My nose would give the leaky capacitor a run for its money :)
@vasilis8208Күн бұрын
Lol, you're using brake cleaner on your pots??🤪
@vasilis82082 күн бұрын
That smoke reminds me of Mission Imposible! "This TV will self-destruct in 10 seconds... 😆
@fododude3 күн бұрын
out of nowhere comes ... a new cone!
@DavidHuber633 күн бұрын
It is a li'l cutie
@rduwe94663 күн бұрын
could you explane how you test the capacitors please
@glasslinger3 күн бұрын
I use a Triplett mocel 630 VOM set to the x10,000 ohms range. This applies 30 volts to the capacitor which emphases any leakage. If the capacitor reads below 20 megohms it has lost its seal and will eventually develop enough leakage to malfunction. Most of the good capacitors read either totally open or barely making the needle move.
@rduwe94664 күн бұрын
cant believe so much knowlidge in one brain, they dont make people like that anymore
@DavidHuber634 күн бұрын
The industrial revolution is nothing short of amazing, then came 📻
@rduwe94664 күн бұрын
you remind me of my dad same way of working same way of thinking en that was 40 years ago
@jimmiemack19474 күн бұрын
Sanblasting? How was this done? Did you take it to someone?
@glasslinger4 күн бұрын
All it takes is a fairly large (5 CUFT minute or more) compressor and a sand blasting gun off ebay. You learn by doing.
@ricardosalesdemello41304 күн бұрын
Ok friend glasslinger, the Radio is beautiful!!
@DavidHuber635 күн бұрын
Just when we were on a roll :)
@antoniozhria88896 күн бұрын
Italian stail parliamo da non capire
@fadhil20247 күн бұрын
Hi how ar you
@DavidHuber637 күн бұрын
Oh my goodness is right :)
@vasilis82087 күн бұрын
Sorry to ask an obvious question, but why are you wearing a dress??
@glasslinger7 күн бұрын
I get real pleasure wearing decorative clothing. Drag queen. Cross-dresser. Transvestite.
@vasilis82087 күн бұрын
@@glasslinger Ok, fair enough. For me, it sort-of confuses the message a bit... Are you trying to come across as an electronics technician, or a cross-dresser? You don't usually find the two together..
@glasslinger6 күн бұрын
@@vasilis8208 As far as I know I am the ONLY ONE! :)
@ianpool39907 күн бұрын
What sensor do you use here to get the imaged? where can i buy it?
@ianpool39907 күн бұрын
this is exactly what i am looking for. in south africa i can not get these x ray heads at a junk yard. please sell me a complete high voltage power supply and a x ray tube. both working second hand condition. i will pay for shipping. i want to use it to reverse engineer electronic pcb. not on humans and system fully lead shielded. make a price, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@glasslinger7 күн бұрын
Sorry. Not practical.
@Farben-X7 күн бұрын
Hi, I have an unrelated question, but I think this is the right channel, does anyone know where tu buy proper getter ring for making diy vacuum tube? Maybe not too expensive
@glasslinger7 күн бұрын
The getters are not the problem. It is the RF induction heater to flash them. For getters, buy a bunch of old TV tubes off ebay. Cheapest since you will be breaking them apart. Do not break the tube open until you are immediately going to put the getter on your homemade tube to seal off and get under vacuum. Exposed to air, you have about 5 minutes until the getter is destroyed.
@Farben-X6 күн бұрын
@glasslinger thanks, so the barium in the getter is stored in a metallic form even before flashing right? Witch are the tube most probable to have an unflashed getter?
@glasslinger6 күн бұрын
@@Farben-X I find the color set regulator tubes like the 6BK4 and the like, and the high voltage rectifiers like the 1B3. Large sweep tubes also have plenty of getter remaining. Don't pay much for the old tubes. They are worth about 25 cents each.
@Siumi-l8z7 күн бұрын
I hate you with that dress
@adrianrevill76867 күн бұрын
Superb!
@DavidHuber637 күн бұрын
Brilliant
@DavidHuber637 күн бұрын
zzzt
@glasslinger7 күн бұрын
More like KAPOW! :)
@DavidHuber638 күн бұрын
No tube, no picture = the blues :)
@jackkageyama22598 күн бұрын
no cat today😞
@ronanzann48519 күн бұрын
At 29:13......Looks to be a 304TH, or a 304TL. Essentially four 75 watt triodes in parallel, for 300 watt plate dissipation forced air cooled. A great old tube for modulator service, or RF up to maybe 10 Mc or so.
@dan96dyna919 күн бұрын
Hope to see more new videos in the near future I really enjoy watching,even tho I can’t comprehend all of the electronic technology You’re videos are comforting to watch Thanks for sharing your incredible knowledge
@louphillips132910 күн бұрын
We have not heard from Ron in a while. I hope you are okay.
@glasslinger9 күн бұрын
All OK! Lots of house maintenance kept me busy. Fall is here so more videos on the way!
@marcus326110 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for responding to my question. Take care of yourself and the cat, God bless you both. 🇺🇲🇮🇪💚🙏🙋😁👍
@filippf1210 күн бұрын
Amazing work. This is the resoult of someone who knows what he is doing and love his work
@marcus326110 күн бұрын
I have been calling this channel Glass finger for years, I should have gone to specsavers lol. Thinking of James Bond movie character Gold finger then I why not Glassfinger. Why do you call your channel Glasslinger? 🤔💚👀👍🇮🇪🇺🇲🔍
@glasslinger10 күн бұрын
Back in the old west the guys that were into shooting were called gun slingers. So I removed gun and put in glass because of my tube making involves a lot of melted glass work! Other words I wanted to use were already taken.
