My mother was a phone operator. I learned to solder from her. Even learned some zingers when she grabbed the business end of an iron. She went on to work for RCA . I worked for the army as a 31m20/31m20-2t. Carrier attendant/ radio operator, and Sylvania tv. Thanks to the start my mom got me.

@Jeffrey314159

5 жыл бұрын

My late father was an apprentice for RCA in the 1950's

@steve_ancell

4 жыл бұрын

My mum taught me to solder too, she worked in an electronics factory.

wow such an old wireless radio set this time, cant wait to watch this again quietly all the way through.. Clever man indeed. such fabulous restorations always .

You have a great channel and a great philosophy - watching your videos taught me to relax and approach vintage radio repair without the genuflecting or handwringing so often found among collectors.

And here we see an actual "Breadboard Radio" in the beginning days of radio and today we work with surface mount in the 04 size ( 0.040 x 0.020 inches) under a microscope. What a journey! You really show us how electronics evolved. Thank You for the adventure. Bravo.

That is the coolest radio I've ever seen. Great job bringing it back to its former glory.

His videos are fantastic. I don’t know whats more entertaining, learning from him or being surprised by what ensemble he wears next! Love the videos. Highly informative!

@biju209

4 жыл бұрын

His videos or her videos?😁

So many interesting and educational videos over the past few weeks. I am learning bit by bit so I can tackle the restoration of an old tube radio I got off eBay. Many thanks.

You are amazing... I have always loved your videos; all of them have been so instructive, and you show your passion for antique electronics and how you care for them. Keep up the fantastic work!

Thank you. You did a wonderful job restoring that classic old Atwater Kent. I liked that you explained everything as you went along.

Thanks for these videos Ron, in the 50s my dad was a radio repairer and I as a kid I was totally bewildered looking at the jungle underneath the chassis on the radios, same as my dad very skilful and new the ins and outs of it all, thank you.

Wow. 5 restorations in 3 weeks. You are spoiling us.

Another GREAT video Ron.. !! You bring old items rarely seen to us.. Well done!

Dear God. That breadboard... look at it again. At the bottom. It's a PCB! A wooden printed circuit board. Look at the traces. It kinda just jumped out at me. And shocked me. Thank you for showing us!

@balajigg74

5 жыл бұрын

Same here i was wondering how pcbs got started and here is my answer.

Wow,I have never seen anything like that before in my 48yrs .How fantastic. Thank you Ron for another great video am excited to see what you find next.

Thank you for uploading this as I enjoy videos showing restoration and repairing old radios and electronics items instead of just running them into the dumpster.... This set is from about 1923. UV201 tubes are very, very early. Uv201A tubes are a couple years newer and require less current due to the thorium filament.

I was trying to figure out how to start tackling restoration of my AK 10 and your video gave me the confidence to give it a try. Thanks for a very well produced tutorial.

I REALLY enjoyed this one, since I have a collection of 20's sets. You make a complicated project look so damn easy! And I know it's anything but! Only two sh*ts....and one "F" bomb. Must have tried your patience! A beautiful result! Thanks for uploading. Please keep 'em coming!

Excellent job.. what a Beautiful Radio.. I do a lot of restoring of old furniture.. I use Citristrip Stripping Gel.. it works Excellent, and the best part is you can get it on your hands, and it wont take your skin off lol.lol.lol.. give it a try I think you will like the results as much as I do.. thank you for your videos I really enjoy watching them..

You´r so gifted, Ron...What a talent..! I really enjoy all of your vids here. And, those who only are focusing on your clothes- shame on them...My deepest respect for your skills...In my youth I knew a old man, who also restored these old radios, like you. He just did id- out of his head... I had a large collection og radios from the 30´- 40´s. He often repaired them for me...and had a great fun of it...

@nielsbnnelkke6010

4 жыл бұрын

@H Higgins Agree. Ron´s skills and knowledge is amazing...

Wow, that 1’17”.00 felt like about 5” . Thanks for a great vid again Ron. I’m into tube music amps, and these vids help tremendously with an understanding of what goes on, as well as the dangers. Cheers.

Beautiful restoration! Thanks for all the time and effort put into documenting the process. I have a 10C that I've been wanting to restore but have not had the courage to jump into. This should give me the step by step help needed to tackle it.

