Good video, really brings back memories, when I was a kid, about 9 or 10 I would guess, dad sold the farm and we moved to town so my sisters could attend high school. Our first place was a rooming house, mom dad and my sisters slept in the 2 rooms on the end of the small ranch home, then there was a common bathroom and the owner had the other side of the house. He had a second bedroom over there with 2 beds, I got one of them for my room and had to share it with a bum who got a job at the cafe where mom worked to bring home some income for the family. Well the bum (he was riding the rails and stopped in town to work) was washing dishes at the cafe, he traveled light but had a radio almost exactly like that however he had spray painted it red. We used to listen to old rock and roll on the little set while he sat on his bed drinking wine or beer. They had a Christmas party at the cafe one night near Christmas, and when we got home the bum decided to exit, so after we turned out the lights he slashed his wrists on both arms. Then I guess he changed his mind cause it hurt or some thing so he began calling for my dad, who was, of course on the other side of the house. I pulled the string on the overhead light in the room and saw what he had done, then it was my turn to call for. dad, when dad heard my voice, he came running, he used my belt and the belt from the bums pants to put tourniquets on his arms and sent mom next door to call for the ambulance and cops. Well after he got out of hospital, the bum had to face the courts, because suicide was illegal back then. The court ordered him to pay a 500 buck fine or to leave town on the next train. That was the last we ever saw of the bum and his radio, left me with some bad memories I guess but we stayed in the place for. a couple more months till dad found a job and a decent home to rent. The payments on the farm were given yearly so we had to. wait for the checks and they weren't all that much.
@Synthematix
Жыл бұрын
I always come to this channel when i need cheering up
@davidlocke9949
Жыл бұрын
Prayers for your mom, and for you and your family as well.
@randyab9go188
Жыл бұрын
Also don't worry about us and making videos. Take care of your mother. You only get one. We'll be here when you get back.
@0tt0z
Жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear about your mom. I'll say a prayer for both of you.
@user-fy5bk2pt4w
Жыл бұрын
Best wishes to you and your mother. Thanks for all your great videos.
@rogersmith9808
Жыл бұрын
Just a quick comment on your channel. I just started watching it and have been getting quite a kick with your "style"! I have watched several episodes and will continue doing so. The real reason for message/comment to you is the comment you made about working on newer and/or junkier products that were made of cardboard or fiberboard and covered with thin vinyl or wallpaper type finishes. I have found that using baby-wipes for cleaning such materials works surprisingly well. The soaps in these wipes are designed to be gentle and usually contain a gentle moisturizer/conditioner. It's really near impossible to cause damage with these wipes and you'll be shocked just how well they work!! I recommend the wipes that come in solf packs rather that the tub style ones. If those wipes start to get dried-out they are easily rehydrated with a little bit of water. I hope you'll give it a try. In closing, I also wanted you to know your mother will be on my prayer list. Take care of her and yourself. 🙏
@old64goat
Жыл бұрын
I am sorry to hear about your mom health issues, our prayers are with her. Nice job on the ARVIN radio.
@Jammerk40
Жыл бұрын
I hope your Mom is doing better my prayers goes out to her!
@michaels.niquette3879
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for all your videos. I used to work on all these little radios when I was younger in the 70s and 80s. I know how tough it is when one of your parents is ill as I went through it with both of mine. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
@spoodoc7272
Жыл бұрын
Hope everything is going well. I just buried my mom earlier this month. I know the situation and just trying to recover from my loss. I look forward to be able to have a chat with you and offer support if you would like, and maybe discuss some restoration work too in future. Travel plans thought that might take place around end of February have been postponed till at least summer.
@douro20
Жыл бұрын
I don't see as many of these radios as I do see Arvin heaters. Arvin actually made heaters up into the early 1990s, and one of their last products was a 1200W heater called the "Wall Hugger" which hangs right off of a wall outlet- and is still better than any similar modern offering.
@leegilbert9780
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another cool video! I hope everything is going OK with the family.
@WillWatchAnything
Жыл бұрын
I like how you emphasize the point of not going hog wild with replacing components before knowing what the actual troubles are. You can only find that out by carefully looking at the schematic and point to point diagnosis. It takes time and patience but its better than getting knee deep in replacing stuff and still not having it working.
@michaelpruitt6828
Жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear about your mom's health. Praying for her. What about making a horseshoe shaped bracket that straddles the speaker magnet and attaches to the chassis?
@tarstarkusz
Жыл бұрын
If you have a 3d printer or know someone with a 3d printer, there are probably adapters you can download and print to make a mounting provision for the transformer on the new speaker.
@Radiowild
Жыл бұрын
I've worked on a couple of these. They are not DX machimes, but when tuned up, they are not bad. The miniature tube versions of these are rare (but not valuable).
@richardbrobeck2384
Жыл бұрын
Nice little set !
@mlwmlw8324
Жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear your Mother is not doing well, Brian. Take care of yourself.....Marty
@coolbluelights
Жыл бұрын
That's a really good schematic. I like how the tube pins appear to be numbered. Last 2 radios I had I had no schematic and a very poor one so I ended up not being able to get them working. it was pretty discouraging.
