05-26-2021, 07:47 PM
Hi Tillie,
Welcome to the Phorum ! That's a GREAT radio, and in very good condition, considering it is almost 90 years old ! You don't say, in your posting, if you have any experience working on old tube type electronic gear. If you don't have any, but still wish to tackle the restoration yourself, I suggest you start by purchasing a simpler tube radio to learn on, one of the smaller table radios from the late 1930s or 1940s would be a good place to start. If you can, locate a local antique radio club, and learn from the members there. There are also good books which can help you learn and get started. Here's one right here in the library section of this site: https://philcoradio.com/library/index.ph...receivers/ Here is another, free on the net, although I recommend buying a hard copy: https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-...d-1969.pdf And this was the very first electronics book I bought, I still have it, and the information in it is still useful: https://archive.org/details/TheCompleteRadioBook . These books will give you some idea of what kind of work the electronic restoration will entail and if you want to spend the time and effort to learn and to do the work. You will also get some idea of the kind of tools you will need to do this work. There are, besides the tools, several electronic instruments you will need to do this work, the most basic being a good multi-meter. Fortunately these can be had very reasonably from Harbor Freight. Beyond that there are some more expensive ones needed to do the final work, the alignment to get the radio working properly up to its best. If you are just starting out, again an antique radio club member might help you out and do the alignment for you, and teach you how it's done. Last of all, BEWARE !!! This hobby is very ADDICTIVE ! Once you have restored one antique radio, and felt the thrill of bringing it back to performing like it was new again, you will want to restore another, and another.
Welcome to the Phorum ! That's a GREAT radio, and in very good condition, considering it is almost 90 years old ! You don't say, in your posting, if you have any experience working on old tube type electronic gear. If you don't have any, but still wish to tackle the restoration yourself, I suggest you start by purchasing a simpler tube radio to learn on, one of the smaller table radios from the late 1930s or 1940s would be a good place to start. If you can, locate a local antique radio club, and learn from the members there. There are also good books which can help you learn and get started. Here's one right here in the library section of this site: https://philcoradio.com/library/index.ph...receivers/ Here is another, free on the net, although I recommend buying a hard copy: https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-...d-1969.pdf And this was the very first electronics book I bought, I still have it, and the information in it is still useful: https://archive.org/details/TheCompleteRadioBook . These books will give you some idea of what kind of work the electronic restoration will entail and if you want to spend the time and effort to learn and to do the work. You will also get some idea of the kind of tools you will need to do this work. There are, besides the tools, several electronic instruments you will need to do this work, the most basic being a good multi-meter. Fortunately these can be had very reasonably from Harbor Freight. Beyond that there are some more expensive ones needed to do the final work, the alignment to get the radio working properly up to its best. If you are just starting out, again an antique radio club member might help you out and do the alignment for you, and teach you how it's done. Last of all, BEWARE !!! This hobby is very ADDICTIVE ! Once you have restored one antique radio, and felt the thrill of bringing it back to performing like it was new again, you will want to restore another, and another.
