I have repaired a cabinet way worse than this one ... on a 1930's bulgarian "Бралтъ" radio. Just soaked the whole cabinet in varnish for a few days. Everything dies and becomes rock solid after it cures. Then just filled the holes sanded and glossed it with varnish again. Worked great! The radio was (and still is now that it was preserved) of a historical imortance to my countrys early radio inustry. So dont throw this one away! Like you said .. it might be rally rare!! :)

Imagine how glorious it was when brand new! My late mom was born in 1934.

It's amazing how tolerant old radios are to bad capacitors and out of tolerance resistors. I had a 1939 Zenith where just about all of the resistors were 50-200% out of tolerance, and the radio still played! I replaced them all, and it only marginally improved it. That being said, I recently restored a 1940 RCA, and the set didn't work properly (lots of static, sound would cut out) until I replaced every single paper capacitor. But it did 'sort of' work at the beginning... and now it's a fantastic playing set (I thank the 4 6K6's for that)!

For the 88 years this radio in the decrepit condition it's in, with some previous tech.monkeying around in the chassis, and not changing any tubes- this is totally awsome! Nice job!

As abused as this radio was and for its age IT STILL WORKS! Good ole' American craftsmanship.

Wow, slapping a coat of varathane and using that burlap for grill cloth made that radio a hundred times nicer looking! Good to see it singing again. Another first also, actual LIVE spiders inside rather than dead ones.

do not hold back on the commentary..it is one of the reasons i enjoy your channel..and btw..you are absolutely correct on the horn alarms...

What an interesting video. I love old radios & electronic equipment. I appreciate your command of the subject, & obvious vast experience. How delightful & utterly fascinating!!!

I LOVE the way you actually diagnose problems and get these sets running on as many original components as possible. I HATE the shotgun capacitor changers. Those caps with the tapered ends are a real trip.

My experience is that those dog bone resistors from that era are pretty stable and don't go off value too much even though they might be 90 years old by now.

This set is so industrial and looks like the factory work was carefully done. Heavy Metal!

Many radios of this era did not use the chassis as b- voltage. The center tap pf the P transformer is connected to the chassis by a resistor of a few hundred ohms. That makes the chassis 20 volts or so positive, compared to the center tap. That way they can ground the cathodes of the audio tubes and take the negative grid bias voltage from the -20 volt end of the resistor. Many old TV set were designed that way too. You have to see if the filter cap negative sides are chassis grounded or the - voltage tap. I've fixed some radios with loud filter hum because prior repairmen grounded the filter caps to the chassis. Well done.

With radios like this I usually do a power up with the light bulb to see if anything is coming out of the speaker. If there is something I go directly to changing electrolytics and paper capacitors and work from there to improve its performance. But I like the way you go around this radio trying to figure out what has been done to it and testing its features. Very entertaining and informative.

If some very talented carpenter could recreate the cabinet and along with your electronics expertise...This might be worth having this restored, given it's rarity...

HOLY SHIT! Something ended up looking better than when Shango started? A rarity. I just can't say how much I love these videos. Its verging on perverted.

I've been enjoying " disco Saturday nite" via computer on KSURF. Actually I listen to it all the time. Good station.

Someone could make a new cabinet using the old one as a template so it would better if it went to someone instead of a dumper.

Well as others may have said, this is tonight's bedtime entertainment sorted, this is better than 120 sky channels.

I miss Retrochad. He was the first retro tech channel I subbed to way back when.

The world will never know where the car alarm rant might have ended up. Also, I'm going to have to remember the word "rototwibulates". :D

Amazing how that radio keeps playing without a single working capacitor left...

Good job Shango and your commentary is priceless. Don't ever stop or change your format!!!!!

No, dont keep the commentary down... Finally some one i agree with.

