You gave that radio a new, refreshing look. Far better than what it was.
@garyjohnson4608
Жыл бұрын
I think the color of the paint looks really good ! By doing the overhaul and painting, you have given this old radio a new lease on life !! It will probably be another 50 years before anything else needs to be done to it.
@dougbrowning82
Жыл бұрын
The model 602 was just brown Bakelite, the 602A had an ivory finish. In 1940, the 602 sold for $16.95, and the 602A was $18.95. Its main feature was the "Phantom Scope" built in antenna, and tone control. Some versions use a 12Q7 detector, while others have a 12SQ7, instead. The radio has nice sensitivity, thanks to the extra 12K7GT RF amp stage in the front end.
@LarryDeSilva64
Жыл бұрын
Well Painting the Arvin was the right thing to do if this set has a chance of being resold. Updating the electronics is never a waste of time. Makes the item more sellable. Thanks for sharing.
@harryshector
Жыл бұрын
Manufacturers of capacitors could not produce larger value electrolytics, or they were expensive. So, LC filters were used to produce smooth DC. Same as the field coil in earlier speakers.
@ethelryan257
Жыл бұрын
Chokes weren't cheap, either. I think the engineers and bean counters must have had epic brawls.
@GeorgeZ213
Жыл бұрын
When i was in electronics school, one student did not realize that electrolytics were polarized. The cap blew with quite a surprising bang. The case hit him in his forehead.
@thomashowe855
11 ай бұрын
Ouch!
@ethelryan257
Жыл бұрын
Glasslinger went into some detail about the use of chokes a while back. It's a more expensive, not less expensive solution and, done properly, can knock the ripple down so far it produces a very noise and hum free, high-quality radio. I don't find your work the least bit boring and enjoy your longer videos. I'm (unfortunately) old enough to remember Arvin's slide from good products to bottom-of-the-barrel junk at the end.
@richroggio
Жыл бұрын
you did a great job on that radio Mr. Radio, it looks and sounds fantastic.
@2packs4sure
Жыл бұрын
I like it but i'd love to see what it would look like with a cobalt blue grill cloth.
@ry491
Жыл бұрын
When I get a radio with very dull bakelite I sometimes just clear coat it . Looks fine . I do like your paint job on that one though. Lovely little radio .
@user-eg3yv3xr7s
10 ай бұрын
The new paint job looks really good ! It's a nice vibrant color !
@fluffyblue4006
Жыл бұрын
Nice job, great paint job. Personally, I'd probably go for a high gloss clear coat, because I like the look of Bakelite.
@eadiew
Жыл бұрын
I may end up in the minority, but I think that’s an excellent color choice, especially with the lighter knobs and handles. If someone really wants it in the original color, ivory spray paint isn’t expensive. I think its future owners will be thrilled with this color, though.
@edwardhannigan6324
Жыл бұрын
Much better with that bright yellow, kicks it up a gear for sale..! Great video with info..Ed..uk..😀
@Wil_Bloodworth
9 ай бұрын
Love the result! As someone who is truly OCD, I am not quite sure you know what it actually means. LOL. However, what you do in almost no time would take me a year.
@hestheMaster
Жыл бұрын
Iron core choke is used with a permanent magnet speaker and smart because the capacitance of the two electrolytics is low. Like 10uF and 20 uF in this radio. The choke does just that , chokes down the ripple or gap of the low to high DC voltage ( B+) to a minimum and smoothes it out. I knew you were going to paint it yellow ! OK , I admit it doesn't look too bad with the different shade on the knobs and handle.
@glenpitts6813
Жыл бұрын
Ive used a buffing wheel on those with a mirror finish.
@1mctous
Жыл бұрын
I'd also replace the Micamold cap which isn't actually mica. They're just a plastic covered paper-and-foil cap.
@PapiDoesIt
Жыл бұрын
I don't know what it is about this radio, but I'm completely smitten by it. The color you chose is perfect.
@rivards1
Жыл бұрын
Your taste in color design is FAAAAb-ulous 🙂
@garyjohnson4608
Жыл бұрын
What was " controversial " about this repair ? It's an old tired radio that needs some attention.
@_wave64_
Жыл бұрын
Click bait, so that you'll watch it till the end
@johnbravo7542
Жыл бұрын
The yellow!
@ethelryan257
Жыл бұрын
I think it's Seth's way of passively-aggressively getting a bit of his own back at the arm-chair experts. You can take a boy out of Dixie, but you can't take Dixie out of the boy. I wouldn't be surprised if he replied to some of the nastier commentators with a hearty: Why, bless your heart. The man earns a living understanding design.
@nathanmoak1515
Жыл бұрын
i would have painted it buck rogers silver instead of school bus yellow, but that's me. handle, knobs and grill cloth black.
@terryblackman6217
Жыл бұрын
I have never found your videos boring, I enjoy every one.
