One word, beautiful! Reading your comments to others about the joy, fun and passionate explanation shows your love for what you do but the icing on the cake is your commitment to creating loving family memories that will last forever. Yourself and Jim Burns make your restorations fun and fresh with explanation and depth with every project. It's helping myself understand the concept of vintage audio circuitry, ect, and not being a bull in a china shop and destroying history. Thanks for sharing with your subscribers as we also save little pieces of history and hopefully our families will cherish our radios when we are no longer around and pass them on to our grandchildren and future great grandchildren. Take care, Jay.
Joatmon, thank you so much for taking your valuable time to send me such uplifting message. I wished that I could video when they entered in the room seeing the radio for the first time as well as dancing with grandchild so they could keep it for the future. The first question they had “those this radio works”? LOL I had this radio for several months at our house and hiding it from them. I was fortunate be able to finish it on her birthday. As you mentioned this gift will be cherishing with them and their future family, the only gift that will reminded them of us when they look at them and brings back good memories. As always is great hearing from you my British friend. Have a great day! Best regards, JZ
Great step by step repairs demonstrated. I like your style Jay. I wish every restorer would do these kind of repairs and not take shortcuts that have to be undone. Do it right the first time with note taking like you! A labor of love your daughter will treasure forever.Really appreciate your videos.
Steve, thank you so much my friend. I was lucky to finish it and deliver it to daughter house on her birthday. I had to disassemble the radio so my wife and I could load it into the car, very heavy radio. Our daughter and granddaughter who is almost 4 years old could not see it until I reassembled it in her house. They had no idea what I was doing for a while in the other room. They were so excited and happy to see it for the first time, the first think they wanted to know if the radio works. I told them that is a good question.. LOL Then I asked our granddaughter if she seen anything like this or know what this can do. She thought about it a little bid and said no grandpa. Told her let me show you what it can do, then turn on the radio and she and I started dancing with the sound of the music. It was so good to see them that happy and excited. I told our granddaughter that someday this radio will be hers and she can pass it along to her children. As always is so good hearing from you my friend. Have a good day! Regards, Jay
Steve, so good hearing from you and thank you for sending me a message, very thoughtful of you. I had this radio for several months at our house and hiding it from them. I was fortunate be able to finish it on her birthday. I wished that I could video when they entered in the room seeing the radio for the first time as well as dancing with grandchild when radio was playing music, so they could keep it for the future. The first question our daughter had “those this radio works?” LOL As you mentioned this gift will be cherishing with them and their future family. The only gift that will reminded them of us when they look at it, which will brings back good memories. Have a great day! Best regards, JZ
JZ, I have learned so much form you. You explain things so clear and effective that the new person without electronic background can understand and not get overwhelmed. I watched other RU-vid channels and was so confused since their presentation is focused on individual with electronic background. Thank you so much for taking your valuable time making these videos.
I am happy and glad that you enjoy watching and learning. Thank you very much! I really appreciate your time taking time to send me such an uplifting comment. I am doing this as a hobby with no electronic background, trying my best to create detailed videos to encourage others without electronic background that are new to this hobby so they can understand and not get overwhelmed. So happy to know that is working for you. Have a good day! Regards, JZ
That front bevel for that radio came out perfectly. Nickel Plating the screws was different and makes a lot of sense. I don't see how you could have done a better job. I am sure your daughter will be thrilled.
Hi Larry, as always is so good hearing from you my friend. Was lucky to finish it and deliver it to daughter house on her birthday. I had to disassemble the radio since it was heavy so my wife and I could load it into the car. Our daughter and granddaughter who is almost 4 could not see it until I reassembled it in her house. They had no idea what I was doing for a while in the dining room. They were so excited and happy to see it for the first time, the first think they wanted to know if the radio works. I ask our granddaughter if she seen anything like this or know what this can do. She thought about it a little bid and said no grandpa. Then turn on the radio and she and I started dancing with the sound of the music. It was so good to see them that happy and excited. I told our granddaughter that someday this radio will be hers and she can pass it along to her children. Have a good day! Regards, Jay
You have a very methodical approach Jay, works out very well indeed. Nice work on that bezel and the antenna. Nickel plating was a very nice touch, a true craftsman. Looks and sounds great! :)
Hi Doug, so good hearing from you my friend and thank you very much. Our daughter had no idea about this and I was lucky to finish it and deliver it to her house on her birthday. I had to disassemble the radio so my wife and I could load it into the car since was very heavy. They had no idea what I was doing for a while in the other room until all put together. They were so excited and happy to see the radio for the first time, the first think she wanted to know if the radio works. I ask our granddaughter who is almost 4 if she seen anything like this or know what this can do. She thought about it a little bid and said no grandpa. Then I turn on the radio and she and I started dancing with the sound of the music, it was so good to see that this radio brought so much joy to them. I told our granddaughter that someday this radio will be hers and she can pass it along to her children, she smiled and said thank you grandpa. Have a good day! Regards, Jay
Thank you so much my friend. Our daughter had no idea about this radio when we deliver it to her house with mu wife. Since the radio was so heavy I had to assabled it in her house but she was not allow to see what I was doing until all put together. They were so excited and happy to see it for the first time, the first think they wanted to know if the radio works. I ask our granddaughter if she seen anything like this or know what this can do. She thought about it a little bid and said no grandpa. Then turn on the radio and she and I started dancing with the sound of the music. It was so good to see them that happy and excited. I told our granddaughter that someday this radio will be hers and she can pass it along to her children. As always is so good hearing from you my friend. Have a good day! Regards, Jay
