Antique Radio Club of Illinois Virtual Forum, March 16, 2024
COUNTERFEIT RADIOS Phil Weingarten's Fabulous Fakes - Tom Perera - W1TP
Phil was an AWA member, a very knowledgeable historian, and a master craftsman who did not always bother to tell his customers that his offerings were fakes. To some, he was an accomplished collector and historian and to others he was a villain. But I think all will agree that he was an important part of antique radio History and it is important to know that some of his "Fabulous Fakes" are still out there masquerading as the real thing.
Special 1920’s Radio Restoration Techniques–Robert Lozier
Simply put: Robert does museum quality restorations. You won’t want to miss this presentation of some of the special techniques that he uses: An update to using UV Glues in vintage radio repair. Yes - A solid state transformer emulator can be used in 20s vintage reflex radio circuit. Making a tube holding fixture for base repair. A miniature plating drum for nickel plating hardware. Flattening warped boards on radio cabinets.
Here are links to the individual topic segments, so if you see a topic you are interested in, just click on the underlined time link and you will go right to that point in the video:
00:00:05 Introduction & Agenda – Tom Zaczek
00:02:02 Counterfeit Radios: Phil Weingarten's Fabulous Fakes - Tom Perera
00:38:43 Q & A
00:48:17 Special 1920's Radio Restoration Techniques - Robert Lozier
00:48:18 - In praise of UV cure resins
00:48:18 - Proof that you need to lightly sand surfaces before gluing
00:53:08 - How to separate glued & nailed joints
00:55:25 - Use Kevlar fishing cord to extract stuck pieces
00:56:20 - Repair 1935 high efficiency pin driver speaker
00:57:42 - How to close tears when back of cone is inaccessible
01:00:12 - Replica tubing for headphone & speaker internal wiring
01:01:27 - Easy alternative to fiber washers
01:02:14 - Cracks in Bakelite cone repaired with Kevlar cord & UV glue
01:03:50 - Replace bad audio transformer with hidden surface mount amp
01:05:07 - Tube holder fixture for tube base repair
01:06:15 - Resoldering tube pins
01:07:20 - Cleaning plated hardware
01:07:53 - Straighten warped boards
01:07:53 - "Easter Egg" hidden New Years Eve 1929
01:12:26 Q & A
01:19:57 Show & Tell, Tips & Techniques
01:20:22 - Early tubes, Morehead & Golden VT (1920) - Dayle Boyce
01:24:37 RadioFest 2024
01:32:53 Close