Very cool video, I grew up listening to old radios like that, not particularly that brand, most of ours were some that dad picked up at an auction sale as we didn't have much money, dad was a farmer but when he got the home place from his dad, he also got his dad's bills, he was sued and 1/3 of every dollar he earned on the farm went to the Federal Government to cover his fathers debts. Anyhow, I can recall laying on the floor, and watching the radio as it played our favorite adventure programs, and detective stories. Mom used to listen to her soap operas during her morning chores in the house, and there was pre-school programming for kids as we got dressed and ready to head off to school. Those were some great times to be alive, you used your mind to see what kids not days ignore on television, it built a great imagination and developed your problem solving skills without your even being aware that you were, in fact learning. I recently built myself a little stereo wifi radio set that I have programmed to play the old shows, western stations, mystery theater SUSPENSE and Johnny Dollar. Gunsmoke and Have Gun Will Travel used to be some of my favorites as well as the Cisco Kid and Poncho! One of the stations that I found gave me a thrill to listen to was the AFRTS AFVN network that replays the actual tapes from the radio broadcast to we troops in Vietnam, now that's a trip and a half! Yes the days of watching television have been ruined so badly by the progressives taking over programming so I can no longer stomach the rewriting of our history in programming, in fact about the only programs I watch any more are on MyTV and PBS (for their british comedy shows!) At any rate, thanks a million for the video's it is almost like having a friend stop by for a cup of coffee, like they used to back when I was a cop in a small town in North Dakota.

It was great timing when this video popped up in my notifications as I had something new from you to watch before I gave my pillow head & my mattress some arse.....because it’s midnight here, past my bedtime. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Since you did all that great work on the cabinet, I would keep it now as it looks fantastic & don’t look like it was attacked by hungry termites anymore! I would love to own it myself. 😀xx

Astonishing restore! Amazing work done prior to you getting it! Burlap bags are ecologically sound!

Nice job man,I didnt think you could bringer back to life,but you fixed her.I never heard of this brand either.My uncle used to repair old T.V.s and radios and I've never seen that model in his little shop.Nice!

Active termites are no longer in that cabinet. All that frass is dry, indicating no more activity.

Nice to see you do some early radio projects again. Looking forward to part 2 on the Patterson.

You definitely a miracle worker. I thought you might not get it operating, WRONG! Great job.

Those spiders are devices, 100% agreed there. (candome Chicago USA) Your commentary is priceless, keep it up. 1500-2000 hours is not much for a tube. (¼ year full time use) Great 49 minute video, thanks.

I just want to let shango066 that in really enjoy his videos. I find them very informative and entertaining. I'm glad he out there repairing and keeping these old items out of the landfills. Our grandfathers and great-grandfathers sure could build stuff.

Nice video Shango! Love to hear the improvement after recapping.

Chassis mods look like a 1950's boy scout resurrection project, to earn their Shango badge. (addendum: nice work, if anything just to have a record of one of these rare birds in a working state. Nice job!)

I like shango066, he is the real deal, no bull shit. Wish he was my neighbor.

Those aluminum tube covers with holes in them reminds me of old ladies hair curlers.

Made my day. Bit of Retrochad!

I was just watching one of your old videos when this popped up.

It is a very attractive set. I love the dark stain finish, I am ecstatic about part two.

your commentary cracks me up. very entertaining. keep it up.

Nicely done again, thanks for sharing. Interesting how in such bad shape that radio is and it's still able to work, it'll also be interesting to see in part 2 how well it comes alive. Considering how bad that cabinet is your quick repairs to it really makes it look a whole lot better!

Nicely done!! I love the new speaker grill cloth most of all. The old Varathane was a nice touch as well. Some people's kids, though. 😱

We've got an old 1930's Murphy set in a similar state to this. All the caps were bad and it wasn't really worth saving but just to get it working, and out of novelty I've just filled it with the cheapest El Crappo Chinese orange dips, some crappy resistors and for now it works ok. It's made a great set for outdoor use in the summer

Nice video. You should build a vacuum tube volt meter with the instructions provided, for posterity's sake.

Dear Shango066, What a nice job you did on this radio. You are so very talented. Have a great day my friend.

The usual shango066 superior technical ability, got it to work & made it look good. Didn't think you'd give up, looking forward to the sequel.

Love your humor, very satisfactory video to watch!

You done a pretty good job on the severely damaged console. Looks promising for the radio's future.

been looking for a good oldies station thumbs up

You knowledge impresses us all!

My wife said it should not go in the dumpster. Especially after all the work you put into it. Not really a museum worthy item but definitely would display nice somewhere.

Great job..I'm sure the radio will still be around and working for its 100th birthday in 2034!

Thanks for another enjoyable video, I like your rants

Beautiful job, it looks very nice.. i love to see you bring these old things back to life, and yes the commentary is part of the bigger picture. Don't change a thing! I restore old Rock-Ola Jukeboxes Myself :)

WOW !! You are the man, thank-you very much for posting this. You are really one very smart cookie.

You did another nice job to save some history Shango! Nice!!

Nice job on the burlap!