@randyab9go188
Жыл бұрын
If you find one on eBay at a decent price look for an Arvin model 40. Two tube wonder. Trf radio in basically the same cabinet. An impressive performer for what it is. They also made a 3 tube model basically the same thing but they separated the rectifier and audio amplifier into two separate tubes. Arvin didn't make any junk. You could call some of their products value engineered but not junk.
@jp040759
Жыл бұрын
I hope your Mom is doing well. God Bless.
@billmyke746
Жыл бұрын
Zip ties to help the temporary setup, zip that xformer to the speaker frame and or magnet.
@rciancia
Жыл бұрын
Good video. I am restoring an Arvin 444a on my channel. Nice little set.. yours is in good shape. These radios were only $10 when new speaker was in bad shape, so I reconed it and it works great now. Silvertone also had the 6000 with was similar
@carolriley9392
Жыл бұрын
Great job once again!!
@Joetechlincolns
Жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear about your mom's health declining. Family first, YT last. Best wishes
@RoughJustice2k18
Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Put family first. Everything else can wait.
@billdegener8105
Жыл бұрын
I listen to WSM at night from North Tx
@dontknowbrian
Жыл бұрын
You do such nice work well narrated and informative! It’s just such a shame the radio stations suck so bad in your area! Just one good station that plays all day, every day would have been welcome. At least the record players you get to play what you like.
@robinsattahip2376
Жыл бұрын
1946 when Dixie was a great place to be.
@KameraShy
Жыл бұрын
I was expecting and would have liked to have seen close ups of how the transformer was mounted to the speaker. Maybe some viewers could have suggestions.
@tomsherwood4650
Жыл бұрын
I have one exactly like it in perfect condition. Functional but no sign of any service work. Even has the original black wire antenna rolled up inside. Will pick up local stations quite satisfactory with the wire not even fully unrolled. The thing has a small speaker in a small metal case. Thus not hardly hi fi. I have left it just completely factory orgiinal, as it is not a radio I would want to use for regular listening anyway and why not preserve one in that state that is perfect, instead of hacking out the original parts and then just leaving it on a shelf after a short use. Now if it needs stuff done like that one, might as well restore it, I guess. This one could go to a museum or something. I got lucky in this instance. You should never assume something that old will work right after so long.
@markmarkofkane8167
Жыл бұрын
Sorry about your mom's health issues. I've dealt with it before myself with both my parents.
@josephmarcotte7536
10 ай бұрын
There are speaker re-coneing repair companies is an option. There's one in our city in florida where I live.
@richardrfiore
Жыл бұрын
Well I would like too offer partical solution for speaker if you salvage the frame from old one you might be able to join it to the new one be able to cut it off with dermal tool
@damusicianstrikesback5337
Жыл бұрын
Hope the the best for you mom bud. If you have leave YT for a very long time, please do. Family first. 🙏 That a very cool radio. Not only a city radio, but also blends in well in the kitchen. Hope you can find a proper speaker for it. If I run across one with the transformer mount @ 4 ohms (I believe most these are in that range), I’ll hit you up on FB.
@Jammerk40
Жыл бұрын
Well one day I hope you find that replacement speaker to get better sound because that one is tinny!
@jeffreyhickman3871
Жыл бұрын
That looks so much like 👍 the metal Firestone radio 📻, which I also think 💭 is a 1947. Fireworks 💥 really take place with bad power cords. By your description, it doesn’t sound like 👍 this radio 📻 is a station 🚉 magnet 🧲. Ya can get this little radio 📻 running 🏃♂️, and in tip🔝 shape. Good 😊 thing, you’ve got a variac like 👍 device on this (the bulb 💡), which will take the brunt, if there’s any sort of power surge 💥. Your friend, Jeff.
@randyab9go188
Жыл бұрын
I know it sounds awful but can you remove the bracket from the old speaker and JB weld it to the new speaker? Sometimes you just got to do what you got to do.
@MrBearr.
Жыл бұрын
Bro cool video
@RetrofIex
Жыл бұрын
Question- Have you worked on or are familiar with the Mid-80s Hitachi CT2647 tv? It had a glass panel and a nice wooden panel cabinet style build quality. I had one as a kid.
@muhammadrafique3903
Жыл бұрын
Sir great nice RAFIQUE MASTOI DG Khan Pakistan 🏝🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰
@scottrogers5563
Жыл бұрын
Do you have a place online for chatting? I have a quick question pertaining to a recently acquired Fisher turn table 502 (probably early 70s). The right channel hums. We may chat more if you are interested.
@dronetrooperfpv7810
Жыл бұрын
Do you still have the 1963 RCA Portable New Vista? I would like to buy it if you would be willing to sell.
@rciancia
Жыл бұрын
Are you sure that radio does not have AVC ? :P
@jasonthejawman5442
Жыл бұрын
It's been a long time
@vvdvlas8397
Жыл бұрын
4 лампы в таком маленьком радио! 4 tubes in such a small radio!
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