certainly an interesting design. Another great job, I will be watch the next part.

What an interesting Chassis Dave, and as usual your attention to detail and restoration expertise shines through! Very nice work!

Amazing work dive thank you so much for sharing your beautiful video keep koing Dave you the the best

David , You do really great work my friend . Glad to see you back !!

Making my wife listen to David as we relax on a Saturday afternoon. She and the dog both fell right off to sleep! David, you are multi-talented! I got to watch the show and got peace and quiet while I do it! Awesome!

I enjoyed that very much! Very interesting radio design; liked the way the light indicates the stations. Looking forward to your next video, as always...

I enjoyed this! What a gem of a radio ! Looking forward to next week. Cheers Dave 👍🏻🤝🏻🇳🇱

Nice work again Dave, really loved how well the chassis came up after a clean and clear coat! Great stuff with the capacitor bank too! 👏

Great stuff Dave. I am glad to see you back in your element. Keep the blue side up and I look forward to part 2!

Terrific vid, of course, and a fascinating radio. We laughed and laughed at the mossie joke! Thanks David, very enjoyable. Looking forward to part two.

I absolutely love your videos. You really remind me of my grandfather. He was big into radios and electronics.

Awesome job Dave; you never stop amazing us with your ability to find a solution.

Очень необычное радио. 👍 интересное исполнение катушек контуров. Подстройка в одном месте винт и гайка. И особенно впечатляет шкала настройки. Насколько гениально придумано все. Использование вместо стрелки световой полоски. Причем разделение на несколько секций одного диапазона. Покажите хоть одного человека который сейчас смог бы до такого догадаться. !!! 👍👍👍

Hi David, that's one weird looking radio........watching you cook that capacitor can in the pan looks like something I would do. 🤣😂, cheers, Buzz

Wow, that's an interesting design! Don't believe I've ever seen a set like that before.

You're a magician, Dave! Take good care of yourself so that we can enjoy your work for many years to come.

First, the good news. A truly interesting radio! Hard to believe the alignment was so close after all the component changing. Back to factory spec maybe? The not so good news is I fear you've lost your amateur status, Dave! Far fewer are the "I think this ... ," "my guess is ..." and the "uh oh's" of your early videos! 😂 Thank for your well done work and great presentations and most happy for your recovery! And that's no shrimp!

"like a mossie at a nudist camp"......nearly wet myself🤣🤣🤣

Superb .Beautiful radio worth all the effort required to return it to better than new condition.

What a unique radio. Glad you got it up and running David. Bush made quality sets. Enough adjustments to make a video in itself! Stay well. Steve

Hello, David. What an interesting design on this radio. Well done, as always. I'm looking forward to the cas refinish. Cheers!

Great Job Thanks David Sir I Enjoyed Video.

You got a lot done considering this is the first video. Great to watch as always!

Looking good 👍🏻 Nice little side of sautéed capacitor too 🥣

All i can way is WOW !! great work !!

Great stuff David. I like that your confidence is obviously growing as you "toss of problems with a smile". Looking forward to the next installment. Never actually heard of this model radio - so good to keep learning new stuff. 😊

I really enjoyed this one thanks. This is not a common radio that you would normally see. I love how you cleaned up the metal work. It looks great. And the dial mechanism is super cool. It also brought a smile to my face to see you have identical same analogue multimeter that I do.

Hi David, very interesting radio! Your skills and knowledge just amaz me. Please keep the content coming.

Neat old radio your friend has brought to you! You sure did a nice job on the restoration of the circuitry, and having watched so many of your videos here, it is a joy to see how your skills have progressed to a point where you don't have much trouble figuring failures out quickly. I wish i were half as good at this as you are! Great video about a neat old radio, thank you for posting it here for us to see!

A real gem this radio, I couldn't believe the size of that big soldering Iron, that's a beauty mate. Good to see your back working on our radios and enjoying yourself. Thanks for caring and thanks sharing. Cheers mate.

Thanks again Dave. As an old radio guy myself I must say that I love watching you check the voltages and the 1000 Hz tone is music to my ears.

Great stuff Dave. Can't wait to hear it with the speaker repaired and see your work on the cabinet