AWA 509M Radio Pt 3 Final - Love it or Hate It?
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- With the chassis looking good I still have a few things to do. I need to align it, make a new dial lens using compressed air, manufacture a new brass tuning slug and other bits and pieces.
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Certainly not a masterpiece of great industrial design, but I loved watching you restore it with impeccable detail and finesse! Thank you sooo much!
Thank you Nicholas 😀
Your patience and ingenuity are incredible!
Thank you Shannon 🙂
That's why you're David Tipton... Making of dial cover... Splendid, Excellent....❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️....
Thank you once again Kushal 🙂
I think it looks and sounds great...nicely done!
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Joseph 😊
Once again you've gone way be on what I expected! Nice David.
Thanks pi-duino 👍🙂
well done with the missing parts 👍👍👍
Thanks Ibrahim 😀
Your attention to detail is 1st class
Hi tegwyn7, thank you 😃
very nice job
Thank you Mike 🙂
A very nice resto David, you have dun it again. Congratulation to a job well dun.
Thank you Claes 👍😀
Its a masterpiece to me Mr Tipton.
Thanks @CASHSEC 😊
Again mate, beautiful work start to finish!
Thank you Bob 👍🙂
Well Done!
Thank you Björn 😀
Used to make record player plastic tops with a big heater and a vacuum pump over wooden blocks as the mold in the 70s Auckland.
That would have been interesting to see Michael 🙂
This looked like a tough one. It's therapeutic watching you detect and solve problems. If that was me, I'd need to go in the back yard to scream every 15 minutes. I didn't think the fabric would work and I wasn't sure about the domed plexi. I now think the domed plexi works because the radio itself is dome shaped. There is symetry. The cloth. Well, I have a weakness for patterns, but the cage style bars is unusual enough to cacth ones attention. Well done Dave!
Thanks Tyrone. Yes, I'm still not sold on the cloth, it looks Ok but that's all 🙂
Very impressed, especially with the perspex screen. It really helpful to see all the steps as well as mistakes. Thanks for leaving them in. In the UK we call the frame for the speaker fabric a "bezel" but it's not commonly used, I've only learnt it since taking up the hobby.
Hi John, thank you. I normally think of a bezel as the outer ring of things like a watch or anything with a frame. I guess that would apply to the speaker frame 😃 Love the UK in the summer, I'm in two minds in the winter but there is always the pub 😄
@@DavidTipton101 we baking at the moment and all Furloughed at home in the garden. It must be like living in Australia. I could get used to this. My workshop at home overlooks the sea and distant Dunkirk at Walmer. don't think many of the pubs will survive in Walmer or Deal after this. Thanks for the videos, they are excellent and are really helping my nascent hobby.
Awesome job!
Thank you Peter 😀
Brilliant stuff David. Obviously watching these out of sequence as you now have a lathe. Such attention to detail. I learn something every time. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Martin, the lathe has paid for itself 🙂
David, you are a genius.
No genius Fred, I just keep plodding along 🙂
great work. Love your videos.
Thank you Monte 🙂
Thankyou so much David....I sat down early this morning and watched #1, #2, quick breakfast then #3. I've never seen so many obstacles in your way! That volume control was a mystery to me; making that tuning slug was some doing! Don't remember seeing this video back in 2019. Walt in Miami
Hi Walt, thank you. That was a very early video when it took three episodes to do a simple fix 😄
Hi David this. Is quite a restoration. The set looks really good and the design is almost funny. I don’t know what the designers were thinking when they made it. A cross between a Dalek and some art nouveau piece.
I loved how you made parts with limited tools, like turning the brass rod in the drill press and using the electric drill as a lathe. I do this a lot. One tip I learned from this video is to rest the file on a block of wood, keeping it stable and accurate. My drill press now has a worn bearing and the chuck wobbles. I bought it in1985 a cheap Ryobi. Time for a new one.