Hi Rick, thank you so much for taking your valuable time to message me. As always is so good hearing from you my friend. I had to disassemble the radio so my wife and I can load it in the car and deliver it to our daughter house on her birthday. She and our granddaughter who is almost 4 could not see it until I reassembled it in her house. They had no idea what I was doing for a while in dining room. They were so excited and happy to see it for the first time. I ask our granddaughter has she seen something like this before or know what this can do. She thought about it a little bid and said no. Then we turn on the radio and started dancing with her with the sound of the music. It was so good to see them that happy and excited. I told our granddaughter that someday this radio will be hers and she can pass it along her children. Rick, I want to take this opportunity and thank you for making all those videos and teaching me how to repair these radios so I can bring such fanatic gift to my family so they can cherish it for years to come. Have a great day! Best regards, Jay
WOW how beautiful it looks and sounds. Another amazing restoration, bravo. I read your reply to other subscribers how excited your daughter & granddaughter were. I know it took you a long time to finish it I also know they will cherish it. 🤗
Hi Sis, sorry for delay. Rachael and Hollyn were so excited to see the radio. It was good to see how much they appreciated the gift. She already showed and play the radio for her friend (showing it off) and be proud of it 😂 thank you for continues support. Best sister ever. Love you very much 😍tons of hugs and kisses on your way 🤗🤗
Robert, hope you and family are doing well with all this rain in California. I had to disassemble the radio so my wife and I can load it in the car and deliver it to our daughter house on her birthday. She and our granddaughter who is almost 4 could not see it until I reassembled it in her house. They had no idea what I was doing for a while in dining room. They were so excited and happy to see it for the first time. I ask our granddaughter has she seen something like this before or know what this can do. She thought about it a little bid and said no. Then we turn on the radio and started dancing with her with the sound of the music. It was so good to see them that happy and excited. I told our granddaughter that someday this radio will be hers and she can pass it along her children. As always is so good hearing from you my friend. Be safe! Have a good day! Regards, Jay
James, you are correct Renovated Radios LLC selles most radio knobs and they look fantastic. I guess that I like the challenge and like to make as much as I can to see if is doable. LOL Most of the time I look around the house to see what I can use to fix the radios, it is lots of fun to figure things out. LOL. Please feel free to watch “Rat House Radio” on my channel that was the most interesting rebuild. I actually surprised myself fixing that. LOL Try this link to the video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uMfL4Eakzng.html Have a great day. Regards, Jay
Doug, thank you so much for taking time to message me. Was lucky to finish it ontime. I had to disassemble the radio so my wife and I can load it in the car and deliver it to our daughter house on her birthday. She and our granddaughter who is almost 4 could not see it until I reassembled it in her house. They had no idea what I was doing for a while in dining room. They were so excited and happy to see it for the first time. I ask our granddaughter has she seen something like this before or know what this can do. She thought about it a little bid and said no. Then we turn on the radio and started dancing with her with the sound of the music. It was so good to see them that happy and excited. I told our granddaughter that someday this radio will be hers and she can pass it along her children. Have a great day! Best regards, Jay
Good thinking on that glass extrusion. Saves some 💰. Extrusion is available from radio daze. That antenna system is very similar to the one used on the 6S439. Great anodizing job. I haven’t done that yet. Attaboy on those knobs 👍some don’t go there. You lucked out on those paddle switches not being deformed. Great looking and sounding radio J. ❤
Hi Jim, as always is so good hearing from you my friend. Hope you are getting better. I had to disassemble the radio so my wife and I can load it in the car and deliver it to our daughter house on her birthday. Was lucky to finish it on her birthday. She and our granddaughter who is almost 4 could not see it until I reassembled it in her house. They had no idea what I was doing for a while in dining room. They were so excited and happy to see it for the first time. I ask our granddaughter has she seen something like this before or know what this can do. She thought about it a little bid and said no. Then we turn on the radio and started dancing with her with the sound of the music. It was so good to see them that happy and excited. I told our granddaughter that someday this radio will be hers and she can pass it along her children. Have a great day! Best regards, Jay
Jay, I would really enjoy seeing your nickle-plating procedure. Have you tried a product called Restore a Finish? I think it is a universal solvent that dissolves most wood finishes and allows them to be spread out. I have had very good results with light scratches on wood items. It is just applied with a cloth.
Hello Ian, is so good hearing from you, thank you for reaching out. I have used "Restore a Finish" products and dissolving solvent as you mentioned they are very good products and give a good result. But you know how I am, always like to use different method. LOL Still like to use stain since can control how dark or light would like to apply stain. Sometimes I max stains together to get different shades to blend in to old stain. LOL I used to have my own auto restoration business in early 1980’s so learned how to max colors to match the original colors. It is very fun to figure things out. Was lucky to finish radio and deliver it to daughter house on her birthday. I had to disassemble the radio so my wife and I can load it into the car since was so heavy. She and our granddaughter who is almost 4 could not see it until I reassembled it in her house. They had no idea what I was doing for a while in the dining room. They were so excited and happy to see it for the first time, the first think they wanted to know if the radio works. I ask our granddaughter if she seen anything like this or know what this can do. She thought about it a little bid and said no grandpa. Then turn on the radio and she and I started dancing with the sound of the music. It was so good to see them that happy and excited. I told our granddaughter that someday this radio will be hers and she can pass it along to her children. Have a good day! Regards, Jay
