The alarm noise and the cat! :-)) Classic :-D

"In an effort to waste as much of my life as possible..." 🤣 Kicked another goal with this one.

DOES THIS DAY GET ANY BETTER! Just home from work on a Friday, sat down to eat dinner and there is a new video from Dave. BEST FRIDAY NIGHT EVER

Another brilliant restoration. I love to watch you machine small parts and bring the case back from the dead. Thanks David. 73 de KB7ICI....Bill

I especially like the videos of radios that have been dragged behind the car by the line cord. You are amazing Dave. John

David, you take tinkering to a whole new level.

It was great to see you making a part to fix the band select switch. What a problem it would have been if you could not get spare parts - so Make Your Own! Thanks Dave.

Thanks. There is something very therapeutic about your videos.

0.3 of a millimeter?? are you kidding me? David, your attention to details like this put the rest of us to shame! No wonder your restorations are so wonderful to watch. That EKCO looks like it go in a showroom. Thanks for your efforts.

My mom had one of these in her kitchen for decades. (UK) Totally reliable. Think she got rid of it in late 1970s 👍

She came up nice again.

"mandatory paint drops" :) perfect job!

Thanks I very much enjoyed the little triumphs along the way to a lovely restoration.

I remember listening to radio Luxembourg back in the day. Great video David.

We follow you with passion, so your style is a source of admiration, respect and appreciation I wish you all the best and luck From Algeria

Great repair. Lots of interesting trouble solutions.

What a great find, and to survived for so long. The work you do, the repacing of the filter caps, and that work on the backing board, just fantastic and another credit to you. Well done !!!

At 20:25, nice work on the main filter CAP! Always enjoy how you take your time! There's a KZfaqr (JL), that just does patchwork!! I WOULDN'T ALLOW HIM TO TOUCH ANYTHING OF MINE! Sure glad I do my own!!!

David, this one had eluded me and I'm so glad I happened upon it! Once again I'm in awe of your resourcefulness and maniacal will to restore with authenticity! I'm also a huge soccer/football fan! Thanks again!

I like the capacitor restuffing and I was surprised by the way you fixed the back material, makes total sense.

Woo the way you restored the radio nice job the replaced caps will do fine especially hiding them in the old cans.

Welcome back David. I've missed the exquisite attention to detail, so a teatime sit down to see an old UK radio brought back to a condition as good if not better than new. Thanks for sharing

I really enjoyed the effort put into restuffing that electrolytic can. Very Nice!

My great grandmother in England had an Ekco similar to that in the 60's when she spent a few years living with my grandparents. Not rare, but I was happy to see it on here. As far as the dial lights... I had a very inexpensive Crosley without one, and Philco's cheapest cathedral in 1932 (model 51) also went without a dial light. Part of it was cost savings, but part of it was a way to upsell the entry-level "I just want a cheap radio that works!" customer to a better model with that very noticeable feature!

I always feel good after your videos. Well done as usual Dave.

Another wonderful job Dave! Nice to see a UK set and recognize the Athlone transmitter on the dial, sadly no longer in operation but served the UK and Ireland for many years. I recognized the unmistakable voice of veteran broadcaster Jimmy McGee who worked for RTE, Irish TV and radio, and guess this was the 1986 World Cup when England lost to Argentina? I was about 15 but remember that quiet well. Beautiful radio, expertly returned to all its glory. Keep up the great work!

Well done. You bring it back to life. Best regards from Aden Yemen.

Perfection made person, nothing more to say. Simply impressive the good work and the love you put into what you do. I hope that the issue related to your health goes well. Greetings from the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.

May 13, 1955...yes that was a great year. I was blessed to join the U.S. Navy in 1978 when tube radios and radar were still on the ship. Thanks for helping me bring back fond memories of aligning UHF radios.

Another nice restoration David. The resistor across the dropper, which I figured as soon as it appeared was a repair, reminds me of the dropper failing on our Bush TV125 dual standard TV. The repairer didn’t have a spare so wedged a screwdriver to bridge the beak. Worked for a week while the replacement came in. It failed again a few years later but we had to wait as it failed in two places. Droppers can be notorious, I learned at an early age.