Hi Robert, yes, early days for me on this project, I had to use what I had. It's not the best looking radio around, maybe it looked good back in the day. Thanks Robert 👍🙂
31:38 Looks "reasonable" ? You're kidding 😂 Such a wonderfull job, David 👍🤝 Cheers, Nard
Hi Nard, Thanks 😀
Love that spastic work very cool
I assume you mean plastic, thanks PHILSWINGIT 👍🙂
@@DavidTipton101 I did mean plastic spell check would choose that word thanks for
Your great tips all the best
Phil
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Impressive!
Thanks Richard 👍🙂
it looks amazing
Thanks Neil 😀
Well you certainly had your work cut out with this one David but a great job it sounds really good and as for the cloth that looks great................................................Berni
Thanks Berni 😃
Great!
Thank you Suad 😀
Excellent series, the radio itself is so ugly it is a nice piece. Interesting to see what Australian manufacturers were doing immediately post war. The set has an art nouvelle feel. Rounded but simple. Very pre war circuitry. Great work David, interesting to set you recreate parts pre lathe.
Hi Alan, It looks like art egg crate to me. It's a prewar radio rushed out after the war which was common practice with lots of manufacturers to get some money coming in. Pre-lathe were the bad old days 😄
Best electronic restorer on CZcams.
Thank you Paul, much appreciate your comment 😄
Wow, that turned out really well. Your innovative talent is something we seldom see these days.
Hi Graham, thank you 👍🙂
You never cease to impress the viewer when restoring an old radio. The success you consistently have with things such as that brass rod/nylon insulator for the antennae tuner, the new lens on the face in front of the tuning dial and then the electrical rebuild and repair always seem to come out splendidly. I learn a lot watching you do this stuff, especially one so difficult as this one was, there are many good sound lessons in this radio repair. Keep up the good work sir, it is a good thing for aspiring radio rebuilders.
Hi Jeff, thank you, it would be good it young ones are inspired to take up the hobby 🙂
Wow!... I know your post here is old, but I only just saw it!! Thumbs up!!
Interestingly, Re: your clear front panel heating/distortion... I was about to try that myself shortly, when an ancient radio I've ordered finally arrives. But instead of air-pressure, I was going to mount it upside down, and use a slightly rounded cornered and edged 'weight' using gravity, to do the forming after heating?? Wish I had your Workshop!!! :-)
Hi Glenn, Air pressure is better for round or oval lenses. I did another radio lens with a mould and press. czcams.com/video/K8BX31kXDWE/video.html
@@DavidTipton101 O.M.G. David... I just checked it out. (Slowly getting through your videos)...
That's EXACTLY what I will need to do!! for mine!! Thanks so much for your work, mate. :-)
Every part of this restoration is outstanding. You should be very proud. The dial cover was inspired. I am in awe of your skills sir.
Thank you so much Lynton 🙂
For the water slide decals, may I suggest clear adhesive backed no heat laminating sheets instead of spray coating. It gives uv protection and does not add much thickness. I have used it for hundreds of vinyl stickers and it lasts for years in direct sunlight.
Thanks Chris, I'll see if I can get some 👍😀
Wow. Excellent project. Thank you very much for sharing the video.
It's my pleasure George 🙂
David, yet again I really enjoyed watching this restoration. Unlike a lot of the other "restoration" people on the internet you go to the trouble of not only fixing the electrical faults but making a lovely job of restoring the chassis and cabinet. A big thumbs up and keep up the good work.
Hi Andrew, thank you. I thought it would be interesting to see the whole process from start to finish, thank you for the feedback 👍😀
Dave, reproducing the brass coil slug, your vacuum plastic dial cover, and making transfer decals
on the rear the chassis shows your attention to detail. I suspect you are quite successful in your chosen career.
Thanks for letting me look over your shoulder.
Hi Mack, thank you. I had a very successful career but am now retired so I turned to learning a new trade. You are welcome to look over my shoulder anytime 👍😃
Hi David, watching all three videos was great, you really give a sense of being there yourself. Seeing that professionals can make mistakes too gave me a little chuckle along the way. I'm not a technician but love restoring old radios and recently repaired two 1959 car radios . You taught me a few things and want to thank you! Would love to learn more on silver mica distortion.
Hi Hayden, thank you for your comment, I'm glad you got something from my videos. I'm learning as I go along here so I make lots of mistakes 🙂 I've had a few radios with silver mica disease so one's bound to come up again and hopefully I can video it. Cheers.
