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1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration

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Re: 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration

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I have a friend I help out who does this type of thing. We're currently working on some ART-13 Transmitters, which were used in WWII bombers and feature a then-secret technology called "autotune" which is a mechanical way to pre-set all the knobs to known positions at the flick of a switch. It's been quite an interesting journey.

BTW: Autotune does NOT actually tune the antenna network for maximum output, etc.

Re: 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration

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Love this. When I was a kid, my friend and I used to visit radio and TV stores to scrounge old radio chasses just like this. We take them home, not to repair them, but to scavenge them for the parts. We'd use these big ass soldering irons or guns to remove the components, pull the tubes, and remove all the pots and other mechanical parts. Once we had pulled everything we could, the rest would go into the trash. All t…

Sometimes the journey is better the destination. When i was 10ish I’d build stage zero gentoo installations with dialup downloads. It’d take weeks and when i was done i didn’t really have anything to do with the computer.

Re: 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration

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I love that this is a blog post and not a video. I can read in my own time, not disturb others around me, and really peer at the pictures without having to pause at the exact correct moment.

YES! This 1000x! I hate how ever damn thing is a freaking video now! “Let’s review still image quality of latest mcgizmo phones… via video!” “Let’s turn a 3 minute read into a mindless 45 minute video for “engagement””

It’s nice when there are both.

Text and video are good at different things, telling the same story twice in different formats is rewarding to both you and your audience and there’s lots of overlap.

Re: 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration

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Love this. When I was a kid, my friend and I used to visit radio and TV stores to scrounge old radio chasses just like this. We take them home, not to repair them, but to scavenge them for the parts. We'd use these big ass soldering irons or guns to remove the components, pull the tubes, and remove all the pots and other mechanical parts. Once we had pulled everything we could, the rest would go into the trash. All t…

A fellow traveler. I did the same thing!

Re: 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration

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Love this. When I was a kid, my friend and I used to visit radio and TV stores to scrounge old radio chasses just like this. We take them home, not to repair them, but to scavenge them for the parts. We'd use these big ass soldering irons or guns to remove the components, pull the tubes, and remove all the pots and other mechanical parts. Once we had pulled everything we could, the rest would go into the trash. All t…

I built a Heathkit ham radio when I was 12. It never worked.

Re: 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration

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I always am amazed by how chaotic point-to-point wiring is. Diodes hanging here, a capacitor there, with no real sense of organization. It's such a contrast from the ordered appearance of a PCB.

Looks like under the hood of an old American car.

Re: 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration

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Nice work, I like the connector for the speaker and keeping the large cap can stock looking. The original grill cloth look pretty nice, and the bright red connector for the speaker looks a bit out of place. Congrats on getting the project finished! It's a lovely result.

Re: 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration

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Love this. When I was a kid, my friend and I used to visit radio and TV stores to scrounge old radio chasses just like this. We take them home, not to repair them, but to scavenge them for the parts. We'd use these big ass soldering irons or guns to remove the components, pull the tubes, and remove all the pots and other mechanical parts. Once we had pulled everything we could, the rest would go into the trash. All t…

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