@mohinderkaur6671
Жыл бұрын
It has RF amplifier! great!
@genehammond7239
Жыл бұрын
That looked great old but modern !!!
@johnnytacokleinschmidt515
Жыл бұрын
12:00 stand up the loop antenna into the vertical plane. Also it's, "cathode bypass capacitor, not cathode bias." 16:35 probably added capacitance to the antenna circuit. Try the RF alignment adjustments on the tuning condenser. I like the colors. Almost a little butterscotch color. Great work.
@iceberg789
Жыл бұрын
looks so cool
@ejonesss
Жыл бұрын
1. you are very lucky you did not destroy the rectifier tube because often the main capacitor is bad and shorted or very low resistance and will destroy the rectifier tube. 2.the radio needs to be re capped probably all the caps are failing or shorted and could cause problems. 3. another capacitor called a death cap needs to be removed as it can short and send line voltage directly into the chassis often the death cap is used as a grounding cap and is intended to connect the neutral to the chassis many of the older radios do not have polarized plugs so a 50/50 chance of the hot side connecting to the chassis making it live. while the knobs on the front are bakelite or something non conductive there are exposed screws on the bottom that goes right into the chassis and can become live. 4. the 2 transformers could either be 1 for the filament heaters and the other for the b+ or the second one could be an audio transformer or even a suppression choke. 5. the grounding of the grids could be if the tubes have any unused elements. in modern electronics it is customary to ground all unused pins of an ic like logic gates to prevent interference. so maybe it was cheaper to use a dual or even a tripple tube rather than a single.
@kevinpayne2208
Жыл бұрын
The colors are fine, screw the nay sayers. You Could paint the little circle, between the wings, even knob color, for contrast.
@user-ir6wv3gp4f
Жыл бұрын
**RELAXING IN YOUR LA-ZEE BOY EAZY CHAIR. IF YOU PUT A TOILET BOWL IN YOUR CHAIR (WHERE YOU SIT), YOU CAN CALL IT ""THE LA-ZEE BOWL"": ITS PLUSH WHEN YOU FLUSH!!** --- TIM ALLEN
@SDS-1
Жыл бұрын
Looks great 😃
@larrygreenwood6923
4 ай бұрын
What size and voltage safety cap did you use ? got an emerson 510
@davidfaxon5923
Жыл бұрын
😁 I only watch this for the ducks!
@robertgaines-tulsa
Жыл бұрын
The color reminds me of school bus/safety yellow or mustard. The color combo is a bit gaudy. I mean, I won't knock it if it's what people really want. Definitely not my cup of tea, though.
@ronrowlinson5308
Жыл бұрын
Hey, just watched the video, which was great, but I noted a possible fault. Did you forget to put the grommet for the power cord in the chassis? I saw it hanging inside the chassis on the power cord. Not being picky, and I know you do so many radios, we all forget or miss things at times. Please dont take this the wrong way as I enjoy your video.
@vintageradios7790
Жыл бұрын
School bus yellow, YUCK!!!
@tommynygaardjensen8398
11 ай бұрын
She just ruined a cool radio 😔
@_Scintill8tor
Жыл бұрын
Why back in the day did they solder everything on top of each other??
@mitchellwiggins3572
Жыл бұрын
Where can i buy a reworked Radio
@paharivinesall
Жыл бұрын
Nice trick
@Spinster_Phobic
Жыл бұрын
Hi see if you can get one of your "tech savy" viewers to set up an online Auction as another way to raise $ 💵 for the Org. 👍
@michaelpetersonjr
8 ай бұрын
Hi. Do you realize that you're a KZitem troll?
@lesjones5684
7 ай бұрын
Why all of the junk 😂😂😂
@waynebrettzky99
Жыл бұрын
Mister AA5, where the consoles at?
@rayrussell6258
Жыл бұрын
OK, just a small flame. lol Yellow???? I don't mind the painting, but somebody's wife is gonna be annoyed when he brings it home. The yellow won't match with her interior decorating! lol
@tommynygaardjensen8398
11 ай бұрын
You ruined it with that color .you should have polished the bakelite 🤔
@robinsattahip2376
8 ай бұрын
Turn it off in the middle of the National Anthem, my kind of American.
@misterradio5035
7 ай бұрын
Excuse me? What are you trying to say son?
@pibbles-a-plenty1105
Жыл бұрын
RE the new livery - two yellows -yuk! The only thing missing that attracts today's spendthrifts is tattoos.🤨
@Apostrophe65
Жыл бұрын
It looks nice but in reality you rendered it worthless by painting a radio that never came in colors.
@ethelryan257
Жыл бұрын
Wrong. First of all, this radio came from the factory painted. Try listening. Seth's voice is very pleasant and easily understood. Second, his choice of colors leads to the sets selling for good money. Given the alternative is throwing them away, your analysis fails, here, as well.
Пікірлер: 57