RESORING A MAGISTIC CHEST RADIO
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- This session we work on a very collectible Magistic chest radio. This is quite rare and will end up in my collection. It was picked up at an auction for $120. It is unknown if it works or not.
Never miss a video from Ron! Always the best!
Hi Ron ,hope your healthy .Looking forward to your next video,I would love to have a tour or your collection you have shown so many things I didn't know where created it is fascinating to think of the wonders you have and without you sharing they would be lost to the odd blurred pictures in a vintage magazine on the back advertisement page that is lost forever. Stay well,best wishes
Great work as always! That radio isTruly a "Treasure"!
Those Majestic engineers were a bit whimsical, I would say. Thank you for another fun and informative video.
Always inspiring to watch a master at work.
We missed you!. Nice gem!. Thank you!.
Keep em Coming Ron, the variations in designs is amazing, and it’s great to see them all.
Glass linger you are good at restoring vintage shortwave receivers and alignment of vintage shortwave receivers my friend 😅😅😊
I think this is a Majestic 381 from 1932. Same as a model 380. Transformer got hot and leaked on the chassis.
Someone replaced the three E caps after that happened but they were very low value of caps at 4,8,and 10uF
probably at 450 Volts. Good idea putting a fuse in it Ron! Note the rectifier socket may also need some attention.
You got a great deal at the auction!
Always a treat to see a new radio resto vid from you! Nice Majestic. Those early '30's novelty radios have so much charm.
Glass linger your vintage a magistic chest receiver is awesome my friend 😅😅😊
I love that little radio! How unusual.
I can just see this in a boys room, with some “gold” jewelry and coins scattered around that top board.
Merci pour la vidéo, toujours un plaisir de vous voir travailler =)
I love the design of this radio. I certainly was'nt expecting it to work. :) Great score.
Wow what a great idea for a radio! A real good enclosure for the speaker with nice grilles on the front & sides, so you can listen to it with the lid down! Brilliant! And those knobs you found for it! - geez I hope you took a cast of at least one of those they were beautiful mate, almost too good to give away! Little bakelite jewels!
There y'are Ron a business opportunity forya! Antique radio & equipment knobs reproduction castings!
This radio is a treasure, and so are you! Nice to see you again
Hi Ron I enjoyed your video very cool looking old radio I get a few in like that but not like that one it's always good to see your work you're so professional and good at what you do looking forward to see some more of your videos will always be there to enjoy them please continue to be safe and may God bless you and keep you safe always your friend Dave
A unique looking radio, Ron, nice that it is in working order.
Glass linger your utube videos are awesome my friend 😅😅😅😊
Thank you, I always look forward to seeing your videos.
The antenna 🤣...
You save masterpiece to tresure.. great job 😄🎉🎊🎉🎊👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Glass linger you did not have to restore the a magistic chest receiver that is awesome my friend 😅😊😊
Cool little radio. Thanks for the look inside.
I really enjoy these repair radio videos. With all your knowledge on radios and making exotic vacuum tubes have you ever designed a radio telescope dish or horn? The 21cm 1420 MHz is very popular for monitoring the neutral hydrogen-line in astronomy like the NML Cygni is a 'red hypergiant' star situated within the Cygnus constellation. 😎 Thank you.
i hadnt seen any allearts on my youtube main page . i was wondering if you were still around . i am glad you are . i do enjoy watching your restorations of these radios and even experimentation on making tubes.
I have had this weird tube for many MANY years that looks like it came out of one of your type of radios, full wave rectifier ( GE JAN-CDR-1641 ) found it in a pile of stuff when I was in HS, and held on to it, now i see people selling for insane prices. :O
I don't know where you looked but I found plenty of examples of this set online.
It's literally called the Majestic Treasure Chest, model 381, built in 1933.
The mis-spelling I did was the problem. I put the g instead of the j. Oh well. Thanks for the info!
always love your videos, Fascinating to watch, Thanks for sharing :-)
Your man has arrived 😅😅😅❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us 💖
Glasslinger your Magistic chst radio Receiver from the 1930s is cool 👍
I think they called that model a Pirate Treasure Chest radio. Looks like a TRF with one stage RF, a Tetrode (pendode tetrode connected, but why???) detector, and one stage of audio.
Ron, try 1933 Majestic model 381 chest radio.
Really good, Ron! keep going!
