Hi everybody. A while back, I sent a radio to my buddy, David Tipton "Australia's own radio restore genius," Check out Part 1 and 2, and 3 of David's video on this 1942 RCA Model: 26BP. . Links below Part 1 th-cam.com/video/BcfhYGlhR-g/w-d-xo.html Part 2 th-cam.com/video/aLQHx46w2UM/w-d-xo.html Part 3 th-cam.com/video/h9JQSMR3vrI/w-d-xo.html
@@Buzz1151 I began watching David Tipton about 6 months after he started posting videos. He has come a long way in the hobby since then, to the point where now, he does a first-class restoration job, tackling virtually any problem that comes along. He has definitely found his niche!
@@richardshort4587 hi richard...it's still in the box unopened, till I make a video on it...I have 1 more project scheduled after my current one. so, probably in 3 or 4 months, we shall see what David sent....great question, thanks 🍺🍺
I actually like the tale of this ghost! Well, your creativity! Poor Dickel, I was hoping that maybe he found himself a new friend 😆 Can always offer some "Limeade" to the ghost if she comes back! Restoring & repairing radios sure is an interesting world, but I'm afraid that if I ever attempted to fiddle around with all of those wires & electricity, I'd be seeing some ghosts!
Great intro Buzz, a Buzz in the box! 😄 a lot of editing work there. The golden capacitors look amazing and finding that broken wire, fantastic. I wonder how many times it went back to the repair shop for that? Did you hear the one about Captain Kirk setting course to the sun, Spock is alarmed and says "we will burn up Captain" Kirk relies, "nah, we'll go at night"! Thanks for the pinned comment Buzz 👍🍻🍻
@@DavidTipton101 Good joke David! Your demeanor seems so even-keel, the venting of your own brand of humor always catches me off-guard. I do very much appreciate it though, this world needs to laugh more to help de-stress. I also have a similar "funny bone", it is so advanced (or warped) that I rarely show it unless I am in the right company of people to avoid misunderstandings. Fortunately, my wife has an almost identical sense of humor, which I have greatly enjoyed over the years.
Sorry I am late to the party again. Was laid up with the gout in my left foot. I had hurt my foot giving a midget a swift kick in his posterior for jaywalking in front of the liquor store and he blocked my way in getting into said store for some free sniffs of the libations. But I digress. That was brilliant of Dickel sucking the spirit into the movie camera. Now you just have to drop that camera deep in the Pacific Ocean never to be seen again. Seeing that lime juice made be thirsty for a Margarita so now I have to make another trip to the package store after I finish watching! That 100 dollar bull didn't crinkle right. It sounded a little too crinkly . Loook at those buggerheads at the factory putting that broken wire antenna coil in there. It took your genius to fix that 94 year problemo. Now it truly playes better than new. What an accomplishment. You are the best in the west and probably also east of the Rockies also. I do love the music selections Buzz. Say hi to Dickel for me. He's quite a Gnome. PS I love those music selections, it truly brings back memories.
hahahahaha...wow ghost of WC Fields.....you are so funny, even after being dead since 1946, at the young age of 66 years...I know what you mean about those pesky midgets..hahahaha...I just wish you could come over and replace that nasty ghost, with yours truly! 👏👏, and guard against letting any other ugly ghosts in my radio.....you could do anything you want, as long as you were nice, and you would get tasty free eats and good libations....... just don't turn me back into a jack-in-the box....I think Dickel would like you! 😁...is it a deal? 😂🤣
@@Buzz1151 I would love to live inside a prettier radio like a Zenith or a Philco console condominium or better yet a color big screen television like l once saw on The Price is Right with Bob Barker when I visited Television City and have that Dian Parkinson move in too and she can sleep on your couch and she can turn my selector and I can fiddle around and tune her to my frequency. Us classy ghosts do have our standards. Just one caveat is I live on the east coast in Philadelph eye aye🤪 and it's a long flight and my arms would get tired so I would have to fly ghost to ghost first class on a Lockheed Constellation or Connie as they are called. PS. What would you like to get turned into? Boo!🤪
This haunted radio was really in need of an exorcism. Although maybe it just needed a wire reconnected like it should have been done from the factory. Good stuff Buzz!
Great job, Old Buzz. Finding that loose wire inside the can was great! BTW, old caps had a liquid inside the can. Speaking of liquids, surely you deserve a good beer! Enjoy it!
I love how they just screwed all the components to the back panel. probably maximized the use of the space they had at the time. later when capacitors got smaller they could put them all under the chassis. Nice job fixing that coil! I'm having a similar problem with my Philco 89. maybe I need to check out that antenna coil
Hi Dan...I really am enjoying this weird radio, haha...it's one of a kind...hey Dan..lets have another Uncle Dorkel or a vintage paper cup poor boy video!...haha
That broken wire was Well spotted Buzz old buddy. You got that radio working a treat now! Guess the original factory technicians just got sick of soldering!
