RESTORING A dE FOREST F5 ANTIQUE RADIO 

Thank you Ron for all the recent videos, you really can explain these radios like no one else! Please someday show us your radio collection.

nicely done....you make repairing vintage radios an absolute pleasure...thank you

WOW! I have seen no one close to your level of skill in ANY tech vlog. Not ever, anywhere.You are peerless.

We used a dishwasher to clean keyboards it worked really very well. Don't let them go into a drying cycle it melts the plastic.

I get happy when I see a new video from you. Youre smart as hell and positive. Love from Sweden!

When you couple an engineering mind with that of an amazing technician, amazing youtube videos will follow. The best radio restoration channel on youtube! A $5.00 DeForest radio find? OMG!!!!!! If this presenter was my neighbor, I would pick that brain clean, doubt if mine could hold all that intel, sadly.

If you should try to capture all of Ron’s knowledge and store it, Google should have to quadruple its storage facilities. He keeps amazing me...👍👍

How are we so lucky to have another video from you? I like your "let's take this hill!" attitude. No hemming and hawing, just great results.

Mr Glasslinger, I tip my hat in awe! This restauration is one of your best, if not THE best. It is beautiuful. Thank you so much for sharing. Best regards from a fellow radio restorer from Germany.

That must be one hell of an attic. LOL. Thanks for the video.

Another great restoration, Ron. ✌ -a Deplorable in East Houston

Your videos of radio restore and repair are great!!

You have an amazing collection of spare parts.

Amazing job. I think you could fix anything!

You certainly know your shit on thermionic valve (tube) radios. I am mesmerised watching you restore old, broken radios. Keep up the good work, hun.

You manage to find some great older radios. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of how to bring these things to life.

Hi from England, nice work ron.

I'm surprised you don't just re-wind the transformers.... Then again, every time I watch a restoration, I expect to hear "Let's just replicate this broken part"

great education. luv the"deplorable" comment! thanks john

Ron, I wish I were your neighbour I could certainly learn a lot of you, pure Genius.

You sure have been busting out the work lately. Nice job on the DeForest. Maybe once you get the knob you could adjust it a little better and play some tunes on it.

The condition of that deforest was excellent , must have sat in a bank vault..great resto.Thank you.

Oh boy,wish I had all that machinery at hand ... always getting jealous looking at all the beautiful tools. Great work! 👍🏻

Dam, that is a fast follow up to your recent videos, popped up when I opened RU-vid. First radio that happens to sit in the sink and gets a shower.

What a steal!

I couldn't wait for the jet-wash lacquer part! "I hold my breath"! Lol! Nice one Ron!

Wow, what a beautiful restoration! Your work is outstanding. Walt

I enjoy your videos.

Hi,Ron I would love to see a tour of your radio and tv collection if possible, I think you would have radios very few people have ever seen .I have never seen resisters like that before ,I didn't even know they existed

Every time I see him painting a cabinet I get the feeling he seems to paint with a high pressure washer. Like he's putting liters of paint on. But maybe it just looks like that on the video, I'm no painting expert. Also rubbing black paint on the original front panel... I have my doubt on that. You will never get a proper color match I would think, though it found it hard to judge from the video. Giving it a new protective coating to prevent additional deterioration. That I understand.

Absolutely love your videos, learn more from your videos than any others, please don’t stop making them. They really are very much appreciated

Ron thank you for another great video.

Hi, are you willing to do a video about your adjustable, electronic fuse on your bench and how to build one?

Very enjoyable video. Thank You for posting it. I look forward to more....

Another wonderful radio restoration and a joy to watch. Thank you Ron for sharing.

Thank again for sharing your knowledge and great video presentation!

Hi Ron, it's another outstanding work ! Just out of curiosity, how long did it take to restore the radio ? Best wishes, from Brazil.

Another brilliant restoration!

I continue to be fascinated by your videos. You combine my interests in old radios, restoration, electronics, and woodworking into one hour-long video for a guy who usually gets bored after five minutes. Once again watched the whole thing end-to-end.

Very beatiful, bellissima ciao

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I Always learn from you! I hope supervisor kitty gets paid. :-)

He, I have noticed at your various antique radio restorations that you dont't do IF-coil alignment and optimization . Don't let Mr. Carlson notice it!

Your repair videos are always a treat. Keep it up :)

I would have put a vent in the top to keep the valves cool or tubes if you like

I hate to be critical of such a fantastic project. The radio looks really great. But I have a question; why does the cabinet crosspiece below the lid and above the front panel look to be a different color than the rest of the cabinet? Is it the kind of wood that was used or, maybe, remnants of the old finish on that piece? Just curious....

