Repairing and restoring vintage valve radios (or tube radios if you don't speak English :) ) is my passion, and I've decided to share these electronic repairs of a bygone era with you all, whether you like it or not :) This one is a 1939ish 5-valve Rolax model. These videos are a bit of a side-project to my main focus, https://www.vintageradio.co.nz This is part 4 of a rejuvenation of a rare (but definitely not valuable) and somewhat hideous Christchurch-built budget-end Rolax model from around the start of World War II. This video is the final stages of the repair, including cleaning the chassis, rejuvenating the cabinet and putting it all back together 'Rolax' was a radio brand started by Jones & Sons Jewellers in around 1935, and it seems to have disappeared early in the war years only to reappear quite a few years later in the early 50's - possibly with a new owner (Sedley Wells Music). Not much more is known at this stage. The radio has 5 valves, and broadcast-band reception only (otherwise known as AM). It was a completely budget set. ---------------- A big thank you and shout out to John from Arkansas, I've been watching his awesome videos for around 8 or 9 years now - way back when he was just a young fella. John, you're a legend and a big part of the reason I've started my own radio repair channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/joernone/playlists Also a shout out to David Tipton who's restorations and video production quality are both top-notch - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDtNHvDDVqTzEQcfd8qhquA And a big shout out to the New Zealand Vintage Radio Society - https://www.nzvrs.com - for keeping New Zealand radio electronics manufacturing alive and well in the hearts and minds (and service benches) of us all. The Columbus model 84 can be found here: https://www.vintageradio.co.nz/model/columbus/84 For chat, help, tips and advice on restoring or repairing Kiwi radios, also check out the NZ Vintage Radio Forums at https://nzvrs.freeforums.net/ Cheers, Steve https://www.vintageradio.co.nz ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yn1d_MmP6A

An overview of the two NZ manufactured 'comfort' radios, the AEW1 and AEW2. The AEW1 was designed to run on 6V, the AEW2 was seemingly only designed for 110V AC. Clarification from an NZVRS member who made AEW2's at Westco during the war shows that they were supplied directly to the US Marines stationed here, and there was an Army inspector in the factory checking each one as it came off the line, and stamping it with the broad arrow mark as a sign of acceptance as long as it was ok. https://www.vintageradio.co.nz/model/aews/aew1 https://www.vintageradio.co.nz/model/aews/aew2 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72f0VE4YobI

Repairing a Columbus model 26P - a series of faults are tracked down in this one that was, at first glance, going to be a quick dust-off and send it down the road. It was getting a bit long, so I've broken it over 2 videos. And because someone mentioned the audio is a bit quiet in my videos I've boosted the level a bit in this one - please let me know if its any better or worse. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQKtnPEokzU

A quick recap to fire it up... or is it. Are they ever just a quick recap? And a wee ramble on solder... A couple of frustrated sound effects were used from Fesliyan Studios: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/sound-effects-search.php ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsbhGcWwtwo