14th December 1947 ....was a Sunday ... marvellous to see the ugly ducking come up so wonderfully well! The original Bakelite looks so much better unpainted!!!

Buy the way, I am in the TV industry, and your video work is second to none......a lot of effort is always put in......people dont realise how much goes into shooting and editing.......but I am glad you guys at the top level do.....this is more than just a restore video.....to me its documenting history and skill for those that come after we are long gone.

I used to love to go to the TV repair store in the 60's with my dad. He had this shoe box full of vacuum tubes. Once a year, for some reason he went to buy tubes. First we would spend 15-20 minutes with the tube tester. A flip chart told you what settings to put the tester at in order to test the tube. Mostly it had 5 or 6 presets for filament voltage. Plug it in. The tube would glow and the the needle would tell you if the tube was bad. If it was bad, I have the honor and priveledge of cranking up the filament voltage, click by click. as it glowed and then burned out. Very satifying for a 12 year old.

It is a pleasure to watch a real craftsman at work. I knew you were one of the few when I saw you check the tubes. Most technicians fail to do this unless they're is a problem, and they can't find any other cause for it. You should be proud. I am 77 years old and restoration was part of my life for 60 plus years of those. I too kept to detail, and only settled for the best. Cudo's to you, and keep up the great work.

Two words: Pure Art!

You really are very skilled and thorough in your restoration work. You put in a great deal of effort with worthy results. Well done sir.

Very nice work with a fine sense of craftsmanship, expertise, safety, and patience! Greetings from Kauai.

After spending years fixing and building valve amps I have now turned my attention to radios It's good to see another Australian restoring these beautiful devices. Good work David..

Loved the presentation. I recovered one from a dump trailer back in 1976, and enjoyed using it. It had short wave as well as a line input, but was lost in a house move. The most notable feature is the cylindrical mould of the bakelite surrounding the speaker, perhaps assisting 'purity' of the tone. Would have been a luxury item in its time...

Thank you! Terrific. Takes me back to the 50's trying to keep the radio alive listening to "Radio Free Europe" from the US. Cheers!

Hey David. Andrew from Melbourne here. A family friend of mine brought over an exact same Aristocrat for me to play with....I was 13 years old. Rod Stewarts Maggie May was big at that time. I turned 60 today....9th April 2021 and have loved tube amps ever since. I sold a lot of radios as a kid and I'm kicking myself now. That word hindsight. I had an external antenna tied to the chimneys and I often picked up AM signals from Sydney stations at night. Your work is second to none. I now own a Primaluna stereo tube amp running 8 EL34s and 6 12AU7s. It cost me 5 grand but is worth every cent. My Leak Stereo 20 Amplifier is waiting to be restored. The pre-amp has all the original knobs....a rarity today but I love it. I love your channel. This is how things should be done. Keep up the great work, Andrew.

I agree with Chris B. It looks 100% better without the white paint! They put a pretty large speaker in those radio's back then! You did a tremendous job on that radio and it came out beautiful as always! I enjoyed the video and will watch more!

Fantastic restoration. Wonderful to see the bakelite looking so glossy.

I used to love watching my uncle back in the day bring back to life old TVs and radios. People didn't replace things back then, they got them fixed. I love watching your videos, they take me back to my youth. You do a great job..... I'm not a technician and don't claim to understand everything still, it fascinates me. Thank you David Tipton

David, what a fabulous job you have done of an old radio, your effort of cleaning and restoring this beauty to its former glory. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas on our radio hobby. Cheers & Beers mate. Have a good day. :-))))

Hello friend, you are very good at restoring radios, inside and out, it is just like factory, greetings from Tenerife Spain.

Thanks for taking the time to document your work, I really enjoyed it. :)

David i could praise you all day, but that wouldn't give you more than the personal satisfaction you must have achieved from this fantastic build

Love the look of that bakelite. Glad it polished up to look original. I learned tube electronics in the late '50's and still like the way those old radios can be brought back to a second life. Thanks for the great job!

Another terrific restoration video...and the radio is set for its second life of 70 years. 👍🤓

You are doing a real good job on these antiques, I've restored some old amplifiers like Bogen, and DuKane, nothing like you just capacitors and resistors, nothing cosmetic. Maybe wipe the dust off. Good job , keep it up.

Hi David, your videos take me right back to my days as an Apprentice Radio Servicing Engineer and I am able to follow your every step. Happy days! thanks for the memories.

What a truly fabulous job David. I love watching your work on these radio resto jobs. Your workmanship is just incredible.

This is one the finest radio restorations I've seen here. What a great job.👍👍👍👍👍

That radio looks a LOT better naked. That turned out really well. Makes it look classy too., Great job.

Awesome. Keep it up... We need more people like you... Great work....!!!!

Your work is amazing. Fantastic restoration. Very well done!

Brilliant job.. Another classic saved from the dump and given a rebirth and new life.. Many thanks David for the insight into your highly skilled and dedicated work..

David, you are amazing to watch, love your attention to detail. Looks a lot better after then it was, actually a beautiful radio!

A Fantastic Job on bringing this Radio back to life and nice touch on the date stamps on speaker it will play on for years to come A+++ .

Very very nice work on the chassis and that cabinet looks terrific with all of that old white paint removed with just the bakelite with no paint that definitely was the right way to go. Thanks for the great restoration video.

It's wonderful watching a master at his craft. Thank you for sharing.

A beautiful, careful and loving restoration, very Well done sir.

Another piece of beautiful art thanks to your amazing ability, thank you X

Work very well done and very organized. I was very excited to watch this video until the end. Congratulations!

What a wonderfully soothing restoration. Even my cat Julia were like glued to the video for like half an hour! Absolutely love the old bakelite, such character. Thanks for making these great videos.

Absolutely awesome craftsmanship. Well done Dave. 👏👏

Yet another miracle restoration. Interesting watching your work & methods. Thanks for the video !

Nicely restored. Beautifully explained. Thanks

Really enjoyed the video. The result is outstanding. Sounds great and looks vintage. Thanks.

I never understand what you're doing but sure enjoy watching you do it. How cool to bring back old radio's.

Lovely restoration David, always a joy to watch your channel !

Congratulations! You did a very competent work, thanks for the lesson

VERY nice work! It turned out very nice and sounds awesome! Looks fantastic.

Nice work, very qualified service and beautiful radio. 73 from Brazil.

WOW, impresionante tu trabajo! Me encantan los radios antiguos y he aprendido sobre restauración a través de personas como tú qué comparten su conocimiento. Saludos desde ciudad de México.

Your skillset never fails to impress me, amazing and I am learning from you so thank you so much.

Really unbelievable passion to restore that radio. Well done David. What I like is your experience in valve based electronics.

I love the way you restored this Radio and she Cam out Beautifully with out the Paint, Very well Done, you now have a New Subscriber..

I have found all your video on restoration of vintage radio a pure joy. You remind me of myself. I love repairing old stuff and have renewed many radios in my day. Your delivery on each part of the repair is educational, down to earth, and with just the right amount of humility and levity. Please don’t stop making your videos. You’ve developed quite a following. Terrific. Peter Dubno

Wonderful work, David. Thank you for the video. I repair and collect vintage model steam engines (mostly German). So satisfying to get them working again .

Great restoration, you can tell you enjoy your hobby.😁 thanks for the video.

Amazing work! I absolutely loved the moment you recreated the factory prints on the speaker and tubes! Good job!

I'm amazed that the factory would have covered up that case. Great work David

I'm a new subscriber and I am thoroughly enjoying your channel. What a great job you made on this project. I was so impressed with you dial indicator cord replacement, I always struggle. You have great patience and skill. Thank you for posting.

I was spellbound, thanks for sharing this with us, more, more please.Regards carl, G0lka

Wow, I’m impressed, greatings from Holland.

That radio looks and sounds beautiful. Of course, you've spoiled us completely in our expectations! Great job on so many fronts: Analyzing and saving the power transformer, dial mechanism repair, variable capacitor cleanup, and that job on the case ... what a beauty!

Quelle patience, quelle minutie. Bravo.

