Here we get working an old 1920's radio that was homemade by someone back then. The radio is not particularly valuable, probably only to someone that collects this kind of radio.
For an old man in a dress you do pretty good work lol. Fascinating and entertaining. Just not something you see every day down south. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing your knowledge. Keep on keepin on.
Oh my! You sure brought back memories! Nicely done. Taking a homemade impossible and turning it into a working radio. Glad to see the note that you did not trash the old audio transformers so you might rewind them later. I would rewind by hand as that is less likely to snap the thin wire. A lot of work, but have had many years of hand winding transformers and my own RF coils. Thanks so much for posting this!
I saw that there was a new glasslinger video and became quite excited. I love your work and have greatly anticipated every video you've made since I found your vacuum pump system tour four or five years ago. Thank you for being amazing Ron
When I was a kid I gobbled up every broken and old electronic device I could get my hands on. If I was unable to get one working I’d take it apart for later use. I taught myself how to repair these devices by trial and error at first and by reading later on. I have a talent for repair it turns out. I could almost just look at the guts of these old tube radios, tvs and record players and without knowing how, figure out how to repair them. I can’t explain this gift and my wife is always knocked out how I can practically by placing my hands on her devices, figure what’s wrong and repair them. If I had not been totally led away from any interest in repairs, I might have made it a career choice. I use to design and build my own transistor radios too. I had all sorts of bins with tubes, resistors, transistors variable resistors and capacitors. My father found my stash of these things and threw them away. I entered law and eventually became a Judge, having a terrific career. But I still like to see videos like yours, repairing items as I once did, many years ago. I wonder how close to my young interests were yours
Same childhood interests. But my dad didn't steer me away from tech. I went into electronics engineering and worked a lot harder than I should have for a lot less money than a judge makes!
thankyou. i cant express enough how much i love your videos, when this popped up it took a second for me to remember! in the past six months my best friend died and my electronics hobby has picked up alot of speed. trying to find sams is crazy being in my 20s and not knowing anyone in person interested in electronics from back in the day. your channel is a beacon in my life. imma keep doing what makes me happy, please keep making these videos.
Thank you so much for the carefully detailed explanation of the double reflex circuit. I really appreciate that. And of course, I appreciate very much all these restoration videos of yours. Regards, Daniele 🙂
I am glad to see you are still making content. Your channel is one of the hidden gems on RU-vid. The amount of knowledge, skill and craftsmanship you display in these projects is awesome and inspiring, and I am very grateful that you've shared it.
Ron, don't scratch the thin enameled wires, most probably you cut it partly and later, during the winding on lead wire, it was broken. Better to remove the enamel by soldering it on tablet of Aspirin. One more trick - make about 5 rounds of wire on fingers, then twist it, you will get strong wire for direct connection to terminal (coil's wire will be reinforced by additional strands). I like all your videos. Thank you!
Please don't take this the wrong way. May I be your toy boy - I'm 72. Like many of the others below I have missed your videos. I don't have a tenth your knowledge and make many mistakes, like trying to tighten a live terminal (240V). It was refreshing to see an expert like you willing to show that somewhere along the line you dropped a clanger. If you believe you learn by your mistakes I should be catching you up at a great rate of knots. Thank you so much for returning to RU-vid, you really were missed a lot you know. Keep well and all the best.
yeah Glaslinger, i loved the beautiful radio restoration it was great !! and me Ricardo sales franz gunart loved your service, congratulations, ah !! Glaslinger I'm your fan too okay, hugs
Before attempting to rewind the audios I used a little trick of connecting a Dynomotor or other source of fairly high voltage DC to the secondaries and a lot of times they would weld closed again usually without much loss of resistance. This didn't always work but I wasn't out anything by trying it and seemed to have good luck with this method. Usually I would arc one connection of the HV DC source to one terminal of the secondary until it would draw an arc then measure the resistance of the secondary until I got close to the proper value but don't leave it on too long or it could cook the transformer. The other thing I found that cleaned Bakelite face plates for 20's radios was Scotts Liquid Gold or very light oil but Scotts worked the best. Apply it to the face plate or other Bakelite material work it in and then use a clean paper towel or rag and wipe off the excess. I even used this on some painted surfaces such as metal horns or metal face plates with very good results but NEVER use it on Celluloid tuning dials as it will remove the numbers and you will do much crying. I strongly suggest to leave those types of dials alone do not clean them with anything other than a dry towel with nothing on it. Hope this helps someone out.
Ohh I know that frustration of spending half a day trying to refurbish something only to end up failing. The British thing to do is have a cup of tea. Excellent work there Glass slinger.