Very nice restoration and sounds great. I really like the new lens you made, very clever.
Thanks Phillip 😀
So, that's why my short wave receiver picks up few stations. The rig does work, I checked it with my signal generator using a 100 uV signal. I'd love to
It up a nice long wire antenna in the yard. That's on my to do list. Also I am 76 and should stay off the ladder. Did I mention that I have just finished restoring a Hallicafter S38. The alignment procedure was quite interesting to do.
@@erin19030 The S-38 was my first SW receiver back in 1953 I believe, later I got a BC-348 receiver from a bomber, had to build a power supply for it. Walt in Miami
I like the dome. Nicely done.
Thanks 984francis 😊
Those brass things, I didn't even know what they were or what they were for, RCA radios from the '30 have lots of them. So I had a junk chassis and now I have a bunch of them as spares. Must be nice to have talents. God bless you.
Hi mike, I didn't know either and couldn't find any info about them. Hang on to you supply, you never know 😃
Wonderful restoration. Great job on the plastic for the dial. Inspirational work! Thank you for taking us along!
Hi Jim, thank you, any time 😃
Brillante!!!!
Gracias Oscar 😀
That was a great series, well worth watching. You really know your stuff, Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Graham 🙂
You are a master, Dave. I like post-war styling with its rounded corners, sleek design and "modern styling." Stoves, refrigerators, cars, radios, phonographs. Space-age design from the late '50s and early '60s (which I grew up with), Jetson-style, plasticy, I really don't have a taste for. The AWA just needed a little extra TLC to make it sing again. Edsel? Definitely not!
Thank you CogitoErgoSum SC, it's still a touch and go design for me 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Maybe if you had a pina colada or two, you might like it a little better. Hee, hee!
@@cogitoergosumsc5717 🍹🍹😉
it sounds great looks like brand new people have forgotten what the fabric looked like damn strait up job I would give a hundred and fifty us dollars for it if it ran on 120 volts ac 60htz
Hi Pete, it came out well for one of my early attempts 😀
@@DavidTipton101 it came out really well and creative repairs Dave have you tried to build your self a drill small lathe for non ferrous metals and small work
Thanks for the videos, keep em coming!
Thanks Ideal1980 🙂
David, I am gobsmacked! The dial lens replacement was a genius idea! I've never seen that done before. Kudos once again!
Hi David, thank you. I have used it a few times, I have to say it works better on round lenses
LOVE It >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Thank you so much Syed, I appreciate your comment 🙂
Very good! Looks like a new set. I can recall when I was a kid in the 50's many of the radio's had that curved plastic lens over the tuning legend, of course many of them had a cylinder dial that changed when you switched bands, this was in the USA, I don't recall ever seeing this type of set here, most of the old radio's that we had on the farms around North Dakota were old floor models with fancy wooden cabinets that made them look like a piece of fine furniture. We were poor farmers back then so it was usually the prettiest piece in the house compared to the old red couch and chair set that adorned most living rooms at the time. When at long last we moved to a farm with electric power the television became a centerpiece of the house, but the radio sat next to it, and actually saw more use then our TV's with their wide selection of programming on the two channels we received back then. Thanks for the video, I like learning things, I am of the firm belief that learning something new every day keeps our aging brains active and healthy. Mine has been firing now for over 68 years and it's still fun to learn!
Hi Jerry, thanks for the trip down memory lane, I have a number of floor console models, too many my wife says, and they look and sound great. The American models look grander and had more features than most Aussie ones I've seen, particularly some of the Zeniths, someone will correct me on that I'm sure. We loved our TV but I still liked to curl up in the overstuffed chair we had and listen to a radio show. We need to keep our minds active Jerry, that's why I do the radios, I hadn't look inside one until a couple of years ago and I've learned so much since. Cheers 🙂
That turned out well. Great series. Great work.
Hi tarstarkusz, thank you 😀
The "Hyundai Excel" of vintage radios is once again -drive-able- fully working. Doesn't look or sound too bad. AWA made some good stuff.
