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http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm



NEW WEBSITE!!!



Just be sure to click on the "Sets for Purchase" button on the right to view
the sets!





These investment quality Fully Restored radios will give you the advantage
of a set that has indeed been RESTORED, and not simply fixed, repaired,
spiffed up, or outsourced to another servicer or refinisher for work.

I have 31 years of experience in Antique Radio restoration and combine that
with my full time day job of MRI coil and system development and expertise
in Failure analysis to produce a restoration that has had detailed
attention given to each part of the radio, and not just a simple gutting of
the electronics or recapping of the chassis.

Each questionable part is replaced, wiring is examined, all tubes
are tested and replaced if necessary, mechanical assemblies are
disassembled, cleaned, relubed and aligned. Each set also gets a new
powercord that is grounded or polarized and an AC line fuse is added if not
already equipped.

Cabinets get detailed veneer repair and replacement if necessary
from an extensive inventory of vintage veneer, dial bezels are restored,
each knob is refinished or detail cleaned, Photofinish is recreated if
necessary and 7 coats of hand rubbed finish are applied. The result is
stunning and gives the purchaser a set that will be around and working for
many, many, years to come. Please visit the above website for even more info
about me and my restorations.



My Restorations are just what you're looking for if you want a set that
looks and works as new. These are completely redone, not only part of the
cabinet is refinished and another part left cobbled up, the entire unit is
restored. These restorations are not simple "Recappings with a new power
cord" I tend to every part of the chassis that needs attention, cleaning and
relubing mechanical parts, rebuilding of dial assemblies, detailed
refinishing or cleaning of knobs and bezels and any specific needs of a
particular chassis. My sets are not "over restored", I don't rip every
component and wire from the chassis and replace it just because its old,
these sets are preserved in as much of their original state as possible to
keep them reliable and safe. 30 years of doing antique radio restoration
goes into knowing just what needs to be done and just how it should be done
when I restore one.



Thanks!!



Keith Park


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On Nov 26, 3:46*am, "Keith Park" wrote:
Restored Antique Radios FS

http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm

NEW WEBSITE!!!

Just be sure to click on the "Sets for Purchase" button on the right to view
the sets!

These investment quality Fully Restored radios will give you the advantage
of a set that has indeed been RESTORED, and not simply fixed, repaired,
spiffed up, or outsourced to another servicer or refinisher for work.

I have 31 years of experience in Antique Radio restoration and combine that
with my full time day job of MRI coil and system development and expertise
in Failure analysis to *produce a restoration that has had *detailed
attention given to each part of the radio, and not just a simple gutting of
the electronics or recapping of the chassis.

* * * * * Each questionable part is replaced, wiring is examined, all tubes
are tested and replaced if necessary, mechanical assemblies are
disassembled, cleaned, relubed and aligned. *Each set also gets a new
powercord that is grounded or polarized and an AC line fuse is added if not
already equipped.

* * * * * Cabinets get detailed veneer repair and replacement if necessary
from an extensive inventory of vintage veneer, dial bezels are restored,
each knob is refinished or detail cleaned, Photofinish is recreated if
necessary and 7 coats of hand rubbed finish are applied. *The result is
stunning and gives the purchaser a set that will be around and working for
many, many, years to come. Please visit the above website for even more info
about me and my restorations.

My Restorations are just what you're looking for if you want a set that
looks and works as new. *These are completely redone, not only part of the
cabinet is refinished and another part left cobbled up, the entire unit is
restored. *These restorations are not simple "Recappings with a new power
cord" I tend to every part of the chassis that needs attention, cleaning and
relubing mechanical parts, rebuilding of dial assemblies, detailed
refinishing or cleaning of knobs and bezels and any specific needs of a
particular chassis. My sets are not "over restored", I don't rip every
component and wire from the chassis and replace it just because its old,
these sets are preserved in as much of their original state as possible to
keep them reliable and safe. *30 years of doing antique radio restoration
goes into knowing just what needs to be done and just how it should be done
when I restore one.