Every time I see your setup I cry over the huge tube making lots of tungsten and endless borosilicate from the lab I ended up leaving behind because I exhausted myself moving tons of kovar and alloy42
Nice radio, thanks for the video.
Great timing. I have one of these to restore.
Hopefully you have the luck I had! All the caps in the pot can were good so I didn't have to chop all that out! (potential nightmare!)
You are the best, Ron! And I've wanted one of those Majestic radios for my collection for a while. I just haven't been able to find one at a reasonable price.
Nice job as always!
That is a very unique and pretty radio Ron! I'm wondering how they planned to let all that rectifier heat escape the case? Other than the open bottom there appears to be no path for the rising heat to escape!
I am guessing they either didn't consider this, or they hoped the large size of the box would dissipate the heat. The heat would definitely be a factor in how long the capacitors last!
Nice to see you again :):)
Yay! Ron’s back!
I did a little digging. It's the 381 Pirate Chest.
Thanks. I wrote that on the label in the radio for later on!
Beautiful Magistic Radio. Thank you For the Great Video. 73 Malek KI7DYM
Yes this is a Majestic Treasure Chest 381
I’m in New Jersey ❤❤can we go out to dinner please 🙏
I enjoyed that! Thank you :)
I'm working on a 1941 portable all American five and was wondering were best to order caps for it? Love the chest radio. Frist time iv seen.
For small quantities Antique Radio Supply company is fine. For larger quantities (25 and up) use Mouser Electronics or Digikey.
You have a truly majestic chest!
the knobs in came with look original.
Can I turn your knobs 😂😂😂😅😅😅
You are one amazing talent. I was watching your 49 TV resto in the pink dress and I was wondering don't you ever worry about getting grease or paint on it?
No. I have plenty of other dresses to wear if that one gets stained! :)
@@glasslinger really enjoy your videos, hope you're okay
my new goal is to have a stash of spares like yours :).
I think I come under the title of "electronics hoarder." Every square foot of the house is packed with stuff. I need a bigger house!
Can you make a video showing your radio collection? I bet it is speechless.
Having the chassis mounted upside down in the case is a recipe for having tubes come loose and heat cooking everything. Interesting cabinet style but not good for the radio guts.
What a wonderful piece of history. I have just found your site and have subscribed. What value fuse would you recommend to fit in these old radios?
Look at the power rating of the radio on the label. Calculate the fuse to be about double the power rating. If the radio is missing the label, use a 1/2 amp slow blow fuse for radios with a small transformer and a 3/4 amp fuse for larger transformers.
@@glasslinger thank you for your reply. As you can probably guess I am a relative beginner in radio restoration. My father and grandfather were both radio repair men, and now I am retired i need a hobby to keep me sane. Thanks again. Terry
Wow its beautiful
I’m 65 but I look younger 😂😂😂❤❤
Your supervisor was requesting some camera time at the end!
It was her lunch time. :)
The only thing left to fix is the Title to ResToring or ResTored. Also, was it a model 380?
may you live long, we need more genouses like you i hope you have kids , , your one of the smartest persons i know , thank you for sharing , looking forward for more vods thanks again
The title has a typo. Not a criticism. Just a heads up in case you wanted to change it. Great work as always 👍
Glasslinger your Magistic chst radio Receiver is cool
is there a way to get the real world news to russia? the people have not much of an idea of what is going on.. when i was a kid there were things like "Radio Free Europe" thanks
Yeah!! And also "Don't stop making tubes! I'll pay in crypto....;-)
I have a radio someone tried it make way back in the 1920s,they have two tubes, both missing, no idea what they used, and no tuning capacitor, just two rheostat and a big mass of sting covered wire and a brass pin secector on the other side, an option for galena on the front and I have no idea what they were aiming at...and the amount of wire connectors on top! Ayayay
I would bet the tubes are 01-A. That was the most popular (and cheapest) tube back then. Many times the radio used the capacitance of the antenna to sort of tune the set.
@@glasslinger thanks for that so much! I'll have to take a deep look!
Soooo cool.
Top very good!.
So I just checked and this appears to be a majestic model 381, about December 1932/33
Oops, I should have watched it further, you got pretty close with the guess! Turns out those knobs were original however
I saw a chest radio the other day that was Bakelite
Hello! Is there any way I can get in touch with you? Thanks so much for the content!
Go through the youtube or google messaging system. I can't put my contact info in the comments here because of spammers.