@gavinwb110 күн бұрын
Wow...never sandblast near or around a glass dial face either. You got lucky if you didn't blast any of the graphics off of it. And you didn't bother to mask it off either before spraying paint around it? You take a lot of chances. It looks like you blasted some of the paint off of the metal model info tag on the back of the chassis, though. But if sandblasting and painting with minimal masking works for you that's all that matters. It's your radio. I'll stick to doing chassis detailing by hand.
@filippf1211 күн бұрын
Hi there maybe you might be the only one who can help me. I have an old black and white WEBER brand tv that has horizontal line problem that suddenly appeared where it was playing. Unfortunately I couldn't find the electronic diagram anywhere. It has 12 tubes. With a visual diagnosis I believe the problem is a PCL84 Tube that looks bad. But I'm not sure it's for the vertical scan. There is also a PCL82 Tube but I think it is for the audio output. I would really appreciate it if you could help me.
@glasslinger11 күн бұрын
Make sure all the tubes light up. Replace all tubular capacitors in the set. Check the voltages on the tubes. (no plate voltage, voltages jumping around, etc.) This is not a USA set so I have no info on it. I would bet on a bad capacitor.
@filippf1210 күн бұрын
@@glasslinger Thank you very much for helping.
@federicobottos530211 күн бұрын
Glasslinger are you okey? You haven't posted since more than 3 months 🥲 i'm starting to be worried 😢🥹
@glasslinger11 күн бұрын
Summer house work. I'll get busy!
@federicobottos530211 күн бұрын
Good lord thanks ❤ i don't wanna be rude and say that you are too old, but you and Uncle Doug (wich also don't publish since 3mo) are the only 2 channel that i really follow with joy 🥹. Thanks for the responce and have a great day! ❤
@ianpool399012 күн бұрын
will you be able to fabricate me a lead glass x ray vacuum tube 60 mm long x 30 mm diameter?
@glasslinger12 күн бұрын
Sorry, no. I do not have the capabilities to work soft glass. I only use pyrex because of the severe annealing required for soft glass like lead glass. Look on ebay. You can get a working tube there.
@ThomasJones-d6h12 күн бұрын
Were did you lern how to fix radios
@glasslinger12 күн бұрын
Where I live there are many of the old radios around. I took interest in them and learned by working on them and reading books.
@adrianrevill768613 күн бұрын
Thank you for this video, I know some tube theory, and I am just starting on my first restoration. But seeing the simple practical way you fault-found I am sure will be invaluable.
@jeffreyhickman387114 күн бұрын
Ya got a GREAT 👍 discount on that radio 📻 for $5.00, by the seller thinking that the power cord went bad. It wasn't the power cord that went bad, it was one of the built in capacitors that burned out. Your friend, Jeff.
@chetpomeroy139917 күн бұрын
Whoever had that radio before Glasslinger really mucked it up! They probably didn't even have a schematic for it. It would be a treasure for anyone to have in their living room now!
@Tranliestman9417 күн бұрын
I am so happy i found you channel! You are so cool! 😎
@chetpomeroy139917 күн бұрын
This is definitely a higher-quality receiver. It has those nice, big IF cans with the trimmer caps. In later years, manufacturers really took a step down in quality when they used those smaller, crappy IF cans with those internal silver-mica sheet capacitors and the fragile adjustable ferrite inductors. Those smaller cans almost always develop SMD.
@glasslinger17 күн бұрын
Yes. I come across the rotten I.F. cans quite often. I have plenty of spares on hand so for now not any more than the nuisance of changing them out.
@adrianrevill768617 күн бұрын
why don't you just weld the bronze wire in place of the copper wire?
@glasslinger17 күн бұрын
The bronze wire gets very brittle during the heat treating of the tube. It has zinc in it so the 900 degrees F causes it to separate from the copper in the bronze.
@chetpomeroy139918 күн бұрын
I didn't know one could sidestep having to replace the dag by using an old doorknob capacitor! That's a lot easier than having to take out the CRT, scrub off the old dag, spray on new dag coating and finally put the CRT back in.
@glasslinger17 күн бұрын
The crt coating was very cheap to apply and it replaced a $5 high voltage capacitor. That adds up when making thousands of sets!
@chetpomeroy139917 күн бұрын
@@glasslinger That does make sense. If a manufacturer can cut production costs on runs of thousands of sets, this can help with their bottom line *and* pass on savings to their customers, a win-win situation!
@adrianrevill768618 күн бұрын
I have not watched for a few years, great to see you are still at it. Such a shame you don't live in Lincolnshire UK I would love to learn even 1/2 your skills.
@glasslinger18 күн бұрын
I wonder how long UK will continue to exist with the boatloads of migrants! I watch several UK channels and see people are very upset. We don't get any coverage here in the USA on mainstream TV.
@adrianrevill768617 күн бұрын
@@glasslinger UK is a nation of immigrants, it has been happening for thousands of years, those complaining should look at their own ancestry.
@glasslinger17 күн бұрын
@@adrianrevill7686 Not at the current level. This is termed an invasion. You are literally losing your country. It will be a muslim land in another year or two and then they will take over by sheer voting volume. It already has happened in London.
@sciencefollower18 күн бұрын
I love you dear Glass Linger, for we have one common interest, and that is Radio. Regards.
@fododude18 күн бұрын
This episode's a keeper.
@sissy1234hhh18 күн бұрын
love the dress!
@source195719 күн бұрын
white cat - radio amateur ...😄
@lorenwalters133420 күн бұрын
I would love to see more of the outfits you wear
@stevenfugate445420 күн бұрын
Like your repair videos but the rest I don't know man you do you though you only get one run at life live it your way