That Twilight Zone episode scared me way back in 1961 when that kid turned the man into a jack-in-the-box...it was fun to try to re-create that short scene with me ! haha🍺🍺
Brilliant Buzz.. Those copper cans still full of electrolyte.. Unbelievable.. You then did an inspired job of preserving them along with all the other cap cans. Can't wait for episode three..
wow, I haven't seen a Zero bar in 50 years!!! You continue to educate with these videos. Not that it's going to make me a radio technician, but I'm kinda understanding those electrical diagrams, with your help. It's a bit scary, since I've always avoided anything to do with electrical up to now. I never knew hundred dollar bills were so commonly used as insulation in radios! 😉😆
Hi Buzz. Great job on the cabinet and the radio chassis . Has always its a treat to watch you and Dickel ,my friend. I liked and shared. All my very best to you and yours. Hope you had a great 4th of July.
Another great video Buzz. Interesting find on that blown wire. Yes watched Dave's Video earlier it will be nice to see how he refurbishes the case to that radio. Its great how all you radio restores work together on you tube. Wish we had this Knowledge shearing back in 1974 when I started out as a Signal & Telegraph engineer.
@@Buzz1151 Living in the US, I don't know if I could ever get used to the frequency scale of the dial having only call signs. What looks at first like a 5 band radio, is actually just a standard MW AM broadcast receiver. On the plus side, nearly every Aussie radio has a power transformer, which I really like. Growing up in Florida in the 1960's, and since concrete floors were used in homes, I was always getting brutal shocks from those hot chassis on the AC/DC sets.
The bezel on that radio reminds me of the bottle openers on the old soda vending machines with the bottles inside. Maybe you can open a beer with it. Cheers!
A few weeks ago,i restored a german nordmende Carmen 57,i have restuffed the electrolytic capacitor too,because the aluminium can Was labeled nordmende too,it has 3x 50uF 350 volts inside, i replaced them with 3x 47uF 400 volt capacitors, and proper insulation of the wiring. Works perfect.
Hi Buzz Hope you are well. Just been watching David working on the radio you sent him. He is having great fun! Making a good job as usual. Almost as good as the job you are doing on that spooky radio! keep up the good work young man. best wishes Lynton G4XCQ
Those copper caps are really beautiful. I've never seen them before. I hope you clear lacquered them after doing such a good job polishing them up to keep them from tarnishing. Also, better stop feeding junk food to Dickel. He obviously had too much and turned into a gnome.
Thanks Buzz for another interesting video. I have seen copper canned electrolytics once. A 1932 Philco grandfather clock I restored in 1973 had these, although they were mounted above the chassis, like electrolytics in the mid 1930's. I left them in place, disconnected them, shined them up, and coated them with varnish. What a surprise, your caps were still filled with electrolyte! The cabinet strip and refinish came out really well without any major problems to tackle! Strange how the nail heads are visible. I guess that omission was part of the cost cutting. Those two RF amp stages are strange, not to mention the missing electrical connection and how did it pass Test? The plate circuit shows a 50 pF capacitor connected to the RF transformer primary. For a tunable circuit, that part should not be there, it will cause a narrow, fixed frequency bandpass. I didn't see any sign of the 50 pF capacitor when you had the RF transformer out. The RF transformers were super cheap, not wound properly for RF, that is part of your poor sensitivity problem.
@@Buzz1151 Thanks Buzz for your response. I remember seeing in your video, the order of disassembly to get to the desired transformer but, didn't see the 50 pF cap in the video, perhaps I missed it? I am wondering if this particular radio is an example of the "fly by night" radio manufacturers that popped up and subsequently died a few years later, fueled by the insatiable demand for radios at that point in time? With demand being so high, proper radio performance probably became secondary due to competition of price and availability. If the radio could pick up a few stations on the band, it may have been been considered "working acceptably", even with the glaring dead spots in sensitivity.
Buzz, love the video! What's the title of the musical theme in the opening skit? I know I've heard it and it's a classic but I can't remember what it is. Thanks!
Enjoyable video! Who doesn't like a couple of great looking cans! 😜😜😜 Should look great when you finish it up. Good job on the Twilight Zone reference. Will you finish it up in your next episode?
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Hi everybody. A while back, I sent a radio to my buddy, David Tipton "Australia's own radio restore genius," Check out Part 1 and 2, and 3 of David's video on this 1942 RCA Model: 26BP. .