Thanks!!

Keith Park


Good luck trying to advertise your skills here but I doubt you'll ever
get sales here because frankly, ppl here are mean about everything,
and don't like spending a cent.

Many old AM radios are worth restoring, and I do maybe 3 a year made
between 1935 and 1965. The value of them is valued most by younger
relatives, usually women, of a previous owner, a grandma, or granpa
they once loved, so the old set is a link to the past which a minority
of people think is worth paying for. If restored with the original
electronics and extremely difficult to get 1935 tubes, most are pretty
awful sounding, and fall well below modern expectations. So I have no
qualms stripping all the ancient audio amp crap and tube rectifier
and installing a completely new tube line up consisting of 12AU7 AF
detector and AVC generator using two Ge diodes, 12AU7 tone control
stage with genuine boost and cut to treble above 2kHz, 12AT7 or 12AX7
input triode plus EL34 in triode for the audio amp with 12dB global
NFB, and maybe I replace the crummy old 10" speaker and its field coil
and maybe I add a dome tweeter. The resulting low distortion 4 Watt
triode amp does a lot better with the less sensitive lower distortion
modern speakers. Concentric car audio speakers are quite good, but not
much around, and one sometimes has to use a modern made 10" hi-fi
speaker with permanent magnet, and mount a tweeter in the middle on
aluminium straps, so an additional hole in front woodwork for treble
does not need to be cut out. OPTs are routinely re-wound, and given
better bass/treble performance. Sound in a floor stander which has
effectively is an open baffle design is usually much improved, and
listenable without drunk first.

I also add sets of RCA terminals to allow connection of LR channels
from stuff like i-pods, AM/FM tuners, TTs with inpuilt phono amps,
Digital Radio, TV sound, etc, or many other apps so that the old
ancient radio won't gather dust after ppl discover that listening to
AM radio as broadcast is like eating a **** sandwich, leaving bad
vibes to the ears, and a completely bored spirit. Its only mono sound,
ie, combined L&R channels, but that's fine for a kitchen, and sound IS
GOOD, and ppl are delighted. I'm careful with the timber though,
because unlike modern junk that has ZERO beauty to admire forever, old
radios sometimes have excellent beauty, and some might say its like
having a really nice statue of Mae West or Marilyn Monroe in the
loungeroom. Well, blokes might find that to be so, but wives would not
find sheila statues tolerable, but french polished wooden things are
OK to most men and women at ease with beauty from the past, so they
continue to grace some homes.

Its very difficult to restore timber work to how it may have been made
and finished bearing in mind the finish has often been lacqure sprayed
on, and some areas of the top have had areas of the thin veneer
sandpapered down to remove a deep stain, with goodness knows what sort
of varnish used to re-finish it. Often what is really needed is to
place new sheets of veneer on, and then the work becomes more
difficult, requiring more practised skills, and thus becomes the work
of furniture restorers and they seem always to charge fees like wonded
bulls. Most radios I have done are really labours of love, and many
restorations take 120 hours, maybe the equivalent of 3 weeks full
time. Average weekly earnings in Oz have reached $1,200 a week, and
who would pay $3,600 to fix up a radio?
I'm lucky if I get $600.
There is a huge difference in old radios being restored. Some are
extravagent statements of opulence and style of a bygone age, ie, they
represent the top echelon of putting on the agony and style of 1935.
Maybe originally funded by a missus removing the winnings from a drunk
sleeping husband's wallet after he had the one good day at the races.
She rushes to the store to spend on something that won't blow away.
But many old sets I see were budget radios placed in simple large
floor standing cabinets with a complete absense of any styling, the
absolute bare minimum, with a small horrid dial the same as used in a
mantle set. These of course were much cheaper and affordable by wives
of drunk coal miners or bricklayers, but they often take the same
amount of work to restore, and you end up with something that could
never be the equivalent of a statue of a former bueaty queen or film
star.

Patrick Turner.
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