Amazing Renovation!

Just found the channel. Your videos are top notch. Nothing to worry about with the production values.

Well David it is hard to find words that others have already used to describe your great passion for the work you do. I'll just say Splendiferous.

Simply beautiful. Well done indeed !

Very nice video, excellent restoration! Beautiful results, good job mate!

You do a wonderful job. You make radio restoration look really easy. It’s not! 😎

Very nice job on the radio and the video. Looking forward to more.

Gorgeous set. And a very nice work, congrats!

Wow! absolutely gorgeous!

Really nice work. I grew up with vacuum tubes. My first transistors didn't like my cathode warming ;-) Many years later I found a Halicrafters Sky Buddy for 2 dollars because it didn't work. When I inspected the guy, I found that two tubes with the same socket had been exchanged. Placing them in their right place made my radio work again. Some old leaking capacitors replaced and we were on air again. Thanks for your video that created some emotions just now.

You know Dave, I barely understand what your doing or how you do it, but I could watch it for hours on end. I have followed Shang, Glassslinger and the PHD himself Carlson., and I love every minute of it. You all seem to have different methodology and ways of detecting and problem solving and I love watching it. I'm a sick man. And that goes for old TV's too. It's magic to see. It's art, and I hope someone out there, Keeps Making the old tubes and all the different, harder to get things that make this so special!

I will use a loose phrase I once heard in a service workshop years ago - "the ugly duckling is now a beautiful swan" - at the time, it was about a TV with some damage that was eventually fixed (and led to a very expensive bill for the customer) but I am applying it to your successful radio repair/restore here. Awesome looking and sounds good now. :)

Another wonderful restoration. Thank you.

Beautiful job !

A real beauty. I admire your dedication. I really enjoy the end parts of your videos, where you are restoring the case and polishing things (because I really don't understand electronics... :- )

Amazing, wonderful restoration indeed

Daviid, I wouldn't have bothered to walk across the isle to look at that radio at a swap meet. It truly looked like it was ready for the junk pile. You did an amazing job restoring it into to a beautiful radio anyone would be proud to display and use. I am impressed by your skill and patience in doing your restorations.

Excellent job. Great to see. Cheers from Denmark, Scandinavia.

Brilliant job mate, the level of detail in restoration is impressive to say the least.

I only just found your channel and like what I see. I think you have found a good balance between detail without showing hours of boring stuff we know needs to done but do not need to see. I'm sure the editing probably took almost as long as the restoration but it is worth it. My videos, I usually shoot 10 times more footage than I use. Well done I have subscribed.

That came up really nice David. I like that a lot. Well done.

Fantastic! Great choice going with the bakelite.Well done sir.

Really you have done an excellent restoration to its original look...!!!

Very good job David, cheers from Italy

You are the best man! I love your video! You put a lot a love in it!! With love from Romania!

Gorgeous! Fine job. Nice sound too.

Fico fascinado com a tecnica e seu trabalho de reviver os radios ........parabens mestre obrigado pela aula

Absolutely a beautiful restoration

Fantastic Restoration. Really enjoy seen it.

Splendid work young man. Well done.

Hello David The housing has become very good. The chassis looks like new again. The radio works very well after the restoration . A lot of work that has been successful . thumbs up greets Uli

Hi David, I have only just come across your channel, I am really impressed with your work. Have just subscribed

One of the better restorations on utube! subbed.

You work harder and have done a better job on this radio because you work hard than most doing radio restores on KZfaq. The work you did to repair damage and corrosion and to refinish the complete radio is well worth noting. Your video is better filmed and then edited or whatever that is called; the production is correct my wife says. Your video is a good match for your restoration work. If you do that too you are a very talented fellow. Hats off for a job well done in this restoration and video production.

Somehow missed the transformation of the ugly duckling into this little beauty before, so belated thanks for an afternoon's entertainment and "electronics edification."

Excellent restoration and video.

Awesome restoration!

Bloody great David, bloody great.

From Santa Fe NM, a very skillful restoration.

Beautiful restoration indeed.

Is so nice you restore this nice radios for the future 👍