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2.2 milliRads per hour is unbelievable....and it was still climbing before you ended measurement. Wow! Edit: And then the Elgin at 26.5 mR/hr! Dont lick the dial lol.

When working on watches with Radium one of the first things to consider are gloves. Next would be ventilation. Then face mask. My biggest worry was you were handling the material without wearing rubber gloves or at least finger cotts. Very informative, thanks. Good Fortunes, Great Successes and Many Blessings 🤝

Where did you get the belts from😊

I bought this watch a year ago and it has spent more time at the shop getting the besel fixed than on my wrist. It is a piece of garbage.

Ripping & tasty

I realize this is the most basic of questions ..When wiring the cinch Jones plugs which plug is positive?

Oops, I've been wearing a 1950 Omega Seamaster every day for the last two years, will get a Geiger counter on it.

I'm wondering is it on the same level as nuclear fallout ingestion

I wish you were not shaking when you made this video. Informative, though- thanks.

Awesome piano. Can't wait to see what it sounds like when it's completely restored including the bass strings. I am from Grand Rapids Michigan and I know that they were originally built in GR before the company was moved to Muskegon by Charles Hackley. Have you looked into restoration?

Very good ! I have a question, there are some metal pieces, if broken, how can i repair..?

Copycats are taking notes

Interesting. Either there are differences between the old and new tools or perhaps yours has been modified? The spring on mine, the Star/Bergeon, doesn’t grip the spindle towards the top like yours, it loosely slides along the spindle hence it will not push the spindle up when the micrometric cap is attached. What makes the spring to grip the spindle?

In the 60's we used to buy what was called "luminous" paint, and make skeletons and skulls of cardboard and paint it on for fun, to frighten people, but it didn't contain any radium, only zinc sulphide and some other phosphors which are harmless. It's quite easy to tell the difference as luminous paint fades quite quickly after exposure to light whereas radium keeps on glowing. I always wanted to get some as a child, but I'm rather glad I didn't now!

I have an old radium compass that measures 500,000 CPM. Compete with that! lol. Although I have scintillation detector, which is more sensitive than a geiger counter.

Tetangga saya berprofesi sebagai perbaikan arloji meninggal dengan gejala sakit pada gigi dan rahangnya.

You mentioned lubricating the motor at the 15:30 mark. What exactly do you recommend for that? Someone suggested silicone, but I’d rather be sure before I use anything. Thanks for your help!

Q750 is listed as a 2SC1885, which should be a TO-92(L) case, however the one I'm working on (as was yours) is a TO-126 which I can't ID because the heat has dulled the case so much. I'm going to try to find a more robust replacement since I'm still in the middle of repairing this. Marantz receivers are not the most repair-friendly.

Interesting video. I've always loved watches and recently started dabbling with vintage watches. I bought a small bag of old broken watches from someone and started tinkering. It's fascinating learning about a watch and its movement as you fix it. In that process however, I noticed one of them said "ra SWISS MADE ra" on the dial. That put me into a rabbit hole of terror now. I've put them all in tins and away from my work station and ordered a Geiger counter which will be here tomorrow. But I spent a few hours partially tearing down some of these watches oblivious to any dangers. I mean... they're just watches, right? Apparently not. Anyways, I'm hoping for the best when the counter comes in the mail, but I may have just eaten a few years off my life. 😷😢 Lesson learned...

Thanks for the video! I had the problem with the turntable drive bets, except my belts had somehow melted. I hadn't used the turntable in many years since I now mostly listen to mp3s of all my music. I had to remove the turntable to properly clean up the melted rubber from the drive pulleys. Rubbing alcohol and Q-tips did an excellent job although the job was meticulous and time consuming. I had a problem with the discs spilling out after reassembly. The problem was that the tabs on the turntable shield in the back of the unit actually penetrate the frame. My work surface did not allow the cd changer to sit flat and the tabs pushed back out of the frame openings. I never would have thought that Sony would have created a situation where the shield cound be pushed loose simply by setting the cd changer on an uneven surface.

I have this same watch (white dial) and this checks out. Thanks for the info 😊

Needs more views

I just discovered that I have owned, for about 4 years, a most likely radioactive Soviet tank clock. The watch was WITHOUT GLASS. I kept the watch mostly in a cardboard box, in a wardrobe drawer, near the underwear and clothes I wear every day. I don't know what level of radiation we're talking about because I don't have the instrument to measure it. What about the other wristwatches (without radio) that were kept in the same box, will they be contaminated? Should I worry? Do you have any general advice for me?

I'm so glad to hear someone finally tell the truth about the construction of the 2238B. I've had mine since new in 1978 (still have the box, packing materials, owner's manual, sales receipt). The right channel went silent decades ago for all inputs. I've paid for repairs two or three times--those repairs last for a while and then the channel goes silent again. Now the Marantz functions only as a switched outlet for a Bluetooth converter for a modern Sherwood receiver. I can't put the Marantz back in the box, though, for sentimental reasons and because it looks so damn cool.

Tom hanks , is that you ???

Great review details on pro and cons

I have never had a problem with mine

This is eye opening and should have a lot more views. Isn’t there a storage box you can buy that is lined such that it eliminates most or all of that discharge?

the best video, to replaced backside belts. All the others have you trying to replace from the inside versus the backside panel, NICE VIDEO!

Hello, I have this but it is broken. pity

Nice job on that baffle!

I'm doing a gut reno on a '56 GA-6 right now. They're pretty shitty amps, construction wise... but yeah all the sockets were on rubber grommets for vibration reduction.

I just worked on a Ga18T Explorer that had a 15 amp fuse in it 😂. The amp was basically fine and just needed the electrolytics and tremolo recapped. Sounds great. Built a new hardwired tremolo pedal for it too.

bought the busiest dial on the planet and complains about legibility 🤣🤣

Is there a source of the song? I want to play it when drive.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! I was able to replace the belts on my 18 year old CD changer following your simple clear instructions. Thank you thank you

Your hands didn't do much as Radium's decay ist mostly Alpha. Your hands are in paper. Alpha particles don't pass paper.

I have Gibson ga-20 which looks identical except mine has 3-12ax7's. The rust is a little character addition to a very cool amp. Clean it up a little and let it rip!

Replaced all 3 belts (even though the one under the carousel was fine) but this keeps happening, the carousel always stops one or so slots away from the clamp, then the carousel goes back and forth and then it ends up in table error. Have reset all belts and checked that all teeth on gears are fully set. What is causing this?

Wow! Scary stuff 😳

Your Geiger counter still would be unable to pick up the alpha radiation with a pancake probe due to it being blocked by the glass however you will be able to pick up more low energy betas coming off of them

10 years later and I can finally play piano, but I doubt I could pull this off again. Fuck!

I have the CB100 model the one that came out before it bout 2008..had not probs with it but yeah the grounding set up if it's the same on mine isn't the best that's for sure

This is why I only buy vintage tube amps.

I own this watch and have no trouble at all reading the time. The hands create a break in the circle which makes it very easy to read. Totally agree on the lume its terrible and the rubber band, I wore it for about 1 min and packed it away with the box. I put it on a nice caramel leather strap.

Just trying to blow some dust off these old drawers, and this happened. No, this is not really a valid stripping technique. Somebody painted over clear varnish and the pain't didn't stick very well. Once the compressed air started getting underneath the paint it just kept blowing more and more of it off. I was only running about 90 PSI.

Don’t work for shit seems like

I liked for the notification that went off

I get this one in Black and I can not be more happier, ultra precise, quite eye catching. Mido is hitting far above than its supposed weight class. Best bargain.