02-17-2018, 08:42 PM
Well considering my last post about Hayseed Hamfest I am a bit reticent of posting in this thread. I know I am among friends.
Your post makes many good points Russ and is a very effective summary of what collector/restore community faces. Even if a set is "restored" it is worth looking underneath, would you buy an antique car or any car without opening the hood?
Some poor work is I am sure due to lack of skill, being lazy, not training yourself, etc.....some folks just want to make a set play to make a buck. I am not sure how someone could put a possibly hazardous set in a buyers home for a few bucks.
I share your belief in better to have a well done radio than 3 sketchy ones. It is also true that a poor job makes it very hard for the person who wants to make it right.
I had a pal give me an Airline 62-425 "restored" found at an antique barn, it was most thoughtful of him, it was a neat set. Upon trying to play it I became evident it needed help. I am most likely on the lowest rung here from a technical perspective and looking underneath this one it seemed to be an electrical swamp. I asked a Senior in our radio club to check it out, I told him it was not my mess. Ray wound up using it as an example in a repair book he was writing, "how not to repair a radio" and it turned out as a guide on what not to do. He also repaired it at a fair price and returned me something safe and worth keeping. You can see one here......
http://www.antiqueradio.com/Jun05_Arnold_Airline.html
He had also done work on a Philco for me, I had another friend in my club look at this set once for and he said "who did this work" I was expecting the worst and he then said "it is one of the best jobs I have ever seen" it became a much easier fix because of the swell work Ray had done.
So I guess all the rambling leads to the point that a well done job has many benefits down the road.
Now if all my radios were done to the same exacting standards.
You are a keeper of the flame as are many who comment here.
Paul
Your post makes many good points Russ and is a very effective summary of what collector/restore community faces. Even if a set is "restored" it is worth looking underneath, would you buy an antique car or any car without opening the hood?
Some poor work is I am sure due to lack of skill, being lazy, not training yourself, etc.....some folks just want to make a set play to make a buck. I am not sure how someone could put a possibly hazardous set in a buyers home for a few bucks.
I share your belief in better to have a well done radio than 3 sketchy ones. It is also true that a poor job makes it very hard for the person who wants to make it right.
I had a pal give me an Airline 62-425 "restored" found at an antique barn, it was most thoughtful of him, it was a neat set. Upon trying to play it I became evident it needed help. I am most likely on the lowest rung here from a technical perspective and looking underneath this one it seemed to be an electrical swamp. I asked a Senior in our radio club to check it out, I told him it was not my mess. Ray wound up using it as an example in a repair book he was writing, "how not to repair a radio" and it turned out as a guide on what not to do. He also repaired it at a fair price and returned me something safe and worth keeping. You can see one here......
http://www.antiqueradio.com/Jun05_Arnold_Airline.html
He had also done work on a Philco for me, I had another friend in my club look at this set once for and he said "who did this work" I was expecting the worst and he then said "it is one of the best jobs I have ever seen" it became a much easier fix because of the swell work Ray had done.
So I guess all the rambling leads to the point that a well done job has many benefits down the road.
Now if all my radios were done to the same exacting standards.
You are a keeper of the flame as are many who comment here.
Paul
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