Nordmende Elektra 58 - Its stopped working! Grrr 

Thanks for taking the time Dave. That new grill cloth looks great too, Corrien did a wonderful job!

Damn...! This thing looks even better now as when it left the factory! Great job David.

You were missed.

Nothing will aggravate me more than to discover the issue staring me in the face after searching nooks and crannies for hours. Very nice on the grille cloth! This set reminds me of the old Blaupunkt Granada multiband that we enjoyed in our living room in the 1960s.

Wonderful Memories for me of the Valve Radio Era and my early childhood. Thank you.

Faults are always obvious once you've found them! That look lovely. The new grill cloth is the finishing touch. It now deserves pride of place in the kitchen.

Your videos take me back to the 1960s when I was a teenager and getting right into electronics. I loved working on radios and amplifiers and even made a small TV using a CRT from an old CRO and bits scavenged. I to spent a lot of my life in aviation (RAAF) radar and ATC. Great channel and most entertaining and informative.

I really like the design, with the piano key push buttons, the knobs, the magic eye. As usual, great job.

Thanks Dave, It's great you are back and brighten up this cold day. Nice work troubleshoting and the new cloth is excellent work!

Very enjoyable as usual. Well done with the speaker cloth. It's totally transformed the look of the set.

Nice video thanks for sharing, I still remember this old radio's and remember the warm sound they have.

Great troubleshooting Dave and the new nicotine-free grille cloth looks terrific. I couldn't find the quite complicated out-of-production grille cloth for my Grundig 2030W/3D anywhere so I cut out a piece of it, sent it to Ms Maas and she made a custom copy that was perfect. She's a wonderful resource for restorers around the world.

Hello David. Always good to see one of your videos in my feed. That speaker cloth did the job, it looks great. I hope your enjoying the summer, it's freezing here! Cheers!

Great to see your back, it came up great. Looking forward to the next one.

Great craftsmanship Dave. Can not wait for your next video.

Very nice wort Dave, as always you are such a perfectionist sir. It looks amazing and sounds great as well. The grill cloth really makes it too!

Ah, the joy of it all 😊. Welcome back and the radio looks and sounds fantastic. Thank heavens you got rid of that smoker's cloth. 👍

Welcome back Dave & Happy 2021. I also love the Nordmende and you certainly did do a fantastic job on it first time around. Have been missing your videos and very glad to see them back again.

Great-looking radio! Heading back to see the original restoration.

What a beaut! New cloth looks fantastic and finishes it off nicely... Great work!

Lovely to see you again Dave. Thanks to the new cloth I hope the radio now smells as good as it looks!

Hi David. Good to see you back. Another great job done and the grill cloth looks superb and blends in really well with the superb finish you did with the cabinet. The intermittent problems are often the hardest to find. Look forward to seeing the next project. Cheers Chris. 👍😊.

Excellent repair work. David do a magnificent job where you restore and fix Collection Radios.

Awesome video,as always!Thanks for posting it Dave,I have one the same that needs to be done.

Welcome back Dave, in this strangest new year. Glad you valued that link to Corrien Maas, that speaker cloth looks great.

Great to see you back! Details can trip up the best of 'em. You got there and that's what matters.

What a lovely job once again Dave. That case is beautiful. Stay Safe.

Welcome back, Dave.Another piece of early quality radio.Beautiful.Once again you mesmerized me with your tech skills and restorative talents. I can watch these videos for hours...LOLImpressive wood decor, like an ocean of glass.Wow!! OK till next time. enjoy a Beer and Thank you very much for a job well done, I enjoyed every minute of it. Peace.

Hi Dave,The grill cloth did the job just dandy. Repairs etc, always informative, & pleasing to watch. Cheers.

Well g’day!!! Glad your back! You have the coolest radios man. What a collection. Looking forward to your next adventure!!

Great job and welcome back.👍

never fails "have a look at this" and fizz the life of a serviceman.

Welcome back David. Happy New Year. You cannot be accused "of pumping your own tyres", the appearance of that case still stunning even on this revisit. Great viewing although it's only 3c here today. It's turned up a few issues but so worth it. Looks and sounds gorgeous

Once again, a joy to watch. Thanks Dave 👍🤝

It was great to have you back David... I love your fault finding system and dialogue! The radio certainly looks a million dollars with the new grill cloth. 😀

Gotta love those problems that are hiding in plain sight. We could use some of that warm weather here. It was -11C this morning with a wind chill of -17C in New York. Stay well. ATB Doug.