@@glasslinger totally understand. Thanks a bunch. However I don't see where I can do that. Usually on the about page there is a link to email via captcha but I dont see it. I hate to ask you to email me(listed on my about page) but if you can help me find that info you mentioned, I will do so.
happy holidays,.,.
Hello,
tried to visit your website. It is offline. Is there a new website or other way to get the website content? I found the whole thing very instructive and interesting and wanted to get a few tips from there.
The cost went to $450 per year to host it so I cancelled it. I was only getting a few visits per week, and sometimes none in months. I lost the address of the archive. Sorry.
@@glasslinger Thanks for the reply and the info, I just noticed that I am stupid like Hell. It is still posibile to find your website over the Roleback Machine.
Ps: It is a great website for Tubemaking an to know how to build the equipemente.
great teacher. Live and learn Mr.Carlson
ron is smarter than carlson
@@dennisqwertyuiop Oh come on! He's really a very bright and competent engineer! I admire his work greatly. (if I can stay awake!) All he needs is a good video editor! :)
Nice
Treasure!
Greetings:
Majestic (no G)
Would an In line fuse holder be safer incase live end comes off and touches chassis? That's what my supervisor cat is telling me to ask.
I sometimes put the fuse in heat shrink and use it to connect the wires to the fuse without soldering and insulate everything at the same time. It's smaller and easier to use
Those blue caps are new
nice
When are you going to post some more video's? We miss you.
More on the way. Sometimes I get bogged down on other "necessity" projects. In the meantime you could watch one of Mr. Carlson's videos! They are so long maybe I will have another video posted by the time it is over! :)
@@glasslinger I would still like to hire you to restore, no cosmetic, my dads portable radio. It sounds so bad. Are you interested? Thanks
@@lannyreed8863 Sorry, no time.
Man I would have tested to make sure the fuse worked before reassembling it with my luck it would blow 😂
I have my electronic fuse where I plug in everything I work on. It is set to below the fuse in the radio.
Are you still dressed for bed 😅😅😅
For the oddest reason, this video never showed when it was uploaded🙈
yay hi ron
I thought I saw on the sticker the name spelled "Majestic" Hmmm???
Hey there i just worked on Philips B5X44A i got it recapped but i can't receive FM stations anymore any idea what could cause it?
"Any more" seems to indicate that you originally could. If that is the case, carefully check your work on the re-capping. Something put to the wrong place. It can happen! I have done it myself!
@@glasslinger thank you
I had to laugh when you said at the beginning, you don’t trust other peoples work. smh
I don’t trust your work!! And I’m being serious!!!
You have (apparently) very limited experience. I have MANY years experience so I KNOW what works and what doesn't. (yes, I'm old!)
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Where do you live sweetheart ❤❤❤
I sold one of these models on eBay since I could not find a few replacement tubes.
Do you have google? Type in "antique radio tubes" and there are dozens of sellers of all types. Tubes are not a problem in repairing old radios.
@@glasslinger I couldn’t find the G84, 57AS, or G89. There was one tube when I found mine at an estate sale. Replaced the caps and searched eBay for a few months hoping they popped up but none of them did.
@@televisionforever Ah! I see your problem! The tube numbers are odd in the Grigsby line. The tubes are 57, 58, 84, and 89. These are common tubes that cost less than $10 each.
@@glasslinger Ahh that makes sense. I didn’t know if they had to be those specific sand coated tubes. Thank you!
hello hello
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Very cool, Please correct the title of the video in "restoring". Thanks...
Majestic..??
Probably. Didn't catch it when editing!
@@glasslinger No problem.. Very good jobs you do ! Keep up !
resoring or restoring ???
Got past me! OW! :)
It would've been so nice to live in the 1930s, when people like you were taken off to the funny farm
I really don't want to join you there!
Today we lack people who can repair these and even make tubes from scratch. But that's my least concern.
Why should people like him go to the funny farm?
Fortunately we've made progress in mental health care since then, so we're better equipped to support harmless people like Ron when they're victims of abusers such as you, and therapy is available to help resolve your irrational hatred.
No one care what he's wearing. He shares valuable knowledge. But heck in the 1930s, you could still beat the crap out of someone because you didn't like what they said?
Looks like you are a typical hater when I look at your other comments. Find yourself another hobby and stop bothering other people with your discriminating comments.
"RESTORING A MAJESTIC RADIO" --- LEARN TO READ AND SPELL !!!
Learn courtesy.
@@ethelryan257 Kiss my what ?
Spelling flames are very lame. Please respect the genius.