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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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Post by helf »

colechristensen wrote: post #13
helf wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Yeah true. In a perfect world we’d get that. In an imperfect world gimme text and pics lol.

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

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Post by sverhagen »

ishtanbul wrote: post #5

If you like this, you’ll probably like this restoration of these old headphones https://youtu.be/98pUBuTar_s

I was like: how related is one really to the other, but you pulled me into that one. Now I have a different question: how much of an old artifact do you need to retain to still call it a "restoration", as opposed to a "replica"? (I realize this is not a question unique to this video.)

Very skillful, though! And the video style is very... soothing :)

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

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Post by rmason »

sizzzzlerz wrote: post #6

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…

So did I. In my case I wanted to build a ham receiver from a ARRL handbook design. Also bought some new parts with my hard earned money when I could get my dad to take me to Reno Radio in Detroit. The guys at Reno Radio were hams themselves and were always so darned encouraging to me.

But when I finally did get my license at age 14 my first station ended up being Heathkit gear I built myself.

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

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Post by behnamoh »

helf wrote: post #21
colechristensen wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Yeah true. In a perfect world we’d get that. In an imperfect world gimme text and pics lol.

It also depends on __when__ you are consuming the material. I always need to do something while eating, and since my hands are often tied, a *video* format works better as I can just hit play without having to scroll or click on things. In other times though, I prefer text with images, especially if it's a static website without annoying JS.

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

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Post by mmsimanga »

sizzzzlerz wrote: post #6

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 am loving the responses to your comment. I want to add that as a grown man in my forties I have a couple of Rasberry Pis and a BBC micros along with some interesting components from Aliexpress which I have done absolutely nothing with but pack neatly away for a few years now. One day.

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

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Post by schipplock »

tamaharbor wrote: post #18
shadowofneptune wrote: post #4

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.

But they still work! (somehow) :)
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