Dave, it was nice to see you back again! I hope you had a good rest and took care of the family too :D I saw your made from scratch video while at my sons home and could not leave a comment with his setup, CONGRATULATIONS! What an excellent job and exciting finish :D Tracking down loose connections and components, argh, it never ends hun :D So I guess it is true about repairing things.... the third time is the charm! :P

Over the years I've come to realize the words "it's easy, let me show you" are usually the prelude for embarrassment. Beautiful job, as usual. Great to see you back!

Even if something doesn't have cloth on the front to amplify the effect, that nicotine can really spoil your day. I got a DCC recorder a while back via eBay and it had so much nicotine that the bottom of the case which is supposed to be aluminum colored, was brown. The seller said it was that way when he got it. Anyway... something went wrong while I tried to restore it, so it will never work again. But even if that hadn't happened, I might have made it into a "for components only" machine anyway. I know my parents both smoked when I was little but I don't remember our house ever smelling as bad as that recorder. And I never want my house to smell like that either, so it's staying in the garage, in an airtight bag, in a box. Anyway, great video! Good to see you back. And I'll spread the word about Corrien's website; that's a great idea, reproducing weaved cloth from old radios.

Intermittent faults are the worst great job. I also think that as time goes by and that fabric flattens down a little it’ll look exactly like the old fabric. Another great job as always.

Looks great with the new grill cloth, I think it looks more like the original when it got stretched out over the frame. Thanks for the videos, and Happy New Year! (although somewhat belated)

That speaker cloth really lifted the whole radio!! Well done Dave - and congrats on reaching 10K subs!

Hi David, great video, the un soldered wire was an easy thing to miss, as to the switch its typical it started playing up when you'd got it back in the case, that's always the way lol, that new cloth looks great, it's does make all the difference, nice to see you back, all the best mate.

It’s great that you were able to locate a source for the grill cloth. Switches and connections. They are the weak links in the chain. They are just as old as the capacitors, but we tend to over look them, for some reason. Very nice work, as usual.

Well done. All of my projects go like that... apart together repeat.

29:28 When you bend these pins, i was thinking bend the one in the middle the upposite way of the other two to fix it properly. It probably will work now, but now you are relying on the logo letters itself to be large enough and centered enough to hold it in place and not the middle pin. There is a reason it was three pins and not two and i think this is the reason. If the logo letters was smaller with a long name or offcentered downwards you might have gotten a problem with the logo falling out. But yeah, it likely works, this time. Nice radio, nice cloth remake, i was thinking it was some gold in there when i saw the nicotine stained speaker cloth but seems like it was not on the inside. When playing the radio while smoking the nicotine might have been going trough the cloths alot of times i guess, so alot ended up in there. I got a couple of tube radios myself, a Tandberg Sølvsuper (Silversuper) 4, and a Sølvsuper 5 :) They are made here in Norway, i wonder how many they made or if they are rare, have you seen these? Here is the Sølvsuper 4 (1946-50), not mine but looks the same, my first radio, made in polished elm wood :) cdn.simplesite.com/i/70/cb/284008258427603824/i284008264551626266._szw1280h1280_.jpg Here is the Sølvsuper 5 (1951-53), made in flame birch, a beautiful wood with lots of depth, looks like flames when the sun shines on it. 4.bp.blogspot.com/-kVEcJAm0s3A/Wtt0h1jmbpI/AAAAAAAJNII/BICK0Lc1SHUHzwfkunCQ7rCE9J0TZPYcACLcBGAs/s640/1704201868502-001.jpg Here is the Sølvsuper 5 (1951-53) with the deluxe mahogany cabinet made in mahogany. 4.bp.blogspot.com/-E6biuzph8Hg/Wtt2VnliikI/AAAAAAAJNIg/ZwD48XakO30Ew8m2uVsDd05BzExrvYD2QCLcBGAs/s640/2011201226876-001.jpg And here is the Sølvsuper 5 (1951-53) with the same special deluxe mahogany cabinet looking the same at first glance, but it has the even more rare intarsia stripe on it, horizontal inlay stripe in the middle. Made for the rich few that wanted some more details, and that is the version i got. I was told at the flee market 40 years ago by the seller that it did not work, needed some tubes, but he also said it had a very rare cabinet. I was thinking he said it to sell me things and just said yeah and bought it for my candy money, but i found out later he told the truth too :) 4.bp.blogspot.com/-H5ND2wLmkf8/Wtt2eXyONwI/AAAAAAAJNIw/qIOS3VYh9C8cKMcrkBqbtl-ls5ifwSv8wCLcBGAs/s640/0307201334427-001.jpg I dont know if there is any other differences in the electronics circuits with added features, may not be, but it might have more accurate electronics components, especially picked to get the best values in the batches, and also the wood might be better quality especially picked for the best wood pattern. I has yet to fix this radio and likely now i might fix the Sølvsuper 4 with a recap too even if it did work 35 years ago when i did run it last time and moved from my parents home.. i will probably not turn it on to check lol, but i has seen many videos of fixing these tube amps so i might do a recap some day and start it slowly with a light bulb in series too, but for now it is standing at the top of the shelf for a while more :)

