Healing 501E Part 2 Final 

Good Job. .. R.I.P. Barry Humphries .. he was a funny bloke.

He's the chief, he's the king. He can do anything. He's the most tip-top. D.T.! Once again, superbly done.

Growing up in the 1950's and 60's, we had a radio in every bedroom and one in the room next to our kitchen. We listened to AM up until the mid to late 60's, when FM took over - at least for music. As a kid, I remember, every morning, during a snow storm, we were glued to the radio, waiting to hear "all public and parochial schools are closed today". Now I'm in my 70's and can't remember the last time I used a radio. By the way, your attention to detail when restoring a radio is outstanding.

Fantastic job and generous share for your sister-in-law. Thanks for sharing with us!

The valve-sound from an old tadio is something special. The Radio dropped tight in to her heart. A lot of "Happy Midsummer" from Stig Österberg from Dalsbruk in Finland.

Hello Sir David! If we're honest, i think most of us are scared to death of our wives, even if they don't say a word! Beautiful machine you've made there. She's very happy. A treasure to share with friends and family! As always, in awe of your work Sir David. From Arizona, Howdy and Thanks!

Dave always with the good jokes and knows how to make someone happy! Another beautiful restoration, Dave :) You should be proud!

Wonderfully wonderful !! David, you really are an artisan These radios strike gold when they end up in your hands... BRAVO

A good person is someone who makes other people happy. Good job David.

It shined like a diamond. Very nice! It’s been a while between quality Bakelite restorations and this is a proven example of patience, enjoyment and skills. I like the red handle heat sink clip. It looks to have many uses. 😉

Excellent in every way, sound, appearance, tuning - what a fantastic gift!

_David, the whole world admires you for being persistent, professional and perfect._

Working on a true gift to make someone we car about happy, is simply the best reward of all. Great great job as always David, but you must be the only person i know that ''Looks forward'' to do a re string....

And what a great transformation !! that cabinet came up a treat. Great work ( as always ) and with the work that you did one would think that radio would out live your sister in-law. One way to get in the good books. I look forward to the next adventure.

Well done, David! I'm sure that your sister-in-law will enjoy that radio for many years! Cheers!

If James Bond was fixing radios in his workshop out back, in his retirement years of course; he would surely use the same high tech tools and machines that you use! Laser cutter controlled by a PC no doubt. I continue to be amazed by all of your gadgets, you are the man!

I wonder how many people have had a shocking surprise from the Healing transformer. The good old days when manufacturers didn't have to worry about frivolous lawsuits.

Another triumph and a very happy customer. That radio came up beautifully, (I had exactly the same issue with the goat shields after painting them. The two halves were not making contact with each other.)

So pleased your sister appreciated your efforts.

David, we make sure day in and day out that your creations are magical, fun and beautiful

Loved the finished Radio Dave......cant wait for your next Radio Adventure...your sister in law really loved the radio ...hope she has many years of listening to it.

What a nice loving gift for a family member. Excellent work as always David and thanks for bringing us along on the adventure! Take care!

Another top job, with a very happy ending. 👍🙌

I know you don't do videos every week, but I really look forward to them. It's one of the few things I can count on to bring me happiness. Your a good tech and a very friendly voice in a world of turmoil. Thank you.

Excellent job, as always. Thank you for taking us along with you.

Hey David, I always find it fascinating how you figure out the restringing of the tuner..! Especially without a diagram..😨😨 Excellent gift and final repairs, great vid, and as always so interesting..Ed..uk..😃

Everyone is happy, great ending - Cheers

Excellent work Dave and a great cameo from the SIL! Christine said she used to listen to 3MP. My local station in the 70s was 3LK which ceased to exist a long time ago! 👍👍

Beautiful set; and great restoration ! I’m always fascinated by those Australian dials !

Lucky for Dave I don't live next door, as I' d be hounding the poor man for radio repair advice no end! Fortunately for Dave an entire Pacific Ocean and Cascade Mountain range separates us. I' l'll just have to keep watching and buying him a coffee!

Greetings from America David. Thank you for your videos. I never miss them. May I offer a tip I learned from bandersontv when working with cracked radio plastics, bakelite included. He had a bakelite TV that had a huge broken piece. What he said he figured out was to clamp the broken piece together as tight as possible where the crack almost disappears. Then he would put the runny type of superglue on the back side of the crack, and not attempt to work it in. It will seep into the crack all the way via capillary action, and stop when it meets the other side. I don't understand it either, but it will glue together plastics without any glue showing on the decorative side. I've done this, and it works. Goodday!

Always a pleasure to watch and learn, trick is to remember it. England

Great job Dave! Looks like your gift will be enjoyed daily now! Cheers!

That looks and sounds fantastic! Always enjoy your restorations and the videos of them!