Yep it works great RJ 🙂
I love how you find a way to make things work...instead of moaning about not having what you need, you make what you need. Good on ya!!! Would love to spend a few days in your shop with you watching and if at all possible helping you with some projects.
Hi Wayne, it pays to be resourceful sometimes when dealing with old equipment, thanks for your comment 😀
I think you did a fantastic job on this radio. Well done on your creativity and your talents.
Thank Phil 😀
Maybe not the prettiest radio but you made the most of it. Dial cover looks superb, really clever how you did that. Reception is strong and stable, excellent work sir!
Hi Paul, it's a fine radio alright, I'm still not convinced on the looks though, Cheers and Thanks 😃
Realy loved the series, I think it looks great nice job on fixing it up.
Hi James, thank you 😃
A job well done, David. The end product is beautiful not only in the way it looks but the sound is amazing as well. The quality of workmanship is, in my opinion, unmatched. Many people doing restoration just ignore the little details as they won't be seen, but it's nice to see someone put extra effort into the small details.
Thanks TGG 😀
It never occurred to me that water-slide transfers can be varnish sprayed before they're cut out! I need to do that with some internal labels on a Bush TV22.
Yes, it's a good idea and was recommended by the supplier. Ahh, the tiny TV22, good luck with your restoration Janet, I've seen a few on the internet 👍
Great job on those reproduction parts. Good to see one take it to the next level.
Hi Jim, thank you 😃
This is another favorite radio, probably built by American workers, even if built at a different factory. It looks like a world 🌎 band radio 📻 in a way. I just cannot get by without looking at the glass dial face, illuminated by a bulb behind it. Speak of REAL radios 📻, they’re like a ‘57 Chevy Bel Air for the living room. Too nice 👍 to use in a bedroom, or put away in the closet. Very fine quality speaker 🔊 with great sound. I understand that many of these radios are not stereo, but their mono sound beats today’s cheap Chinese plastic stereos and radios, which are junk. A 🏀 ball game will sound great 👍 on this radio 📻, enough that your kids will want to gather around it. Maybe break out with ice cream 🍦 sandwiches 🥪 after dinner 🍴. I think 🤔 this radio is Bakelite by look, but is a very fine radio. I’d be very careful putting the one ☝️ wooden part in the oven. Only a certain amount of heat for a certain amount of time. Even then, don’t forget, since you could accidentally set the part on fire 🔥. Again, beautiful case and chassis. A radio 📻 well worth coming home 🏡 to, after a hard day’s work. All of America should appreciate such radios 📻, funding your CZcams channel.
Thanks Jeffrey, you paint a lovely picture of listening to the game, leaning forward to hear the excitement of the game. Those days are gone but it's great to remember how it was. Cheers 😀
I love the look of the radio. The doomed Lens sets the radio off. Well done David. 73s Joe
Hi Joe, I think I went too far with the lens but it still looks OK. Thank you 👍🙂
Domed not doomed
@@HDXFH lol Took 3 years for someone to catch that typo. Well done. 73 Joe
Love it!
Hi @samhatchwork, thanks for the feedback.
Great work! While peaking the trimmers, reduce signal level as you approach peak = sharper peaks
Good tip, thanks mohider khana 🙂
Nice job on this radio! I just recently found your channel and really enjoy the videos. Thank you for making them!
Thanks wt5v 😊
Usual quality job here David. As usual I was impressed by your problem solving and creativity... the lens (I mean who else would of thought of doing that?) .... the tuning slug just to name a couple.
Thanks again Kenneth, I was originally going to try vacuum to suck the lens into a mold but someone mentioned pressure and that was a great idea, no mold to make. The tuning slug was a mystery, I've not seen one like that before 🙂
Hi David, I like your work and your eye for detail. Ik only wonder about the fabric you use in several restaurations to cover the speaker. Its rather gros texture gives me a typical 60s or even 70s feeling. Wouldn't you like to use a more classic fabric that would better suite the 40s and 50s radios?