Links below
Part 1 th-cam.com/video/BcfhYGlhR-g/w-d-xo.html
Part 2 th-cam.com/video/aLQHx46w2UM/w-d-xo.html
Part 3 th-cam.com/video/h9JQSMR3vrI/w-d-xo.html
Just watched episode two. SUPER!!!
@@Buzz1151 I began watching David Tipton about 6 months after he started posting videos. He has come a long way in the hobby since then, to the point where now, he does a first-class restoration job, tackling virtually any problem that comes along. He has definitely found his niche!
@@billharris6886 👍👍
Yes you did, and I watched him do the restore. Big question is, (drum roll) What did he send you back in return. Hahahaha
@@richardshort4587 hi richard...it's still in the box unopened, till I make a video on it...I have 1 more project scheduled after my current one. so, probably in 3 or 4 months, we shall see what David sent....great question, thanks 🍺🍺
I actually like the tale of this ghost! Well, your creativity! Poor Dickel, I was hoping that maybe he found himself a new friend 😆 Can always offer some "Limeade" to the ghost if she comes back! Restoring & repairing radios sure is an interesting world, but I'm afraid that if I ever attempted to fiddle around with all of those wires & electricity, I'd be seeing some ghosts!
thanks for stopping by, always good to see you. Dickel says "hey"😊
Really nice job on those recaps! The copper electrolytics look amazing. The refinished cabinet turned out very nice as well. Nice work Buzz!
hi Greg.. I appreciate positive comments like yours,...Part 3 final of the ghost radio will be next Fri 8-9-24
Great intro Buzz, a Buzz in the box! 😄 a lot of editing work there. The golden capacitors look amazing and finding that broken wire, fantastic. I wonder how many times it went back to the repair shop for that? Did you hear the one about Captain Kirk setting course to the sun, Spock is alarmed and says "we will burn up Captain" Kirk relies, "nah, we'll go at night"!
Thanks for the pinned comment Buzz 👍🍻🍻
I hope you get a few subs with the pinned comment....I got like 50 new subs from your video of my radio! thanks my friend...👍👍👍👍👍
@@DavidTipton101 Good joke David! Your demeanor seems so even-keel, the venting of your own brand of humor always catches me off-guard. I do very much appreciate it though, this world needs to laugh more to help de-stress. I also have a similar "funny bone", it is so advanced (or warped) that I rarely show it unless I am in the right company of people to avoid misunderstandings. Fortunately, my wife has an almost identical sense of humor, which I have greatly enjoyed over the years.
You two vintage radio restorers are the best on TH-cam! I hope neither lose your great style and humor!
@@hestheMaster ..David is the best, i'm just a guy who likes to have fun.
Great detective work , Buzz. Dickel is too much. He is funny!
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Buzz, the insides of those capacitor cans were cool! Great job cleaning and restuffing them!
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Those copper cans are things of beauty! Who would of thought they were hiding in there all these years? Great solution on your part, thanks!
it was a pleasant surprise!😮
Sorry I am late to the party again. Was laid up with the gout in my left foot. I had hurt my foot giving a midget a swift kick in his posterior for jaywalking in front of the liquor store and he blocked my way in getting into said store for some free sniffs of the libations.
But I digress. That was brilliant of Dickel sucking the spirit into the movie camera. Now you just have to drop that camera deep in the Pacific Ocean never to be seen again. Seeing that lime juice made be thirsty for a Margarita so now I have to make another trip to the package store after I finish watching! That 100 dollar bull didn't crinkle right. It sounded a little too crinkly . Loook at those buggerheads at the factory putting that broken wire antenna coil in there. It took your genius to fix that 94 year problemo. Now it truly playes better than new. What an accomplishment. You are the best in the west and probably also east of the Rockies also. I do love the music selections Buzz. Say hi to Dickel for me. He's quite a Gnome. PS I love those music selections, it truly brings back memories.
hahahahaha...wow ghost of WC Fields.....you are so funny, even after being dead since 1946, at the young age of 66 years...I know what you mean about those pesky midgets..hahahaha...I just wish you could come over and replace that nasty ghost, with yours truly! 👏👏, and guard against letting any other ugly ghosts in my radio.....you could do anything you want, as long as you were nice, and you would get tasty free eats and good libations....... just don't turn me back into a jack-in-the box....I think Dickel would like you! 😁...is it a deal? 😂🤣
@@Buzz1151 I would love to live inside a prettier radio like a Zenith or a Philco console condominium or better yet a color big screen television like l once saw on The Price is Right with Bob Barker when I visited Television City and have that Dian Parkinson move in too and she can sleep on your couch and she can turn my selector and I can fiddle around and tune her to my frequency. Us classy ghosts do have our standards. Just one caveat is I live on the east coast in Philadelph eye aye🤪 and it's a long flight and my arms would get tired so I would have to fly ghost to ghost first class on a Lockheed Constellation or Connie as they are called. PS. What would you like to get turned into? Boo!🤪
World class production Mr. Buzz1151 what a cliffhanger of a ending.