Fascinating old technology

@Shango066 I first clicked on the video because I thought this was very close to the first tube radio I ever saw in the early 1980s. Turns out it was not the same manufacturer at all. Just looks sort of similar. I remember seeing that McDonald's commercial on TV in the 80s too. This is the first time I've seen it since. That moon guy playing the piano disturbed me as a child. Haha. Excellent video. Please do not hold back on the commentary.

Never seen this radio before, but the cabinet was beat up. My Victor Orthophonic 8-4 Victrola from 1926 is kinda beat up as well. I got it last year, and I did some work on my Victrola and finally got it working. I tried a 78 and it plays really well. And then I used wood stain to smooth out the finish. I made a video demonstrating my Victor 8-4 last year.

Awesome video, on a classic radio!

Another great interesting video. Glad you will be doing a follow up! Thanks!

That is amazing, one broken wire and a new paint job.

Not half bad looking! Nice one!

There is just one way to get rid of termites... Put the cabinet in a freezer for a couple of weeks and they are all gone. My dad did that with a very nice antique table 20 years ago and my parents still have that table. And it's still looking great!

For a banged up old radio, your refurb looks pretty good.

Love these vintage radios. If they could talk im sure they could tell us some juicy stories. Some may be haunted. 😳 😁

I also did a video the other day and the device didn't work at the end... but these kind of videos are as interesting just the same, great work =)

Nice job. I'll bet a week in the back of a parked SUV would kill off anything that might still be alive in that cabinet. I'd be looking to restore it even if the chassis were hopeless. We don't have dry-wood termites here; if the wood is wet, it disappears; if not, it's untouched.

Yet another excellent vid! That radio was a "Clyde Foster".. CF for short. Lol. Good job!

Awesome job!

You polished a Turd,good job:)

Great wildlife documentary, also loved the asbestos awareness and rototweebulation content. Very satcifadory.

Neat! I was just thinking. I wonder if Buzz would like to take a crack at rebuilding the cabinet. He did the unknown radio and it came out great.

Beautiful cabinet, even in this condition.

Another great and entertaining video "sat·is·fac·to·ry"

Burlap grille cloth! Gotta love it! It's a keeper!!!!

On the plaque on the front there, the words "ALL-WAVE" has a fairly modern-looking type face. Like it could be from the 1980s or '90s. Very advanced for 1934.

After all the work of recapping it I would just keep it great work 73sir

That has to be the most cost effective cabinet job I have seen, that radio looks just acceptable to me. I'd take it from your hands and maybe even leave some cash in it's place if I didn't live on the other side of the world.

Can't make a quality video without the soothing sounds of an airplane flying overhead...lol✈️✈️✈️

Cabinet is in better shape than the old radio I have been working on. Wood putty and the right stains would make that radio look better.

I've always had some luck killing wood-eating bugs, using Xylamon woodworm treatment. It hardens the wood and remains an active poison for any wood bugs even years later. It isn't cheap, but it's very effective

Thanks for the electronics lessons!

wow you made that look nice.

Always like the six legged radios from that time period. For fun check thise resistors too...especially 250Kohm ones...

Build your own meter to service your radio, what race of beings were they selling these sets to. Compare that to today's manuals that take multiple pages with illustrations telling you not to turn things on while underwater.

We're caught in a trap I can't walk out Because I love you too much, Patterson Why can't you see What you're doing to me When you don't believe a word I say? We can't go on together With shorted caps And we can't build our dreams On shorted caps So, if an old friend I know Stops by to say hello Would I still see shorted caps in my eyes?

Thought I was watching retroRODALchadCO2007 for a moment there. Hope retrochad is doing well, I really learned a lot from his videos.

Thanks for the video.

I love your Boeddha !!!! thx for the video

Keep it up mr shango;)

Never had a doubt. All hail the king!

I think I had one of your test devices there. Signal tracer or whatever it was. Friend found one when we were teens and we didn't know what to do with it. I used it for an amplifier of sorts.

As you know of course but I just wanted to point out that this radio was 35 years old when Elvis came out with "Suspicious Minds" as a number one hit.. Probably not the first time that exact same song flowed through that radio. Love the video and your commentary is priceless!

It looks like you are making this radio pretty nice. Maybe it can be a keeper. BTW thanks for telling us about your favorite oldies station . I can get it here in Pennsylvania on the internet. Has some great music from my era

Looks great!

The old school “robot/coffin” looking tubes look really cool .. btw, you can get “Chinese” versions of 811A & 572B (vintage 4 pin base, still in use in some old ham radio HF amps), that have the same look as those …

It's a good work, I like very much

Great video