Radio Repair on DVD: Antique Radio Restoration Combo-Pack!

Description

New, Convenient Combo-Pack;
Specially Designed for Electronic Restoration!
Antique Radio Restoration Volumes 1 and Two:
A Step-By-Step Guide to Old Radio Repair, and Intermediate to Advanced Theory & Troubleshooting.
Join your host Bret Menassa as he shows you how to electronically restore just about any tube radio. In Volume one, you follow the step-by-step the transformation of an "as-found" 1936 Philco 640 from flea market-find to working, museum-ready collectible. Along the way, you'll get basic tube theory, basic receiver theory, and sources for hundreds of old parts and free service data. Plus, you'll learn to repair Bakelite block condensers, how to repair an original lacquer finish
without stripping it,
and much more.
Volume 2 picks up where Vol. 1 leaves off, using nearly a dozen DIFFERENT radios to demonstrate scores of intermediate-level electronics repair techniques. You'll better understand many types of radio circuits, from transformer-based power supplies, series sets, capacitive vs. inductive tuning, and how three fundamental principles -- capacitance, resistance, and inductance -- function together to make your vintage tube radio work. You'll have a clearer understanding of how to read schematics, trace the signal through the stages of the radio, align your set either using a signal generator or just by using your ear, how to test all sorts of coils and transformers, how to safely replace old "hot-tail" resistance line cords, plus you'll get intermediate tube and receiver theory, and much more!
Go to YouTube and watch a streaming preview of all my videos!
Copy and paste the following link into your browser:
https://www.youtube.com/user/bretsoldradios/videos
Bret's videos are hands-on, non-technical, geared for the hobbyist not the engineer, and delivered in Bret's fun, conversational style. You won’t find another video like these ANYWHERE else! Get the confidence to attempt more and more challenging restorations after watching Antique Radio Restoration Vol. 1 and Vol. 2!
See my
other items
to bid on a combo pack of Vol. 1 & 2, or to get Special Half-Off Savings on any
individual
volume in the series. And check out the 16 different patterns of repro radio grill cloth I carry! Email "bretsoldradios at ATT dot net" with any questions.
Vol 1 Runtime: Approx. 115 minutes; full color
Vol 2 Runtime: Approx. 135 minutes, full color
Reviews and Testimonials:
“I can't help but think of Bret as the ‘Mister Wizard’ of radio restoration… (The video) is as entertaining as it is educational… as much an encouragement to enter our hobby as it is a thorough basic education of restoration techniques… I’m compelled to recommend it highly!”
-Ron Hensel, Antique Radio Club of Illinois,
ARCI News,
December, 2004
“If you’ve been thinking about trying to restore some of your old radios but have hesitated because you don’t 'Know Electricity,' these two videos would be a good place for you to start… Bret, with his gorgeous collection of radios in the background, talks and walks the viewer through old radio repair in a very laid-back, informal style… These two videos represent an enormous investment of time and thought… They are a viable alternative to the many available books and articles. Highly recommended…”
–David Krauter, Antique Wireless Association
The AWA Journal
, April 2005
"I think [the videos] cover just about every important topic that a beginning-to-intermediate level restorer should know about. All explanations are clear and concise... and in terms that I think most folks will easily understand. (The video) is really an extraordinary value, since it not only covers the theory that the books explain, but also has that up-close and personal feeling that one can only get while watching someone actually poke around inside a chassis. Bravo!"
-Tim Sullivan, Founder, allthingsradio.com
"[You have] a knack for convincing viewers that restoring radios is fun and not that difficult. More than any book, these two volumes and their "You can learn to do this, too!" upbeat attitude will hopefully encourage new collectors to take the restoration plunge. I think that is their greatest contribution."
-Brian Belanger, editor of
Radio Age
, the
Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club newsletter, August 2004
“For people like me with no formal background in electronics, this is a great way to expand my knowledge about repairing those great old radios. I also thoroughly enjoyed seeing some of the beautiful radios in Bret’s personal collection”
-Randy James, in
Sound Waves,
the VRPS newsletter
July, 2004 "[Bret] demonstrate(s) a wide range of repair and restoration techniques… If you have hesitated to refinish a cabinet, this video should provide the encouragement needed to give it a try. The audio/video quality is top notch. ...The restoration methods are practical and should be easy for most collectors to carry out. Regardless of your present skill level, you'll find the many good ideas in this DVD useful.
–Ray Bintliff
Antique Radio Classified,
February 2007
"You need to see [this video]... Anyone who has a radio with [damage] in the cabinet and who may have been previously resigned to living with the blemish now need not do so... Vol. 3 is done with the same knowledgeable care as his previous two."
-David Krauter
AWA Journal, April 2006
"It seems that no cabinet is beyond repair using Bret's techniques... the video moves right along and never gets dull... This comprehensive, 2-hour video... is the best medium for presenting this information, far better than the written word, and this professional qulity DVD does it nicely.
-Ray Bintliff, W1RY
Antique Radio Classified, March 2006
"The video is fun to watch. Bret has a pleasant, laid-back style on screen. The pace is not hurried, but it keeps moving... He packs a lot of information in the 115 minutes... I would recommend it, and look forward to Bret's future efforts."
-Eric Steinberg, Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club
in
Radio Daze
Newsletter, August 2004
"I have just completed watching Volume #2. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT!!!!! Every question I had about fixing radios and didn't know who to ask was answered on the DVD. I have read many books trying to understand how to repair radios. Your video summed up what all those books could not.” --E. Stuckey
"Received and viewed both volumes 1 & 2 and they are well worth the price I paid! Both are well done and chock full of info that would take hours to find in a book, if you could find a book that contained it!” --J. Prisco
“Good news! I completed my first radio alignment. I could not have done it without your help. The video… walked me through it. And I was able to do it without a signal generator!" --C. Drumma
"I... just finished watching volume one. GREAT! That's all I have to say. …I remember finishing one (electronics) book, opening up an All American Five and saying to myself, 'Well,
now
what do you do?' Now I know!" ---B. Jones
"I know (your videos) will be ones that I'll go back to time and again in the future. You are very articulate and have a good, understandable way of presenting things; the amazing thing was how you only used a volt/ohm meter and no other expensive equipment!" -M. Jensen
"I received my tape today and watched the first hour or so. I have one word for you - spectacular! I know how to replace caps and fortunately, that fixes most of those hummers. But your tape has opened some new territory for me! I love old radios so much; this is like watching the World Series!" -Ken R.