BRAVO!! Totally enjoy watching your videos! Your work is impeccable, and your skill sets are amazing. A true renaissance man!

Dave, wonderful completion of the project and such a thoughtful gift. Congratulations on another stellar accomplishment.

That radio looks very beautiful in the spot where you put it, by the way. And your sister in law knows you're very dependable at fixing up radios dependably. Each one is a little piece of art and well tuned technology.

You are fantastic David sir Great work thanks for the sharing this video 😊❤

Awesome! Your Sissy sure loves you Dave.

Absolute perfection David. I didn’t think you would be able to resist changing the dial pointer. I would have done the same. That’s a lovely radio. So many skills used to fix it and once again the ‘King of string’ strikes. A great treat for your Sister-in-Law. Cheers Graham

NOW THAT! was a lovely ❤ ending to a nicely done project. Blessings..Leo.

Great another excellent job looks absolute perfect.

Well that was a great job sorting out that rather neat looking set. Lovely you gifted it to your sister in law, she clearly is a good person with her appreciation of a classic radio and the late lamented Dame Edna and her alter ego Barry Humphries.

"I've been looking forward to doing the dial cord." I think you're the only guy on the planet I would believe if he said that 🙂 Lovely job as usual Dave!

Wonderful work as usual Dave... excellent...

Of course she liked it. It's splendiferous, and gives wonderful reception! Well done! Now I hope you sent that anniversary clock off to Chris the Ultimate Recycler, to get him to get it going too. She can't have an anniversary clock that doesn't tick!

Fantastic sound quality achieved.😊

I love how it turned out! Your humour is something else, young people would probably call it boomer humour but I love it. Cheers from the netherlands David!

Been a while since I looked in on your Radio Adventures, David, but I'm still amazed at your attention to every little detail! Another fantastic job! No wonder your sister-in-law is impressed! You are an inspiration! Cheers

Hello again Dave, from Steve near Cardiff uk. Absolutely loved part 2 of the healing radio , what a wonderful gift for your sister in law. I am really addicted to your videos now they are so relaxing to watch as well as very educational. They have certainly inspired me on my vintage radio repair journey. I have just taken delivery of a Bush DAC 90a in cream in excellent condition, totally original which I am going to really enjoy restoring (recapping etc) I already own the brown version of the radio that is in excellent condition as well , the sound is really good on both of them. They are an excellent radio to work on for newbies to the game like myself as you very well know!! All the very best Dave, and keep em coming. 😊

the art of the dial string .... Mr Tipton should write a thesis on it not mention speaker grill upholstery .. another wonderful restoration David!

Hi David...good job on that Bakelite beast of a radio....Not only are you a brilliant radio rehabilitator, you're are also a great acting coach, as your sister -in-law walked in and was so surprised. 💋🤣🤣It will live on, as a classic" Tipton Cinema" 🍺🍺

So cool. And it does look really good there. What a great way to start my day with such a great video. Thanks

Nice restoration! I cracked up big time at the careful loading if the radio into your vehicle and then the very careful drive to Melbourne. I'm gonna be chuckling about that for days. :)

Another excellent job, this is undoubtedly one of the best channels on RU-vid!

Nice tribute to Barry Humphries on the wall there. Great episodes. Thank you.

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Dial string 🥴 You make it look so easy. Great job and thank you.👍

Good morning David. Great job. And of course tools is very important to exist

Sisters are such special people, I grew up with two sisters, both older than I was by.a few years. They were almost a year apart, in fact they were the same age for 2 months as it was. I lost them both a couple of years ago, and as the calendar goes, they were the same age when they passed away, both from cancer, one smoked all her life and tried so very hard to stop but never could beat. the smokes, the other stopped smoking about 2 years before she passed, her cancer was in her brain the other who smoked died of lung cancer. I quit over 18 years ago not, my doctors tell me my chest x-rays look as though I never smoked, so I guess it makes sense to stop. Both my sisters died when they were 72, my wife also died just 5 days after her 72nd birthday. Makes me a bit nervous since I turned 72 last May. Ah well, the radio turned out wonderful, I wish I had your skills and tools to do such wonderful work! I once did furniture refinishing, then crossed that over to gunstock repair and refinishing, then took the classes and got my certificate as a gun smith, of course I long ago gave that hobby up as well, not electronics are my favorite, but of late I have not done a lot of that either. I still dabble though and love watching your videos as well as a few other radio guys on the web. I guess my love for electronics gos way back, in the US Army I was in communications and when I got out I had done 8 years, worked my way from Field Wireman up to Communications Chief with my own communications Section, and also served as the Platoon Sergeant for Headquarters Platoon Company C 3rd US Infantry (The Old Guard) at Fort Myer Va, just across the fence from Arlington National Cemetery, where we were tasked with all the US Army Burials there, as well as many other ceremonial duties in the DC Area. That was a great post except for the living in the DC area, that was not great and I was happy when I was selected to go out recruiting and left the big City once more.

