I am so very glad you're back doing videos. For a long time I worried that you'd left RU-vid (or worse had happened). I have to say that while I greatly enjoy the repair videos, I loved your unique 'one-off' tube construction videos more than anything... Never has anyone made me want to run out and buy a turbomolecular or diffusion pump more! I wish you the best and I'm glad you're still showing us how it was done.
It gets worse. This is actually an Emerson made radio model L-AC-4 from 1932. The most expensive $15 in terms of time, you ever bargained for. Found a circuit diagram that has the field coil marked as 2750 Ohms, Power trans. primary at 10 Ohms and secondary at 610 Ohms with a center tap.
Sure is nice seeing it get done and not an hour of babbling with no results for 40 videos. I think you know who I’m talking about 😝 Funny thing is, the radio Jim is working on know is almost identical to one I did two years ago. I was corresponding with him a bit back then sending him all kinds of books on old tube radios because I felt sorry for his struggles at that time. I was sending him pics of the complete rewire job I did because of the crumbling insulation on those old RCA’s of that era, the cap job, the alignment………. I bet he doesn’t remember or just will do it the way he always does. He needs to change the name of his channel to Jim’s Radio Experiments, not Jim’s Radio Repair. There are a few that watch that think he knows what he’s doing! He could get some rookie killed with his horrible safety habits not to mention his lack of soldering skills, circuit chasing, schematic reading. He bought one of those KSGER soldering stations back then and had no clue how to set it up. I sent him the manual and wrote out directions on how program the different element temperature offsets. I see he’s using his old cheap one again. He runs the iron way too cold and can barely melt 63/37 1/32nd wire.
@@SIXSTRING63 That guy has some serious problems of one is ,not learning from other peoples mistakes or found info by others as an educational tool. Total opposite of 99% of radio guys on YT
One of the best things about your videos are the colorful euphemisms and a quick laugh. Oh crummy buttons I just made some interesting content ha ha.....as the magic smoke waifs away. Next how to fill a tube with magic smoke.
Great video Ron, that little radio had SO MUCH wrong and you sorted it all out! Then you needed a matching knob and, "oh I'll just go out and turn one on the lathe!" I wish I had the knowledge and technique you have in just one finger! Great Job Ron!
@@ralphj4012 I dare him to find two radio's of the same model, and do a split screen 'radio adventure' in stereo, on the left glasslinger, on the right Paul Carlson, both coming out with a working result from a one hour video.
Wonderful to see this new repairvideo Glasslinger. I have learned quite a lot from your videos. Best regards, Theo Plate, 7591 GC -22, Denekamp, The Netherlands
I like that you retrofit the caps into the original casing, keeping the look original. BTW Laughed so hard about the freakin coil missing in the speaker 😀
If their going to have a third world war they'd want to hurry up, definitely going to need people like your good self if we hope to survive. Modern equipment just wont survive.
I am currently going to school to be an electrical engineer but me and my brothers work on tube type stuff in our spare time. I hope to keep the art alive! you are an inspiration.
When I was in college in the 1960's ALL TECH WAS VACUUM TUBE! One short course on transistors, where the instructor knew next to nothing about the subject. I had to learn all else by doing.
cant get over you taking such a pile of crud and rewiring it totally custom and making it work, thats amazing. where did you learn so much about tube radio?
@@glasslinger Well, I for one am really glad you keep this hobby going. I often wonder where you acquired such in depth knowledge to approach these old radio's, it's clearly more than a hobby for you, you must have worked at NASA back in the day, most of the time you don't even have a schematic to follow!!! Thank you.
@@opus1952 I applied at NASA back in the 60's to work on the moon project. Their salary offer was so dismal I walked out. Got a job at a private company paying double!
Awesome, Ron! This is one of the most entertaining videos you’ve made since you let the smoke out of the 60’s Admiral TV! I love that you leave everything in for us to learn from and enjoy.
clever.. and when you think you have seen it all...😉 thanks..👍👍 need more smoke like Photonicinduction... the cat will need at least 9 lives around that stuff...........
The most interesting thing to me about these old radios is how little ‘guts’ they have. They just always seem thrown together and missing parts. I think that was just the standard then.
Been watching glasslingers videos for years as well as restoring radio chassis for my self as a hobby. The internet makes it much easier for help ,parts, radios, ect.
I too re-stuff old capacitors in order to keep radios looking as original as possible and keep them working. However, sometimes this just isn't possible with small wax paper capacitors. I have managed to print paper labels with as close to the same font as the original used on the wax paper capacitors and stuck the paper strip around bright yellow axial polypropylene capacitors and then painted the capacitors with shellac lacquer that I have made myself, a quite thick shellac lacquer and about two coats of lacquer are enough to make the new capacitor look like an old one and even hide the bright yellow ends with the shellac lacquer. For cylindrical aluminium can capacitors I use a small very fine blade fret saw and cut around one end, there is usually an end of the capacitor with an indentation around its circumference, and cutting around this indentation as far away from the end of the capacitor as possible means when the end comes off and after the can is cleaned out, the end that's cut off has a little rim that will push back inside the cylinder body and make an invisible closure of the can with the new capacitor inside of course. If you really want a capacitor to look like a wax paper capacitor, once the printed paper label is wrapped around the axial polypropylene capacitor and a coat of shellac lacquer, dip the capacitor body a few files in microcrystalline wax, it will take a few dips in the wax with time for the wax to harden for the lays of wax to build up and look correct. Microcrystalline wax is the same wax as the original paper capacitors were dipped in and is still readily available. I hope someone finds these tips as useful as I have found them to be in restoring old radios and reusing old capacitors. Great video, someone in the future is going to have great fun if they fit a replacement 47 tube or try finding a UX-5 based 6k6 tube. Kay.