I love the construction with the bakelite and brass standoffs, the tops of the tube protruding. I am still completely stumped by early radio and amplifier / tube circuitry
@@roylarsen7417 Yes, judging a book by its cover is a great way to find if one is in immediate danger. A thinking animal would also include what a person says and does to make more accurate decisions . Just as, if one were to look at your account, they might suspect you are a paid troll . ru-vid.com/show-UCUyDoPojfXDO4EYMFJY3TPA "channel doesn't have any content" Good try, better luck next time .
a trick that may "fix" those secondaries is to charge up a 500pf disc cap to about 4KV and then dump that charge across the secondary. Sometimes that serves to "arc weld" the wire ends together.....I did this on a RE45 victor magnetic phono pickup that was open. I got the pickup working with slightly reduced output, but made the phono operable and it still sounded good. Someone told me that that style of RE45 series of radio/phono with the oddly shaped radio dial opening was referred to as a "fishmouth" by the local techs working in Springfield missouri area in the 1930s.s
Glasslinger - Glad to see another of your videos! Really enjoyed the explanation of the circuit and the trouble shooting done to get it modified and working. Had to do a screen grab of the circuit diagram so I could follow along with your explanations. You have a lot of arcane and interesting vintage electronics knowledge twixt your ears Sir! I was hoping that the quality of your last video was a one off but this one is as dark and lacking in sharpness as your last one. The scenes in your wood shop are much brighter and seemingly almost in focus. Could you use more light in your shop shots as they are dark and is it possible your camera is set for 480p instead of HD quality? Thanks again for this most interesting video and looking forward to many more!
Sorry about the bad video. I am old (73) and my eyesight is horrible. I can't tell when the camera is focused or how bright the scene really is. It looks fine on my monitor when I'm doing the editing. There are sliders on the youtube control that you can bring the brightness up if you so desire. Only thing I can say to you is DON'T GET OLD! It's got terrible disadvantages! :)
@@glasslinger - The main disadvantage to getting old is that life isn't nearly as much fun as it was before we arrived here and time is running out! I will be 75 on 31 December and don't feel a day older than 90. 😨
@@mickbradford3167 I can't agree or disagree but I am 47 and life is much more fun for me compared to 20 years ago. Not because of circumstances but because of knowledge,wisdom etc.
I'm an ol' guy too... all these years learning, breaking, and building things... now we sort of have it figured out, and have the tools and the time... but the body is not willing anymore. As Ron said, eyesight is one of the victims... it is giving me a real trying time still doing surface mount. 1206 is sort of my limit anymore... 0805s are history.
I found your channel via your video on making a spherical envelope Audion tube, via searches and subsequent recommendations on tube radios, which I had found after following some rabbit trails from crystal/trench radios (a variable coil, blued steel blade, pencil lead, and a crystal earpiece will do the job, if you have a long antenna -- but don't forget the safety pin). One of the attractions tubes have for me is that it's possible (not easy, no, never, but possible, as you've demonstrated) to make your own, unlike a transistor of any utility. Not to mention I can better visualize what's happening inside the tube in operation. This circuit looks like it'd be cool for my first construction project, but I see it had some issues getting it to actually work. I've got a pair of 1T4 tubes on the way (low voltage filament, 22-45 volt plate miniature pentodes), along with sockets and magnet wire for coil winding; I'm planning for a regen with an RF amp stage (likely to get an audio amp stage as well, once the receiver works, so I can drive an internal speaker), and either coil taps or plug-in coils to let me tune from broadcast up to 10 meter. It's been forty years since I've listened to shortwave, and I've never built a radio with any active components (the crystal set I built in 1970 never worked) -- but my attention to detail is a lot better now than it was at age 10.
So much knowledge, experience and expertise. You should take on an apprentice and pass that knowledge on. Most of us are proficient in one area, you however are skilled in just about everything. So glad to see you are creating videos again. 😁
The cat has a lot to say. It's nice to get things working again, original or not. I've watched a couple of your videos. I'm collecting old parts to make a one valve TRF. I've got a number of 4 pin valves for £2 - £3 each at radio rallies. One surprise is a valve which has a tungsten filament and marked BBC which dates it between 1924 and 1926. Incredibly the filament still lights up and the valve works. Bill, G4GHB.
A 1920's radio reparation, with a pretty cat. What is the cat´s name?😺 You are a very professional audio and video restorer! It is possible understand what you made, because you are allways explain de various works. Like the cooking showed on TV. But more complicated, shure! With all appreciation, from a little collector and restorer of these Audio and vídeo machines. Santarém, Portugal, Europe.