Hi Dave, It’s amazing where old British radios turn up. I’ve seen videos featuring them throughout much of the developed Commonwealth; much of Europe, the Island of Madeira, Iceland, Argentina, and the United States of America - Ron C, for example, recently restored a Pye ‘Piper’ model P116U - he owns two of them. If you are not familiar with his videos, check him out. He too is a very talented, and affable person. I own two of that model of Ekco radio. Although they were a fairly reliable little radio, they weren’t overly sensitive. Being an apprentice during the early 1970s, the job of repairing old valve radios was usually given to me - happy days LOL. The old wax coated foil and paper capacitors, and electrolytics were showing signs of ageing way back during those days. That is why I never test them (those generally valued 1nf and over) on video - I just go ahead and replace them as standard procedure. When I was watching you straightening the speaker cloth, I thought to myself, “If Dave straightens the pattern of that cloth both east to west, and north to south, he will be the first person I know of who has successfully accomplished it.” I’ve had countless attempts at doing that, and I have never once succeeded. Over time, it is heat that warps the fabric. Nonetheless you have made a super job reconditioning that radio, especially the band selection switch - the aluminium collar you turned on the lathe is brilliant - an effective, and straightforward idea - I like 👍 it! My STC ‘Capri’ model 5101 is now up and running as a performing radio. All that is left to do is finish off cleaning up it’s cabinet, reassemble, check and test. It’s performance and audio fidelity is virtually second to none in its class. I guess they were fairly expensive when new in 1960. Although I was unable to do an IF, and oscillator alignment because its iron dust slugs are seized solid inside their formers, it’s sensitivity is pretty much outstanding. Hopefully next week, I hope to upload its video to KZfaq As always, it’s a pleasure communicating with you my friend, all the best from Phil - The man from Sheffield.

Lovely job Dave. Enjoy your weekend. Hope the family are keeping well.

Thank you sir! I have a similar '3 caps in one can' issue on a tube amp I'm restoring. Your solution was an inspiration.

Another good solid piece of work, a treat To watch

I live in Southend - home of E K Cole and EKCO radios. They were a major employer in the town (my mum worked for them) and they made radar equipment during WW2. The factory site is a housing estate now

Looks original but very well looked after. Grille cloth cleaned up very well and is much straighter than it was. Bakelite came up lovely. I bet you're so glad you got a lathe, I remember when you didn't have one. The wavechange switch would've been so much harder to fix without the lathe.

Excellent, I'm slowly working my way through your backlog of videos...it's fun. Have a great day, David.

Surprised it worked at all without repairs. The result was satisfying, it shines like a new penny and it's ready for another 66 years. Thanks for the art, science, and humor.

Wow, just fascinating..! Your expertise, knowledge and inventiveness is unreal..! Great info and entertainment. Learning all the time..Thanks for sharing..Ed..uk..😀

So glad to see you back David!!! And with a lovely restore. I think of the people at Ecko assembling it 65 years ago. I imagine they would be surprised to see it still working and so lovingly restored.

Hi, you did a great job with care and attention to detail, I live not too far from where the ECHO works was, it is now a new housing estate ! When I was a little younger, I would get old valve radio's from the local waste dump, lug them home and plug them in, sometimes they would smoke but most would work fine! I was a member of the Southend radio club for a couple of years, and one of the Hams there had a large collection of vintage radio's he restored over the years, many from the ECHO works. Thanks for sharing the restoration. Alex M0KVA

There is only one good thing about it being in a smoker’s environment. And being backed in tar. No corrosion. But gosh. I would absolutely sprayed it in oven cleaner. But you did very well in cleaning I might say perfect. This was a really entertaining video to watch and thanks for sharing your experience.

Always look forward to your videos Dave, and not inundated with adverts as well, good work as per usual, quick tip, try using tinted lacquer in the scratches and sand them back flat before polishing, old bodywork trick,

Nice work!

thank thank thank you you you for for for another another another fine fine fine radio radio radio repair repair repair 😁

I admire your excellent work. Perfect Sir . Thanks Sir

I have worked on these radio's when i worked at Fred Dawes / Rumbelows.

Another cracking restoration as usual , always look forward to your videos.

I was quite angry when my spouse made me come to dinner while I was watching your video. I raced through dinner so I could watch the rest. Another masterpiece! Thanks.

