Best Flip Clock Radio Restoration on YouTube | Retro Repair Guy Episode 35

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Apologies. KZbin again stuck a bunch of ads in between! I had removed this by default. Just took them out now. At least still early. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[@sergiomontes5534]

So many memories with radio shack as a kid.

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi! Same here and I still own a few nice things from there. I used to spend hours in the store playing with stuff and wishing I could buy it all! Thanks for watching!

[@zoeyzhang9866]

So informative content, glad to meet this vintage clock here!😆

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi Zoey! Thank you! I always work hard to try to find the best and most accurate information. Thanks for watching!

[@andrewsawesome]

37:04 Interesting to hear a Canadian play the Star Spangled Banner. Great job restoring the clock/radio!

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi Andrew! Thank you I worked hard. Actually I think you guys have a nice sounding anthem and I really love the music from this artist as he's very cinematic. Also, growing up the only TV channels I saw were American ones that use to play the anthem then go to white noise. I was sort of trying to reproduce this on the radio here going off air. Thanks for watching!

[@andrewsawesome]

@@RetroRepairGuy Yeah, I really liked the interpretation of the song that you played

[@RetroRepairGuy]

@@andrewsawesome He calls himself Cody Martin and did work for Amazon Prime, Showtime and others. app.soundstripe.com/artists/212

[@TRONMAGNUM2099]

Nice work. Flip clocks have become a collector's item. You can even buy a new one from a company called Twemco. Radio Shack had some nice products back in the 80's. Too bad they mostly went out of business. (I wish they would have stuck with what they were good at instead of trying to be a cell phone shop in the early 2000's). I live near a place that specializes mostly in ham radios and electronic components that is an authorized RadioShack distributor. You can still buy Soldering Irons and multimeters that are radio shack branded.

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi Tron! Hope you tried the VCR! Yeah the flip clocks have become insanely expensive, which is why I was so happy to find one for $14.99! But people do exaggerate at $200-300. I think I saw a review on Twemco and they weren't so good? But I could be mistaken. I had no idea you could still purchase Radio Shack branded stuff. But yes, they should have stuck to what they did best. At the same time, everyone was trying to survive over the years with Sears closing in Canada and many stores in the US., Amazon taking over everything and so forth. Sad but I rejoice by restoring.

[@8bitsinthebasement]

Nice radio and restoration. The only piece of advice I can give you is that if you need to sharpen your scissors (to cut fishing line or whatever else) go cut some sandpaper with it first, never fails. Take care and I hope that Mrs. RRG lets you put it in your room ;)

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi Peter! Hope all is well. Thank you very much! Oh yeah sandpaper? I was going to use a blade but then I remembered the last time I did that while installing a new radio for Mrs. RRG a while back and cut myself open to the bone and taped everything up with electrical tape until I got sutures nine hours later. Somehow I'm not as courageous anymore! 😂😂 Yeah she caved in and let me keep it after she saw the video. She just said "wow what a difference, it's so clean". I knew that was my unwritten authorization. 😉

[@wallyf7020]

I left a comment yesterday, but it disappeared. I had this clock growing up until my parents upgraded to a digital one. Watching your videos brings me back to being a little boy. I feel like the food critic from Ratatouille when he took a bite of the dish and brought him back as a little boy. Excellent material.

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi Wally! Are you trying to spam me again? 🤣 I don't know where your comment went it's not in spam folder either. Mysteries of YT. Thank you as always, I appreciate the comments. While I'm fixing them I get that same feeling.

[@wallyf7020]

@Retro Repair Guy honestly what would be a great repair video and prob would get Mrs. RRG upset would be either an 8 track stereo system or a tube tv furniture style. 🤔

[@RetroRepairGuy]

@@wallyf7020 Stop putting ideas in my head!

[@wallyf7020]

@@RetroRepairGuy 8 track

[@RetroRepairGuy]

@@wallyf7020 😛

[@midimoog]

As a kid, the Radio Shack catalogs were my favorite books. I read them over and over.

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi! Did you know there are available online now? Love those and the old Sears catalogs! Thanks for watching!

[@RandomRetr0]

I've wanted a flip clock since I was a kid. This is by far the best restoration video on this platform! Absolutely no lie!

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Wow thank you! Best Flip Clock restoration but best restoration, hmmm, I have better ones like my last Tape Deck one! 😁 But seriously, I do put lots of effort into my restorations. Thanks for watching!

[@plexnbrown760]

Cool this will be fun saw this drop last night but I conked out early last night

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi Plex. Well I just woke up now! lol Another long episode enjoy!

[@plexnbrown760]

I am entertained, just a pun off your gladiator reference. My favorite movie by the way

[@plexnbrown760]

Oh man your really trolling the us viewers in this one rofl

[@RetroRepairGuy]

@@plexnbrown760 Mine too by the way! Also why I always have a Marcus Aurelius quote at the end. 😉

[@RetroRepairGuy]

@@plexnbrown760 Who me? 😁 In all honesty, as I said to someone in another comment, I grew up with this playing on TV before the station went off air so I was trying to mimic the same with the radio.