That old attic of yours must be filled to the rafters

Great restore! Thank you for the video! Your an inspiration!

I think the hollow slightly garbled tone can be improved a bunch with the adjustments on the condensers. Probably why they put turning screws on them. That was excellent missing wire dialogue and the amplification was very great after correctly hooking the wires. Since you dont know the correct impedance of the audio transformers that can be tuned by the adjustable condensers. De Forest was really good at using a carbon rod tuning coil instead of the regular tuning condenser and I always liked those coils which turned inside other coils.

What a great buy!

As a long time follower I’m just amazed by your hand Eye coordination also why do you use that clunky old Weller soldering gun seems awkward I also love listening to your narration thank you for the many hours of great video

GREAT JOB RON ONE GREAT VIDEO AFTER OTHER.THANK YOU MAL KI7DYM

Admire your knowledge and skill! Thanks for the videos.

Its good to see there are still real experts at work.

Another amazing piece of work!

I know almost nothing about electrics. But to look over the shoulder of a master is something I find fascinating. Irrelevant is the discipline.

Impressive.

Your a buy man love the work when can we see you for once :)

super cool!

Outstanding job. I couldn't even tell what I was looking at to start with.

Amazing, as always... I swear you have those schematics in your head... your wisdom and knowledge is just... well, I already said it and I'll say it again: Amazing!!!!

Love that trusty soldering gun! It always gets the job done......Great knowledge, Ron. Thanks for sharing.

Great restore. Could you consider having the radio in the thumbnail please.

Nice job i love that home made cabinet the dark walnut matches that beautiful face plate. Thanks enjoyed it a lot.

Your the best I ever seen,,great work and thanks for video

Even pay attention to the slightest detail the outside bracket for one of the Transformers what a beautiful radio when you're finished

gotta love when you're here so early that the video isn't even in hd yet lmao

A beautiful job you did with a bag of parts also i love your little helper

junk boxes are treasures

Yea that texas heat is unbearable im in Richmond and boy feels like you could cook a steak outside

Absolutely amazing restoration, you are a jack of all trades, couldn't be many more like you! Thank you for this beautiful video. I always enjoy seeing your "inspector " Walt in Miami

I just love that "Slim Pickens"-style accent, brings up the lines "...two boxes of ammunition ..." etc from the film "Dr Strangelove"

nice radio thank you for sharing with us I alway's enjoy your video's.

This was so wonderful I couldn't take my eyes off the video. You made me lose a game of chess.

The real master at work. He finished it as if it was easy. It helps to hoard hard to find radio parts in the attic! So now it IS a beautiful working addition to Ron's collection!

Glasslinger when you clean the parts of the radio Receiver they look like new

Glasslinger you do a good job cleening the parts of the radio Receiver

Great content as always Ron - more glass work please! :-) - ATB

It always amaze me how the staining brings even the most dull wood back to life.

Glasslinger your a de forest f5 antque radio Receiver is cool

It's so nice to see you back in the swing of things again. I wish I knew a tenth of what you know.

I've found the most descriptive term for "orange" cleaner to be "citrus" cleaner.

Glasslinger the panel of the radio Receiver look like new

You are a genius!

"I'm gonna go in the attic and see if we've got anything like this" Man, would I ever love to have a good rummage through your attic, I bet it's a treasure trove of goodies :)

Is he wearing a dress?

For a cartridge resistor that's open... if the tube is opaque, I would think one could sneak a new style resistor in the tube stealthily.

Fantastic video thank you Ron

the radio may have cost you $5 but that attic is easily $50,000

Simply amazing job!

Love the design of the De Forest radio.

Hi there if your ever in England there is a memorabilia shop not far down from Piccadilly station that has old radios to restore and Newark largest antique market in the UK also has old radios to restore. So if your holidaying in the UK you may want to visit the 2 places!

No air venting holes for the hot tubes??

Looks like you could file part of the contacts in the sockets rather than bend the springs so that the tubes can be more easily forced in. I'd probably have used finger joints between the sides and the back of the box, and use dowels in the joints to the base. I know the wood glue is plenty strong, but I'd rather use some standard jointing methods to make it even stronger.

Hi!

¿CHEAP? Minwax??

got it for 5 dollers i paid 100.00 pounds in the uk for an philco 56E i feel i did ok .jeff.. from england uk see my video philco 56E

Well done restoration, Ron! - Question: Are all those old IF-transformers interchangeable?

Maybe you could rebuild those cartridge resistors, putting a modern axial lead resistor inside. It looked like you could file the leading edge of the contacts so the tube would rotate more easily into place, without having to bend the contact springs.

Wow. Awesome work!

clean radio with orange juce then poor a glass for a drink ..jeff