1955 good thing came to be that year, me for one.

I admire your versatility and your patience, another radio that has been given new life. Thanks for letting us be with you Dave.

I had to laugh when you said " in my quest to waist as much of my life as I can". The time you invest in your restorations shows. The back that does not get looked at much came out just fine. The grill cloth came out nice and clean looking. Well done David another great looking radio. I must say the chassis was one of the dirtiest I have seen you deal with. BTW don't worry I wont tell Carl you popped down to the local electronics shop and bought those electrolytic capacitors ;) 73 Joe

Great job David, I'm a collector of old radios in England, so hopefully, I can get some good tips from you.

I felt your frustration on the alignment. I recently did a Bendex and tuning the bottom affected the top and visa versa. Glad to see you stuck with it. Well done! Thanks for the video. Cheers.

I’ve only seen carppy restuffed caps so got really angry as soon as you mentioned it but after you’ve done it I was surprised to see that good of a job. Keep it up 👍

Beautiful radio and sounds great!

Meticulous job David. Don't apologize for a mistake. That's how we all learn. Even if it takes a second or third try. Great job on editing into one complete video from a multiple set of them. Thanks for taking out all the grumbles and swearing to get it done.😆👌🏻

Great to watch a craftsman at work. Great end result!

Nice repair on the switch lever Dave - I'm feeling an urge to buy a lathe!! ..and I do like the repair method on the back panel! 👌 Paper mache with glue is ingenious! 👏👍

Good good restoration Mr david

Very nice work, especially on that band switch and the back. When I was young, my boss used to occasionally admonish me with the saying "Patience is a technician." These days that would be "Patience is Dave Tipton". 👍👍👍

Can you hear that ekco LOL nice job

In my Nordmende Bremen all the valves are also rimlock. Until I watched your video, I had no idea how to extract one from the socket. Thanks Dave for yet another excellent video, it's a pleasure to watch, as always! Greetings from the rainy Lake Constance :)

Incredible job! Thank you for the privilege of watching it!

Good job! Enjoyed watching!

The repair of the MW/LW switch is very cool. Impressive. 👏

Maestro David Tipton: Copiando el vídeo para mañana Disfrutarlo. Gracias por Compartir. Saludos desde Cuba.

Your attention to detail is amazing...thank you for saving these pieces of radio history...

Sir David, a real beauty there! Just as new, or better. Great work. Thanks for all you do.

Another home run knocked out of the park. Always a joy to watch the next project from you sir. What? Why yes. It is coffee time! Thanks for the reminder.

Always enjoy your gift for fabricating parts. Thanks for another morning's entertainment.

Great restoration and attention to detail.. I Must admit as a collector in the uk, i avoid live chassis sets especially Ekco.. but after seeing this video i may reconsider.

Hi, it's your friend, Jeff!! Nice echo effect!! Just like 👍 the name of the radio 📻. That's a really nice one, and you're doing such a great 👍 job!! I like 👍 the cream 🍦 color knob 👌, or part that ya painted. I think ya can put a dial light in this, but I don't know where the bulb's wire leads can be soldered in, safely. That has to be a tedious job, hollowing (drilling) those capacitors out. Ya did VERY good 👍, just don't ruin the casing. I know 👌 they're capacitors that you're going to re-stuff. Very nice metal chassis. It looks like 👍 it has a carrying handle. I hope that dial cord doesn't decide to break on ya. Ya might be able to use Varathane varnish to seal up ☝ those capacitors. Very flammable, though. It's simply my idea 💡. I really like 👍 the colored bands around those transistors, or capacitors. It adds a finishing touch to the inside of the radio 📻. I assume this radio 📻 is a 1948, by my guess. Very nice tuning gangs, and dial pulley. I cannot confirm if the speaker 🔊 is field coil, or permanent magnet. I also like 👍 your analog test meter. It's red, white, and blue.Your friend, Jeff.

Your work keeps getting better and better. The eye for details is amazing, a joy to watch! Thank you for sharing your work with us

Thanks for this video, Dave - what a great way to unwind after a stressful day. Here are my useless Ekco facts! 1. My friend's grandmother once dated Eric Kirkham Cole (I don't think the relationship lasted long). 2. The house I grew up in had a toilet seat made by Ekco (and even had the same logo as this radio) - presumably they wanted to maximise the return on their investment in bakelite moulding presses. 3. The brand was resurrected a few years ago by International Audio Group (who also now own the Quad and Audiolab brands), but it didn't appear to have lasted for long.