Precioso radio y estupendo trabajo!!! Gracias por explicar con tanto detalle. Eres el mejor Dave, y ya se te extrañaba. Saludos desde la ciudad de México.

Excellent work and video!!!

You aren't just tooting your own horn, that radio looks fantastic. Don't lt the cold solder joint get you, we've all been there. Finding the thing wrong is almost a reward at that point.

I must agree with your "F" adjective!

Nice to see you back!

Intermittent can be tough. Great job. Thanks for all the tips. John

another great job David, keep them coming :-)

The finish on that case is stunning and now the grill looks the part. Good detection work and a bit of bother, but it should be worth it in the end. It really is a good looking radio.

Well done again. That one was a clever tool for the switch. Thanks for the video.

Great debugging there combined with uncanny intuition. That grille cloth replacement is so nice also.

Wow what an improvement Dave , New grill cloth made all the difference in the world looks super !... Don't beat your self up over the intermittent problem, Intermittent problems are one of the hardest things to find, I had no doubt that you would fix it.. Keep up the good work

Dave! Almost to 10I subscribers! Word is getting out! Congratulations!!!!!!

You're a great teacher Dave! I also need to add you to my list of "Most Patient People I've Ever Known." I must confess, that at several points, I would have turned it into a flying radio. All the best!

Beautiful, David. Mystery solder joints are the worst. The fabric looks great.

My perfect Friday😀

That new speaker cloth makes it look so fresh and new :-D It's an old radio, there is always a chance of something playing up but that's expected. So don't put your work down because you didn't see minor hidden faults. You made that radio beautiful in the first videos, everything you restore looks/sounds amazing :-D No more smelly grill cloth, she made a smashing job of the new one :-D Never put yourself down, ill do it instead ha ha :-D :-D

Nice to see you back mate 👍👍

Looks great! The life of a service technician, fix one fault and discover many more...

Perfect working. . Thank you so much. Best regards.

Gracias Estimado David Tipton: Siempre le sigo. Excelentes videos tutoriales. Un Cordial Saludo desde Cuba. Cuídese mucho usted y su Familia.

Welcome back Dave. Another great video. I love this channel. Best Wishes Terry uk 🇬🇧

Happy new year David. Your patience with that fiddley switch was commendable. Unreliable old contacts either open or burning away and arcing are a real pain. Looking forward to more great videos.

Great troubleshooting. New grill cloth looks much better. Thanks David. 73 de KB7ICI....Bill

Nice work David, thank you 😁

I hate intermittent faults, I bet you were relieved it was nothing to do with that switch bank! The new cloth certainly looks good, the set looks like new now, well worth the effort.

Great to see you back David, looked like the little fella was trying to test your metal and i hope your wife don't rib you to much for the non-starter reveal, i reckon you deserve a stubby and a snag after working in that heat (it's bloody snowing here in GB) keep em coming sir it's truly a joy to watch how you work and that grill cloth is spot-on 👍

Hello, David. I was sitting here feeling a bit low. It's been raining hard all week and very cold here in Switzerland. I'm driving up to Biel this afternoon to the Omega factory to get a watch fixed. I wasn't looking forward to a two hour drive in pouring rain. Watched your video and I'm feeling much better now. Thanks for that. Great work.