@@glasslinger Yes, I agree, if it is a paid-for repair/restoration it is different from a repair/restoration for yourself! You want your own repairs and restorations for your own collection to look as good as you are happy with. Regards, Kay.
Hello. I don't Normally Leave comment's BUT today I have to leave one :) You Said it right. People who work on these old radio will soon die and there will be no-one left to fix these. I for one agree with you Buddy. I started working on electronics in 1986 and had a shop from 1987 to 2001 until it was no longer worth to fix as you could buy a vcr for 80 and not 500 or more. and finely I closed my shop. My first year I was working on old TUBE type TV's STILL!! and I had to repair a Motorola TV! I was not trained in modern electronics so I had to look for a scamatic I fount SAMS now I was in Heaven. I admire you. I would NEVER be able to do what you do. and I have 2 Old Bakelite old radios that I am unable to fix because I have no Idea how to fix them. I know you live in Houston, and I live in Old River Winfree, I would love to meet you in person, and watch you fix something that old. GOD Bless you and HOPE you keep on making these Videos so I can keep living :) . Love you Sir.
My real name is Michael McCluskey. I also have an electronic work bench in my basement workshop. I'm mostly fixing or making electronic gadgets for my model railroad. I also fix CB radios and my amateur radio call sign is KC8FLU.
47:50 Those hand sanitizer lights work on it to. Cheaper source of the glue is "UV Resin" epoxy for jewelry. Same stuff but it's 100g for 8 dollars. Pretty sure it's the same thing as that UV drying nail polish and what they use in 3D resin printers too.
Can someone set me straight. Do you guys still have MW and LW (AM) over there. All we have is FM and digitalis over here in little old Ireland. Some bright spark (politician) decided we didn't need AM anymore.
I think they have m.w but l.w. has only got beacons on it. Their m.w. seems busy compared to the m.w in South East England where I am. I do not think america ever had LW broadcast but I stand to be corrected.
We have fairly active broadcast band about 520 kHz to about 1720 kHz in most parts of the country. Lots of political and sports talk radio plus regional and clear channel 50 kilowatt stations. LW beacons mostly. At top end of LW I understand there are some foreign broadcasts. MW 1750- 6000 is ham and shortwave and there's a fair amount of activity.
@@philipmcdonagh1094 I think you can search something like band scan and see videos from various areas. I'm on the East Coast, Northeast New England. Any of my good portables can get easily 40 plus listenable stations at night on AM broadcast band even from South Carolina, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Maryland, Toronto, Canada. Daytime probably similar with more local.
I am trying my best to learn how to work on this stuff but having problems finding old stuff to learn on.i j have been working on early 70s stuff. Hopefully I'll start running across older stuff soon.
I swear to God everyone in the hobby gets at LEAST that one radio that ends up being a gigantic wallop in the bollocks from start right to the very end.
Hi from Don in Australia! Great video! Lately every radio I touch seems to be like this. Just one thing after another. That speaker was a real bastard! Maybe I should buy better radios to restore! Say hi to kitty!
G-R-E-A-T !!!. As ever, excellent job, almost from nothing. You always turn trash into gold. As a doctor in electronic engineering I remove the hat from my head. I'm involved in microelectronics design, but also worked with tubes (old school, ya know). I'm glad to be a member of your YT club. It is always a pleasure to see your publications (and listening you smile!). God bless you.
Utterly fascinated by your videos! Jeezus christ you're smart! My goodness, your swift/effortless soldering skills alone make you a superstar in my book! Thank you for being fantastic, wonderful, and taking the time to share your vast experience.
Hi Ron your tech friend Dave here it was amazing watching you work on that radio you do very good work I've done some old ones over the past weekend myself I like your cat hope I can see more videos take care of yourself may God bless and take care of you always your friend Dave
Thank you for sharing your experience to the world. We just have to backup all these video's on something analogue in case of loss of internet, then we can restore build anything with tubes. :D
Yes the knowledge is going fast ! But you have left a great legacy with your videos and they maybe enough in the future. Plus the audiophile guys I don't think will let valves die without a fight, plus they seem to have deep pockets!
You almost built a new radio from scratch. I think only the cabinet and the chassis are still original. Interesting to watch. Greetings from Zurich, Switzerland
A very enjoyable descent into madness. I especially liked hacking a new tube base onto a non 5-pin tube, that should cause any future repair tech to have an aneurysm. Good show! Cheers,
This must be part two of the radio 📻 ya posted about ten days ago. I like 👍 that you’re continuing on with the restoration. Happy 😊 Halloween 🎃 👻. Tell the kids Happy 😊 Howlidays (Holidays) from Jeff. Your friend, Jeff.
*Fascinating* video! This was *definitely* a low-budget receiver, as the more pricey superheterodyne units produced at that time had better selectivity. I'll bet you were as frustrated as all get-go!
did this to a detrola 106. The transformer got hot and crackled when turned on. So I had play things of past sell me a good replacement. That would bother me to not have original tubes in it. Id still use the 58 and 57 if available and hunt for a suitable transformer.
The radio is not that collectible to go to that trouble. I would have thrown it away if I had known all the problems it had! But it had odd stuff to make a good video.
