This rare old set uses a piece of film with the station numbers on it to project the numbers onto a screen. The film moves as the tuning' is rotated to present the current station frequency.
Thank you for yet another hour's fascinating viewing Ron. When YT notifies me that you've uploaded a new video, I know I've got some quality material to watch. Always well presented and absolutely no whacky background music!
Wow! I didn't think you were going to be able to pull it off this time, but you did! You are a genius and the most talented repair person I know of, bar none. Thank you for saving these tokens of a time gone by. They are a treasure and so are you...
The Los Angeles Theater was the last major Movie Palace built in Downtown Los Angeles, California. It is a very elaborate Theater with 3 balconies, wood paneling with gold, velvet curtains and chandeliers all over the place. The rest area in the Theater is in the basement of the Theater, bathrooms, smoking areas and even a Nursery! Oddly there is a small screen that by the use of mirrors brings down into this rest area the film being projected from way up in the Projection booth. This Movie Dial radio obviously being influenced by the Golden Films of the 1930's obviously influenced the production of this radio. The projection by mirrors in the Los Angeles Theater for those using the Rest area has always reminded me of this radio again due to the uniqueness of the radio and the Theater which is probably the only one to have such an elaborate projection of the film so anyone visiting the rest area in the basement area could at least watch part of the movie being shown way up in the Theater. I have been in many Movie Palaces but have never seen such a system of mirrors projecting onto a framed small screen into the elaborate basement area the film being shown at the time in the Theater.
Good to see the $20 hamfest radio getting a bunch of love like this, especially since how much effort it look to repair such a funky dial! I'll have to try and get one if I see it at a show or auction :D.
Very cool Radio Ron, I really like the way the dial shows up in the glass, like a movie! I guess that's why it's called the "movie dial" radio! Great job on the new dial!
Ron what a Beautiful Restore, It just amazes me how You make the Parts needed to repair the Radio, to work in our time. Printing out the frequency band just amazed me, I hope you Live for ever, To teach our Young.
By the time Charlson had finished obsessing about the capacitors and Shango finished ranting about the state-of-the world , Ron would have restored the radio including making replacement valves and gone home.
You were very lucky to have found this radio at the Auction mentioned in this video and especially so in that you paid $20.00 for it! Believe me the work you put into the restoration will more than make up for the price you paid for this radio.
How many times have we all watched Glasslinger reach into that magic box of radio dials and ALWAYS find the right number of matching dials for each of his projects? Giggling.......
Ron I enjoy your videos so much. I have never seen anyone who knows as much about circuit design, and mechanical engineering as you. Also I enjoy the visits from and the way you treat your kitties. Stay well and keep making these fascinating videos. Pet the cats for me.
Hi Ron your friend Dave here it's good to see a video of you again amazing old radio it was amazing how you restored it when you're a professional it comes easy you do very good work been looking for your videos saw this one today very happy to see it hope you're being covic safe you'll always be in my prayers may God bless you and keep you safe always your friend Dave
Inspiring as ever, thanks. Working on a late 30's - 40's His Masters Voice radio with RCA tubes atm, being an European radio without any German stations on the dail. The design and details of those old radio's tell stories of the past. The joy of getting it working and looking great, thanks for sharing and educating :)
A bright chrome plated chassis and the glazed black paint is most unique on this extremely rare radio. It came in several different model numbers and also a beautiful large console, which is a true beauty with one of the most "Art Deco" bezels to ever be put on a radio. Again, I feel pretty sure this was made by the Wells Gardner Radio Corp. in Chicago (known for their exceptional radios) but sold under the Airline name for Montgomery Ward's department stores.
Airline model 62-318 from 1936. Actually made by Wells Gardner Co. for Montgomery Wards. Amazingly nice restoration work on this well ignored and heavily gummed up super rare radio. Usually the movie dial plastic is totally shot! I wonder why there are two holes drilled in the front that should not be there? The movie dial display looks pretty good! Another fantastic job Ron!
you are the best ever ! wonderfull work....love all you videos, im work with eletronics too, and learn a lot whit your videos...tnx hugs from a Brazilian fan...
o my what an era of radio and tv design, the creative ideas kind of like the steam engines and farm equipment at the Pioneer Village at Minden, Ne. 🥳 thanks for the history lesson 😃
As you can tell, I am very delighted with this video as I have one of these radios (fully restored), which is rare in itself! I also have a spare Dial Lamp bulb and placed in its' storage place.