Thanks ...for the Normende videos👍

At last my life has meaning again! Thanks Dave. Your the best fixer upper on " RU-vid "

It was worth the wait David

That grill cloth replacement was fantastic. And the detective work you did was really interesting to see. We'll have to nickname you "Sherlock" Tipton. Let's hope the switch repair lasts longer than 6 months; give us an update then.

Much enjoyed again, David. When you had that initial intermittent fault, earlier on, I had a laugh to myself..has someone sneaked some AF117 transistors in to the circuit somewhere ?..lol, because you know what those old AF117 can be like.

Great to see you. I know how you feel. I had an AA5 that took this old man 2 weeks to fix. Please take care & send heat :-)

Hey, David, I look at it this way; whether it's a loose antenna wire or bad switch, you did find the problem and you did repair it. Nice job. . . . . . Loving that woodgrain finish! (I need to go back and re-watch the original video)

Hi Dave, The replacement speaker cloth has definitely enhanced your radio. I too have found nicotine almost impossible to wash out of speaker cloths, and grills. I’m not convinced it can be totally removed from old cabinets. Like you indicated, it is lousy stuff. Occasionally I too go back to radios I’ve repaired and restored. It never ceases to amaze me how much additional work I put into a radio the second time ...and I thought I’d made a fairly good job on the first occasion 🤣 Your radio is definitely looking, and sounding great my friend: most certainly a huge credit to your skills, and abilities.💪👍 Hopefully next week I will be uploading a stand alone video featuring the repair of a 1954 Radialva radio. Hope you will join me for that one. Best regards, Phil P.s, both my pal Brendan, over the pond in Detroit, and myself have treated ourselves to a FeelTech FY6600 Arbitrary Function Generator like the one you were using in this video. How are you getting along with it?

Excellent video very informative article thank you for your time Mr Tipton 🇬🇧😷🇬🇧😷🇬🇧😷🇬🇧

Glad to see you stuck with it to the end! Having to repair a repaired radio is sometimes the most difficult. The new grill cloth makes the radio look like a million bucks! Well done!

Great video. Found your channel a week or two ago after your Christmas radio build popped up as a suggestion and I've binged watched most of your previous videos. I've always found tube radios interesting even though they were before my time. I may be a bit crazy but even though I don't know hardly anything about this type of electronics I recently picked up a 1941 Sears Silvertone Model 7037 that is in overall fantastic condition except for the dial glass that UPS managed to destroy in shipping. I was all too familiar with that sound in your Stromberg-Carlson video when you unpacked it. Thankfully I was able to get a replacement from Radio Daze. The chassis is all untouched original and I'm looking forward to getting some power to it this weekend then starting its restoration soon after.

Nice radio, great audio

Magnifico amigo, gran reparación, un grato saludo.

The grille cloth looks perfect. Corrien was good find, indeed. Re smokers and radios: I have a vintage Robyn CB transceiver that needs restoration. However, it has taken me ages to remove the thick varnish-like coat of nicotine from the top side of the chassis and everything mounted on that, using metho and Q tips. A former owner must have chain-smoked cigars next to it for years. I can just imagine how the surface of his lungs must have looked.

Excellent job, dare I say fantastic. You have the air conditioning on. I'm not feeling for you as I look at the snow outside here in Michigan.

Was a really nice looking set before. I really liked the cabinet finish you did but the new grille cloth really looks the part. Hopefully no more gremlins now too.

I just watched this 4 part series again. Seems like this Nordmende set enjoyed being worked on by you so everytime you thought project completed it came it up with a new reason to be opened up to have surgery performed.

🙂 Good video Dave. Thumping, prodding and wire tugging are all well proven fault finding techniques. I have been there in the past with scope, sig-gennie, meter, pouring over schematic only to find something like that no solder join staring at me in the face.

Hi David! Really happy to see you are well! Another wonderful detective movie, quite unlike Inspector Clouseau (me) you get to the nitty gritty by talent! Thank You!

Really nice!

Exelente trabajo mi amigo, un saludo.

Top job David :)

If that's the state of the cloth, imagine the state of the guy's lungs !!

Good work

Good to have you back Dave. As for the joint - hey %$&# happens :-}}

The circuits you were referring to is a "ratio detector" and had noise and AM rejection that the older Foster-Seeley discriminator didn't have. The ratio detector could be unbalanced with one diode connected to ground (earth) and often had a capacitor across the output, and one diode reversed when unbalanced as in the Nordmende circuit.

Very nice looking thing