I came here just to say I am so excited to watch all of your new videos! I don't have time right now, but I've been subscribed for a few years and you popped up in my recommended videos today. I am so happy to see all of the new content, there was a good period of inactivity on your channel and I was a little worried we wouldn't see more of you!

@giannidonovan3978

2 жыл бұрын

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@juantravis8832

2 жыл бұрын

@Gianni Donovan Instablaster :)

@giannidonovan3978

2 жыл бұрын

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@giannidonovan3978

2 жыл бұрын

@Juan Travis It worked and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy! Thank you so much, you saved my ass!

@juantravis8832

2 жыл бұрын

@Gianni Donovan no problem :)

Another great video years ago in the sixties my dad on the flea market on the Boulevard in New Haven Connecticut he collected the rents from the vendors at the end of the day whatever they didn't sell that would throw on the file back in the sixties there was a beautiful Atwater Kent radio with the horn I wanted to take it home my father wouldn't let me I'm still mad at them to this day and he's been going 28 years always love your videos

I was sharing your enthusiasm upon the main transfo dissasembly, the opening moment was unbelievable. Anyway awesome work as usual my dear, happy you got a nice working piece of history to add to your collection.

Awesome video! Love the radio and the repair. All your videos are great!!

Really nice radio! You are very skilled. You make a big project look simple. Keep posting more videos please!

Great job Ron. Much better in 16:9 and much better focus. Love your videos.

Well, that was very interesting! I have never seen a radio like that before and was very interested in watching you refurbish it.. Thanks for the share... and carry on!

Maybe the most beautiful radio ever seen... a piece of art!!!!

You are the master of restorations, thank you for all videos, please keep them coming

Another excellent video. Restored mine last year and it sits in the dining room along with the Grundig 3500. A real eye catcher and a bit of a Star Trek connection! Cheers, Geoff

Good one, Ron. There's a model 12 Atwater Kent breadboard on ebay right now . It's sitting at $770.00 with a day left on the auction. Four Hundred seems like a steal for your set. Thanks for keeping these museum pieces alive!

Thanks for sharing another great video with us, and passing on your wealth of knowledge.

I am everytime amazed how you get these old radios to work again. keep it up, I love it.

@glasslinger

5 жыл бұрын

I'm amazed too! I have some spectacular fails in my efforts! But I don't make videos of them!

@fransmaessen4990

5 жыл бұрын

@@glasslinger hihiI dont blame you.

Piece of art, these things. Even beautiful to look at. Wish I could find one if these . Great work 👍🏻

I normally can't watch a video for more than five minutes. Here it is almost 2 AM and I watched the whole thing. I'll bet there are only a handful of people in the world with your combination of electronics and woodworking / machining / glassmaking skills.

@reacey

4 жыл бұрын

True, I know one of them, a dying breed

That's a very interesting radio, never seen one like that before. Thanks for educating us all!

Magic before my eyes. Thank-You for the upload.

Beautiful work on a beautiful radio. Well done.

Very nice Ron. You produce great videos. 👍

I'm jealous of you from all of these great finds you keep finding.

Simply amazing! Please keep the videos coming, Ron.

Hooray, you are back! Thank you, so much. Fun .

This video was excellent , i restore early crystal sets and now if I find a model 10 I won't be frightened of it. Thanks so much.

I can't tell you the enjoyment I get out of your videos. I wish I had your skills.

Another fantastic video .Great work.

Really enjoyed the restoration, subscribed after the first video. I would love to get my hands on an old museum piece like that.

Ron I. believe out of all of the radios I have watched you fix this one is my favorite. I think this is my fourth time watching lol.

Very enjoyable all your videos are thanks for posting.

Great work again Professor Ron......

wow what an awesome looking set, love the look of all the valves.

Nice work ron, a beautiful old radio, I'm quite jealous!.

I Wish I Had An Instructor Like You When I Was An Apprentice. You Have Mad Skills. Best Wishes.

My parents told of many Store front radio stations. Then the govt put radio under control of the Navy. Then later to our current F CC. What I see is two stages of rf amp, then detctor and a af amp. It's been a while. Used to sweep old man Baker's hard ware store. Late in the evening he had a similar rig. And a log book. See how far we would get. He had a book of radio stations. A certain amount of tweaking and radio time traded for labour. Was fair. His wife always had cookies. And in the cold winter. Had Coco. That's the life my frend.