Hi Gerard, thank you. Speaker cloth is a huge problem. trying to get it in Oz is difficult. Getting it from overseas is expensive and it never looks the same as what it does on the PC screen when you buy it. As I get better cloth I will change over the ones that can use it. Access to original cloth from the 40 and 50s is near impossible so reproduction is usually the option and it's not available here 😥🙂
Hi David, really great watching you work on these radios. Can you advise me on what signal generator you are using? I am new to all of this and am looking for one and need a guide as to what you can recommend?
Hi @GroverCricketDaisy. Thank you. I think the one I used in this video was my Leader LSG-11. I have an electronic kit generator as well, details are in the "read More.." below my later videos. Any generator will do but it must have AM modulation or the radio won't "hear" it. Marketplace might be a good place to look, The Chinese waveform generators don't have that feature 🙂
I know I'm a year late but very nice work. I especially liked the dial lens production. I have several rectangular ones to make. Have you perfected getting a flat surface instead of the dome? If so, I'd love to get your input. Best, Doc
Hi Doc, thank you. I did a flat dial 'glass' in the link below at about the 21:40 mark. It was crude but it worked. I have some acrylic used for model airplane canopies now which is about 0.70mm thick, I will try that next time. czcams.com/video/K8BX31kXDWE/video.html
No worries Doc, I am a year late too 😃
Once again a marvelous job, David. Such a joy to "join" you on these restorations. Much respect for how you get to the result, but even more for the joy it gives. Cheers from the Netherlands, Nard
I think this was the most beautiful restoration...whereas you would give up..fortunately you give up
Thank you ugur ragip, I'm still not sure if I like the look of this one but well worth preserving I think 🙂
I liked it ... it was really nice ... do not injustice yourself
The radio is not very attractive, but your restoration is beautiful!
Thank you kb9khm 🙂
Hola amigo nocreas que no meacuerdo de ti jenio tealmiro mucho chaoooooo
Hola juan, gracias 😀
Sei un Dio!!!
Grazie ma no, mi piace solo sistemare le cose 👍🙂
Hi David, I watched with much appreciation for your craft. Just a few q's: Can you suggest a good resource for learning the normal process for tuning as you did? Also, does the chassis paint need be conductive?
Thank you Patrick. I'm just getting my head around alignment now and this video was a long time ago. Mr Carlson's Lab knows what he is doing, you may find something there. Electronics Old and New also knows alignment and gives a great explanation of what he is doing. Also try to Google it, you may find something. Sorry I can't be more help 🙄
@@DavidTipton101 That's cool, I like Mr. Carlson's lab, great stuff. Anyway, great job on this.
Skip to 07:13 if the buzzing noise is getting to you
Ha-ha, good idea Hamish 😀
What about the rear? Doesn't it have one of those cardboard backs? Without a back it lets the light shine through the grill cloth.
No back on this radio, not unusual for the time 🙂
Hi David, I am working on exactly the same radio and up to the aligning stage, my question is: where is the multi meter connected and on what setting? VK3
Hi IDQ198. I connect the analogue meter set to AC between the plate of the output valve via a 0.01uF cap and the chassis. This has a strong output so you don't need the speaker blaring so much, the capacitor blocks and DC getting through. You can connect it across the speaker if you like but the volume will need to be higher. You can disconnect one wire from the speaker if you want and connect to that wire but you need to keep the radio volume low so you don't damage the output valve. If you have a 4 Ohm 5 or 10 Watt resistor you can replace the speaker with that while you do the alignment and still connect across the resistor with no noise and the radio volume control position won't matter. If you connect to the plate be aware there is high voltage there. I hope that helps 🙂
The finished radio looks fantastic. The cosmetic restoration really is a work of art. Sounds very clear with good volume. Thanks for an enjoyable video.
Btw are you using webcams for video recording?
Hi birdie399, thank you. Yes, webcams and mobile phones 🙂
Very cool, where do you get your schematics? Thanks
Hi Alan, mostly from radiomuseum.org but I usually just google the model number and brand or whatever till I get a hit. There may be multiple sources available. If I don't know the model number I search on Radiomuseum by brand and approx years to display photos of radios, hopefully my radio will show up 👍😊
OK thanks!