Looks perfect there. Loving the Schools Class 4-4-0 on the right as well !

Thanks David I did enjoy the radio adventure, can't wait for the next episode, ❤

Well I learned something about Goat Shields. Don't paint them! They must make good contact with the chassis. They make a metal blackener ( JAX) that chemically darkens some metals and that may be what the doctor ordered. The radio turned out absolutely really nice and sounds good. Great gift for sister in law!

Aww..that was wonderful! 3MP eh? That brings back some memories of my postings to HMAS Cerberus down at Crib Point back in another life. Top job Dave. Love your work. I just bought today, an old NZ "Bell" brand mantle radio, housed within a solid wooden case. Can't wait to try it out. I also can't wait for your next adventure.

Hi Dave. Nice radio. I have one myself but needs a lot of work. I've found, with those valve shields that you need to solder wires to each half and to the chassis to make them be stable reliably. Also, that 100pF oscillator grid resistor was ceramic, and was likely fine. They never made paper capacitors with values that low. I hope that has been helpful. 😊

Very well dun David, you are an expert I must say. This one turned out very fine. And it is fun to se the little car clips to. 🖖live long and prosper. Claes

Another stunning job David 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Hello David , You have golden hands , thank You

What a beautiful looking and sounding old classic! David, as always your results are impeccable, and your abilities never cease to impress. What a wonderful gift! I loved the laser cut felt. I might need to change one of my 3D printers into a laser cutter!

Your wicked,you remind me of my step dad who got into electronics and repairing old valve radios amongst any thing electrical. He had his own electricle repair shop in the town centre Birmingham uk. He was known as the best back in the 70's,I worked in the shop taking in repairs and watched him repair stuff. He tried to explain to me how it all worked But I didn't follow that path but wished I had now. Got you on notification and enjoy all your videos and learning from them Keep them coming

😂😂 Hope you recovered from the hug 🤣 Your driving needs some work! 🤣🤣🤣

Buenos dias David. desde Barcelona ,España muy buen trabajo,felicidades . hace años que reparo radios europeas y americanas, Philips Telefunken etc Stewart Warner Crosley etc .la ultima reparacion es un Volksenpfanger nazi de 1933. actualmente estoy jubilado de una cadena radio Broadcast tecnico de alta y baja frecuencia en transmisores Continental , harris OM , un saludo y abrazo muy fuerte de tu amigo Cecil

Wonderful, it looks better than new. 😊✔

What a great gift for your sis-in-law! Sounds great. Well done, Dave!

Awesome radio, awesome restoration, awesome David! I hope your sister inlaw gets some good use out of it! Hope your doing ok mate can't wait for the next video cheers!

It looks fabulous, but Dame Edna is just a bit more so! Loved the tribute. Wonderful gift - I want to be your relative 😀

For someone who hates working with dial strings, you do a excellent job, david.

Thanks Dave, dial strings require Patience of Job 📻

you really did an amazing job too it! looks great.

looks great david with decorating theme love it was that dame Edna 😂

Ey Up David What a superb restoration, particularly enjoyed the dial cord and pointer , brilliant work Best regards Shaun

Another great one! I enjoyed watching this very much

Great job and a couple of good tips on the goat shield and the weak 6B6.👌

So, it's all healed!

Very nice job David, and a great gift.

Great job as usual , you huge a nak of ruting outs problem after its working and know where the fixes are the radio looks nice I'm sure your sister inlaw will love this radio

Always look forward to your comtent !! ❤

Hi Dave, first on, good day from UK.

What makes you different to most radio restorers dave is your attention to detail. The pointer for example, Shango would have stuck it on with some JB Weld and left it at that lol. I see your editing skills are improving too, All good stuff,

35:00 I do like your sense of humor 😆

Anothrr great video David. Nice piece of kit Best Wishes Terry uk.

😊Great 👍 Job Dave 👏 👍 +1!!!!

Another great job Dave. And I'm so glad it's going back in to regular use as well.

Surprisingly good sound and looks great. Excellent resto, as usual, David. SIL looks happy!

Hi Dave. Nice job as usual and you're such a good egg for you sister in law . It seems you have more trouble with the cursor and string than anything else😁 Take care

Beautiful restoration David 👏

Another grand video mate ...ace ....your work brightens my days ...is right !

Finally caught the 2nd part, Dave. Fantastic job and I really enjoyed the video. You're patience encourages mine when I do radios and it gets tedious. You should've hugged your sister-in-law, however!😂 Coffee on me. PS: The offer still stands for me to donate an American radio to you if you ever want one!

Good work. One Apple Pie for you!

The reveal was a nice touch,really enjoyable watch as usual. Cheers mate from all here in cornwall GB. 👍