Hi Ron, pretty good restoration, i like your great work. Best greetings from germany.

Your Shows Are Very Informative And Entertaining. It's Always A Joy To Watch Your Videos. You Have MAD SKILLS My Friend. Keep Safe And Please Keep The Videos Coming. T.J. The Barefoot Blacksmith.

Very nice work from you. I can learn so much from you. In the story you write that it is hot. Here in the Netherlands it can also get very hot in the summer. I just don't have air conditioning.

Wonderful work! I'm so jealous of your ability. Like I've said true modern day renaissance man our should I say renaissance person, total respect to you.

Thanks Ron, great video as always!

Amazing job; thanks a lot for showing us!

Perfect restoration. I learned so much.

Fantastic work, as usual - and that kitten, such a beauty!

Great work, was a joy to follow along !

Really fascinating. Yes, the green accent paint looks very good.

Magnificent. I love how you tube roll real time. Awesome!

I really enjoyed this one,nice looking set!

Ooohhhh, just like the one I acquired last fall ! This will be good !

Realy nice job on that old radio! Breadbord radio have never heard this before but nice Construction. Keep on with you good videos and have a nice time! Regards from Sweden.

Been watching your videos and just found out you live in Houston. I really like your work your experience is awesome. I live in Livingston about 100 miles north of you. Once again awesome work I've learned a lot . I've watched about five videos and can't wait for the next one. Cannot believe we are so close.....:) ! Jerold

Great video!! Love this old stuff

You're absolutely right picking the green color it looks excellent

Nice job, looks really good.

Amazing! Congratulations!!!! I watch you from Spain.

gyad! you find the oldest and rarest radios of anybody *ever* ! incredible

Thanks, I wish we could listen to this fascinating set for a bit longer

Great Job! Thank you for sharing...

Very, very nice job!!

At least that stuff is big enough to work on. New stuff is made with very small surface mount Rs and Cs and SOT integrated circuits, not to mention very small connectors.

Your videos are art. Thanks, Maestro! : )

I haven't watched all the video yet, but I would like to say nice clear video there Ron.

Nice job loved that radio thanks for the video.

So cool, wish my old fella was still alive he’d love to see it working.

Haii..I am a big fan of yours..I watch your all videos..Love from Kerala, India🇮🇳

Thank you for another great video.

your alright sir ........a genius no less

only you could do this great work,,thanks for video

Please, never stop sharig your job. You are unique.

Ron,you are my favorite

The magic starts with glasslinger's new video. Thank you.

I have one I need to restore and this is going to help me a lot Thanks.....

I have one of these fully restored. Looks mint!

@hewitc

2 жыл бұрын

Looked at mine. It's a model 12. Even longer

A job well done there, way to go!

I don't know if it will help, mother's mag and aluminum had a interesting effect on copper and brass, giving it a high polish and removing tarnish, it also doesn't leave a wax film and I've had contacts with very very low resistance after just a few moments of cleaning with it. It's not labeled for copper, but it works well. Also thank you Gladsslinger your doing important work and I appreciate learning from you.

Him going "fuck! fuck this shit is really bad!" was definitely a surprise

I've seen your other videos as well as this one, we will be at CES Thank you for the content

@allencrider

4 жыл бұрын

That was low down spam.

I can see a part two to this video where those bad tubes are taken apart and re-made to be as good as new..

great work, love the enthusiasm, learning a lot from your channel. havn't ever worked on tube electronics, but really looking forward to it. Suggestion: the original transformer could have been saved I would have melted the tar out to retrieve the core of the transformer, then rewound the core to keep it original, then potted it with black hot glue(for easy removal next time).

@glasslinger

4 жыл бұрын

I understand but don't do it. The task is a LOT more difficult and time consuming than it seems. Been there done that!

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Your the best ever, I have much respect for you.

I have a 1930 L2 chassis in a model 70 Atwater Kent. Your radio is from 1923, I think. The difference in those 7 years is amazing. The L2 chassis, I am told, was the last TRF radio Atwater Kent made. All radios after that were superheterodyne.