Interesting radio, kinda looks like an electric space heater. Do you ever find yourself at burnout? I think I'm there now. My collection is small and I don't have anything outstanding. Yesterday I was checking out an alignment scheme and went to see how it worked by Dxing the band. The results were good but I was dismayed that there is nothing much worth listening to on AM. It seems that most station are political Pravda, annoying religious programs, hyper sports or loud bad music. I sat back in disgust and asked why am I doing this? So I turned on my vintage newly restored RCA 45 and loaded up about a dozen of my old favorite records , the drifted off back to The 50's. Oh there are stations for that too ! It was time to re-organize and clean up the shop. I'll be selling a few pieces of my work. In the meantime I'm looking at test equipment restoration. I made a living o CEO repairing and testing test equipment. There are no ugly ducklings. You dod a nice job on the radioset work.
Hi Cosimo, Luckily we still have a good selection of stations worth listening to, other cities in Australia are not as lucky as us, hopefully it doesn’t change too soon. I still enjoy doing the radios so not at burnout yet, I take a break now and then. I enjoy listening to records too, I have amassed quite a collection of second hand records that can be got for a song, so to speak 😃
I've rediscovered records since restoring a Philco 1946 Radiogram , 78 Rpm record player and AM radio. Then I landed a 1949 RCA 45 changer player. I revived my Elvis collection.
Nothing like Elvis echoing around the room Cosimo 😃
Just a question where do you get your valves from i need a 6k7 does not have to be a metal package can be glass would be fine willing to pay what ever for it.
Hi Michael, I get most from radio club auctions, the radio club valve bank, eBay or suppliers from the US and Canada. I don't have any 6K7s either.
عزيزي davad هل يمكن ان تبيع لي رايو انا بحاجة لرايو وشكرا... Abdul
أنا آسف عبد ، أنا لا أبيع أجهزة الراديو الخاصة بي 😟
@@DavidTipton101 اسف عزيزي 🥰🌹انت ملك اجهزة الرايو القديمة....... Abdul
@@user-tc5nk6oq7u شكرا لك عبد 🙂
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Sir. Do you work on restoring short wave radios? I am a short wave fan and have 4 decent radios. It would be intetesting seeing the insides of an old short wave radio. Enjoy your videos tremendously.
A lot of the radios I do are also shortwave but not dedicated shortwave. Unfortunately there are few shortwave transmissions anymore 😌
@@DavidTipton101 Short wave has been eclipsed by the internet, that's for sure.
As a former truck driver, I used a CB Radio, and a Road Atlas. All drivers did. But I recently visited with a young trucker just completing his first year driving. I asked him what kind of CB Radio he used. He said he didn't have a CB Radio. He said he didn't need one. So l like a dummy, I asked why. Well, he said he has GPS, and a nifty On-Board computer. e said he had GPS, and an on-board, mounted, computer. I felt like a relic.
I'm not sure what you were doing with those brass rod tuning caps. Never have I ever seen a component like that.
Nor had I until then Cosimo but I have since then seen quite a few and some fitted to Canadian built radios . I don't know what the benefit is, looks an expensive way of doing it 🤔
@@DavidTipton101 I think I saw these in a set once before, many years ago. Not very common.
do you want to sell it?
Hi Cam, not yet, when I have to move due to old age I will have to sell a lot of my radios bit at this stage I will hang on to them. Thanks 🙂
Don't take this the wrong way, I do like the radio design, however it looks like an electric space heater.
I'll put you down as 'hate it' then Cosimeo 😄
The AM Medium-Wave band is actually 535 to 1605 Khz, not 600 to 1500 Khz.
Hi Neil, without watching the video again I imagine I was using 600 and 1500kHz to set the dial cursor and peak the antenna coils. You are correct of course the actual tuning spectrum is somewhat wider than that and about the number you suggest 👍🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Of recent times they've stretched out the top end of the band by another 20 kilohertz into what was once considered "narrowcast" territory("narrowcasting" being where the station transmits a programme on a frequency outside the recognised frequency range on AM or FM).
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@@youtubeviewer7030 We've dealt with that one!
Hi David are uyou in Vic?
No ACHF, I'm in Queensland near Brisbane 👍🙂