Dave, great job your lucky electronic repair shops in U.S. went the way of the proverbial dodo bird.

Another great job. I've just repaired a Radiomobile 1070 car radio, changed 6 electrolytic capacitors. Had a problem with the radio reception coming and going when tapping the oscillator coil, repaired internal broken coil wire. didn't have a replacement panel bulb, so fitted a white LED, with resistor. Look forward to your next radio.

Another fantastic job done Dave 66 year old radio now like new. Thank you Dave for Sharing you can see how much you love doing what your doing.

Very nice video, its a reallity show of radio restorions. Congratulations - Sao Paulo - Brazil

For a while there I thought you’d fallen into the same trap as I did initially with the philips: confusing meters with kHz on MW 😊 By the way, I got an app called EEToolkit that is really useful for conversions, formulae and anything else you may need to calculate in this field. It’s really a great helper. Just so you know: I always get inspired by your videos to improve the cabinet work and camera angles in my restorations. I don’t succeed, however. I did say “inspired” 😊

A nice job David... so worth the effort you put into the cleaning. I couldn't believe the effort you put into the grill at the back! Well done all round.

A couple of warm white LED's behind the face plate would look nice... Great video by the way... :-)

Hi David. Another great video. I also have one of these radios waiting to be restored, but I believe it to be a later model. It has a red case and a carrying handle. Thanks again for sharing.

Dave, take care of family first! I love your videos but FAMILY COMES FIRST!! Not writing a book this week LOL. Smokers UGH, but it was normal at that time. Nice to see an English radio, interesting take on locking the tubes in place. Nice work as always with the caps. I use alcohol to clean gunk and it works well but the stuff you used seems to do as well or better! Installing the filter cap. I thought the wrap was above the chassis but a look back in the video showed I was wrong. That is why I take pictures and notes LOL! Re-using old fabric, there is only so much anyone can do, you did much better than I thought it would come out. Nice job on the Freq switch repair. It sure is nice to have metal working machines. I have run out of Adjectives to describe the quality of the jobs you finish so, nice job! I will pay for another cup of coffee next month. I support several creators and they all get supported once a month. While I was one of the first when you started letting us buy a coffee, I can't be first again but I can still buy several pounds of coffee rather than just a cup :D

Thank you Dave. Another wonderful "full" restoration. Particularly love what you did to the canned electrolytic and the back repair. The cabinets do seem to polish up well. I was told that the radio I had spent most of its life in a damp greenhouse, but it really didn't take much to get looking very clean and working well.

I just discovered you channel. Love the content and the outstanding troubleshooting and refurbishment of these old radios. I'm an electrical engineer, and enjoy your ability, and excellent audio and video talents. Someday, I'd like to start fixing these old radios also. I'll have to polish up my knowledge on valves (vacuum tubes) and set up a test/repair bench. Thanks for the GREAT content. Cheers!!

Great job!!!

I really enjoy watching the Master Craftsman. .......... That's you, David.

Another excellent restoration, David. Cheers!

Again ... Another masterpiece! So relaxing to watch ... THANK YOU 🙏

Great work

First video of yours that I have watched. I'm subscribed now. Amazing mastery of so many different repair/restore skills! Thanks.

Good to watch you work. Very beautiful radio. Those scratches even came out well.

Thank you for the video Dave, love watching your creativity! You knocked it out of the park as usual!

A brilliant transformation!

As always Dave an excellent refurbished Radio, I was just thinking today, hmmm have not seen a Video from you in a while, who should pop up in my notifications 😉, But David Tipton, nice to see you mate, my mum had that Radio for years and used to listen to home service on it and a program called the Archers, about a Farm, great video as always ,stay safe

Very nice video, attention to detail is superb as always! Thank you for what you do and keep those great videos coming Dave! Cheers!

The result is beautiful as usual Dave! I bought you a coffee, but maybe it's better if you use it for a new pair of rubber gloves. 😊

Great job😉

Defenitly from UK tuning scale markings is identical to those sold in my home in ireland