[@billdepalma161]

A lot of companies made this clock radio and the tuning area lights up it’s beautiful when lit nice video love clock radios

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi Bill! Thank you very much! I wanted one for the longest time and my dad got rid of his. It's in my bedroom and it looks awesome! And I have no plan to modify and put LED lights or anything, the warm old style lamp is what gives it its charm. Thanks for watching!

[@billdepalma161]

@@RetroRepairGuy I had a Magnavox Lloyds GE Sony Realistic etc I love lights like a mini receiver And a 4” speaker I used to do this buy at a thrift clean inside out GE SOUNDED GREAT now I’m into buying Sony ICF-C10W cube clock radios best sounding most likely the Bose Wave Radio no longer in manufacture. Look forward to your next video

[@MD_the_microchannel]

I think this is one of the best channels out there!

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Wow thank you, I appreciate hearing that!

[@MD_the_microchannel]

@@RetroRepairGuy :D

[@YanickT]

I love old clock. Thank you I enjoyed it.

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi Yannick! Thank you very much and for watching!

[@dmcintosh1967]

Been working on old 12" B/W sold state Hitachi TV from 1968 for a guy that wants it fixed. I have almost finished recapping the set. I'm just waiting on one cap that didn't have in my stash to arive. I have had a few flipp clocks but I have never been able find that I could get working. One clock radio I recently recapped was an 1969 RCA in a real wood cabinet.

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Must be nice in real wood cabinet. And that 12" B/W from 68 sounds amazing as well. You should post them, would love to see them.

[@johnnyrotit844]

Dude! Truly is the best Flip Clock restoration vid! Love it! Are you keeping it? Good luck on the weight loss, been there!

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Thank you very much! I work hard on all of them. I really do appreciate all the positive comments. Weight loss will be one day at a time. Thanks for watching!

[@laurensell1309]

Lovely vid! Did the Mrs let you put it on your nightstand? lol I hope so! I have this exact clock in my bedroom as we speak! It was my grandpa's, on his nightstand since the 70s, he passed in 96, Grandma sold their house in the early oughts, but she brought it along, and I ended up adopting it when she passed and have had it in my various bedrooms for nearly a decade now! As far as I can tell it's been in near constant operation for more than 40 years, and everything still works perfectly! Now I feel like I should open it up and clean the inside but I'm afraid to mess with it since it's still working!

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi Lauren! I received a lot of resistance but she really did let me put it there. I wish I had kept my parents and grandmas' clocks over the years. These clocks are not that difficult if you are used to open things but because everything is on one board it's a bit tricky. As you saw, even someone like me with experience managed breaking the tuner cord and that is something you don't want to do. If it's just cleaning, yes go ahead. I had to unplug it from the wall though because at 3:00 am in the dead of night I swear I could hear that little enigmatic motor. Maybe I'm just not used to it anymore. But they are beautiful and love it on the nightstand. Thanks for watching!

[@dmcintosh1967]

I was born in year 2000 and the only thing I ever bought from radio shack was a cheap portable DVD player that started to scratch my disk in short order. That being said I do have a lot of there old stuff from the 90s and older that I have found throw the years.

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi. Yeah like many companies, stuff made in the noughties were not that great as they were cutting manufacturing costs. I have some old CBs and Walkie Talkies from Radio Shack from the 80s that are built like tanks and still work great! Thanks for watching.

[@indianajones6349]

Great video. Good work. Can you tell us about the wireless receiver, model number, etc. Thanks.

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi Indy! Thank you. Yes I had left a link in the description of the video of the one I purchased. There's a link for US and one for Canada. BLUETOOTH FM TRANSMITTER: US: amzn.to/3HdfHhO CA: amzn.to/3XRcxYf Thanks for watching!

[@nathananthony9917]

Do you have a link you could share that you use for purchasing capacitors?

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi Nathan. I purchase my capacitors from Digi-Key. If you meant do I have an affiliate link, I don't just a link to their website. www.digikey.com and they have a site for almost every country. I hear Mouser is also very good but never tried ordering from them. Thanks for watching.

[@VINTAGELIKE]

Your wife is pretty also Polish which is even better

[@RetroRepairGuy]

Hi! Yes she is both. Unfortunately did not get to feature her in this episode! Thanks for watching!

[@marinvidovic763]

Is it posible to separste a clock from the radio part , ... and Then... run the Clock as a separate peace ... ? ??? ( a) of course, knowing which additional new electronic cirqutery to build (or ... (?) cut out from the original unit )... b)previously , knowing how the Clock unit is In fact run and electronicaly controled . Can you make an episode along this idea, please ? I have a clock ... but have no clue how it works. Want to learn... to do this project. Thanks ! 🎉😂🎉.

[@Artcurus]

Never use WD40 on those motors. Use sewing machine oil or Turbine Oil. You need to go back and spray the motor down with alcohol to get rid of any WD40 residue. It will eventually gum up and stall the motor. This comes from years of experience working with vintage phono motors in RCA 45 players from the 50's and other record changers. They have to be completely disassembled, the bearing assemblies soaked in Naptha, then relubricated.