This radio appears to be an Airline Model 62-318 made in 1936 by the Wells Gardner Radio Corp. for the Montgomery Ward's Department Stores and sold under their trade name of Airline. There were several different Model numbers with slight cabinet changes aside from the Console unit which had a much larger and much more impressive Dial Face Bezel. The Airline Movie Dial Console is one of the largest Consoles made in the 1930's.
Yes. Thanks for the info. I searched everywhere for an original dial strip, either to buy or to borrow for making a copy. Apparently the guy that was making them either died or got old. (too old?) No luck. DO NOT EVER ATTEMPT TO PULL THE FILM OFF THE DRUM! It is permanently crimped so it would not survive. I had to make a new drum since the one in my set was badly warped. This caused the original dial strip to hit the supports which was what scraped the pattern off it, making it impossible to copy. It might be possible to photograph the strip in situ and then use photoshop to piece the photos together to remake a correctly made copy.
@@glasslinger The original 35 MM Film strip is a piece of History itself with all of the full City names and Station Numbers (many of which no longer exist) imprinted on the film.
The most probable reason this Airline radio has 35 MM film in it is because of the popularity of the movies at the time this radio was produced. It was made by Wells-Gardner to be sold under the Airline name for Montgomery Ward's Department stores. The year this unique radio was made (1936) was also the glory days of Hollywood. No one had a television and everyone listened to radios and went to the movies and also live entertainments. I charming radio and a "one of a kind" radio highly sought out by collector's. To my knowledge few people today know how to reproduce the 35 MM film used in this radio. Airline Model 62-318 (1936)
Ya will need to create homemade 😋 dial film 🎥 and friction tape. Just come up with something 🙄 close to the same consistency. Its also easy 😌 to make the rubber "tires" for the tuning mechanism of these radios 📻. Your friend, Jeff.
My go to site when a RU-vid video never tells you the model number. Then I go first to Nostalgia Air or second to some other sites and look for the schematic! This is actually a model 62-318 , you can see it under sold listings!
@@kaunomedis7926 no. He bought it at an auction 3 or 4 months ago. I was there. Old radios that don't work aren't that expensive in the USA. Especially where large estates are being sold.
This kind of projection dial seems to be standard on many soviet post-WWII military receivers. I haven’t seen a civilian one ,amd this old, yet. Very cool!
Interesting radio, you dont see many projection type frequency displays. Leds can be destryed by reverse voltage the diode was a good idea, sometimes you can get 50/60 cycle noise from the diode ringing, a 0.1 across it will reduce that.
Ron, I'm only ~34-minutes in and I _think_ I may still have a partial roll of friction tape out in my shop. ; ) I'm sure that it was my Dad's and that he may have gotten it from _his_ Dad's shop when he passed back in the mid-'70s. I'll have to look for it the next time I go out there! Edit: I've finished watching the entire video and will have to look for the tape later. I wish I could find a few affordable old radios to learn troubleshooting & repair on around where I live!
These 35 MM film strips were once available but rarely found today unless you have a Movie Dial radio with one still in it that is in reasonable condition.
Friction tape is still around for use in the electrical field for wiring bigger electric motors using split bolt connectors instead of wire nuts or twist on wire connectors. Any electric motor bigger than 7 horse power has to have the stronger split bolt connector. In order to put the motor wiring into that little junction box mounted on side of motor, you first wrap friction tape around all the conditions to prevent the electricity arching out on side of metal grounded junction box on side of motor. Twist connectors are plastic and when used on smaller projects, are insulated for being used inside of junction boxes. The split bolt connectors used on bigger industrial applications are usually bare metal with no insulating plastic body to protect it inside a junction box. Each wire feeding an electrical motor have to be protected from touching the other motor feeds and the grounded junction box mounted on motor sides usually.
Wouldn't there be WWV on 5.0 MHz at night? It's been years for me though and sometimes it would fluctuate. The higher 10 MHz and up WWV stations would generally be better, if I recall, but anyway this is a fantastic restoration of a unique radio. Great job!
The large Dial Lamp for this radio had a hanger on the back inside of the radio for a spare bulb. These Dial Lamp bulbs for this radio are to my knowledge still available.
Friction tape is still available, Home Depot sells it for about $5 a 20Ft roll. We always had a roll or two at home when I was growing up, my Dad thought it was the best stuff for electrical work!