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Glory to Buzz! Great episode. Will be nailed to the screen for part 3!
thanks...here's a free beer 🍺
This haunted radio was really in need of an exorcism. Although maybe it just needed a wire reconnected like it should
have been done from the factory. Good stuff Buzz!
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Great job, Old Buzz. Finding that loose wire inside the can was great! BTW, old caps had a liquid inside the can. Speaking of liquids, surely you deserve a good beer! Enjoy it!
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I love how they just screwed all the components to the back panel. probably maximized the use of the space they had at the time. later when capacitors got smaller they could put them all under the chassis. Nice job fixing that coil! I'm having a similar problem with my Philco 89. maybe I need to check out that antenna coil
Hi Dan...I really am enjoying this weird radio, haha...it's one of a kind...hey Dan..lets have another Uncle Dorkel or a vintage paper cup poor boy video!...haha
Great video! Love the pencil tap tribute to John from Arkansas.
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That broken wire was Well spotted Buzz old buddy. You got that radio working a treat now! Guess the original factory technicians just got sick of soldering!
thanks gordon......
Nice job Buzz, I like that you developed the plot with a few T.Z. references. You're a bad man, you're a very bad man.
That Twilight Zone episode scared me way back in 1961 when that kid turned the man into a jack-in-the-box...it was fun to try to re-create that short scene with me ! haha🍺🍺
Great repairs, fun video bits, and a Dickel shaggy-dog joke to wrap it up! Nailed it! Thanks Buzz, it was a treat.
Dan
Glad you like the video. 👍👍👍👏👏👏
Nice work Buzz! I always enjoy your videos.
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Brilliant Buzz.. Those copper cans still full of electrolyte.. Unbelievable.. You then did an inspired job of preserving them along with all the other cap cans. Can't wait for episode three..
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Super video Buzzster, I enjoy the music segments...
Best wishes and thank you
Thanks for the visit👏👏
wow, I haven't seen a Zero bar in 50 years!!!
You continue to educate with these videos. Not that it's going to make me a radio technician, but I'm kinda understanding those electrical diagrams, with your help. It's a bit scary, since I've always avoided anything to do with electrical up to now.
I never knew hundred dollar bills were so commonly used as insulation in radios! 😉😆
you never know what you can find in old radios...even a $100 bill! 😂
Great work as always Buzz. That cabinet came up a treat already. Can't wait for the finished product
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Hi Buzz. Great job on the cabinet and the radio chassis . Has always its a treat to watch you and Dickel ,my friend. I liked and shared. All my very best to you and yours. Hope you had a great 4th of July.
Bobby, you're the greatest..👏👏👏👏👏
Great restoration job so far. When cutting open those electrolytic capacitor copper cans, I would have considered used a plumber's pipe cutter.
haha. I had one from 50 years ago and wanted to use it, but . alas. I could not find it. your comment wins a free cookie! 🍪
Wow...
David in the morning, Buzz in the afternoon, and Shango Saturday morning...isn't that great kids.😊
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@@williammitchem8274 That is a great waker-upper for sure but, I still miss Bugs Bunny (Part of my regular diet as a kid, that and MAD magazines).
Well done Buzz , You are still the best ! Cold beer time .Thanks a ton for posting ! Please keep up your great entertaining videos ! Cheers buddy !
thanks gord 🍺
Just love Buzz a pro. enjoyed this project
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Nice find on the broken wire!
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You are a talented man indeed.
just a guy who likes to make radio videos entertaining, and not boring.🍺
Another great video Buzz. Interesting find on that blown wire. Yes watched Dave's Video earlier it will be nice to see how he refurbishes the case to that radio. Its great how all you radio restores work together on you tube. Wish we had this Knowledge shearing back in 1974 when I started out as a Signal & Telegraph engineer.
I think David is the best restorer on TH-cam....stay tuned because he gave me an Aussie radio to restore!👍👍
@@Buzz1151 Living in the US, I don't know if I could ever get used to the frequency scale of the dial having only call signs. What looks at first like a 5 band radio, is actually just a standard MW AM broadcast receiver. On the plus side, nearly every Aussie radio has a power transformer, which I really like. Growing up in Florida in the 1960's, and since concrete floors were used in homes, I was always getting brutal shocks from those hot chassis on the AC/DC sets.
"What's New Pussycat". Great show as always. You are just un-canny. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Glad you enjoyed it🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
23:47 rockin that copper can with the Beau Hunks! Great radio................
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Buzz I was saying to my wife this afternoon I hope Buzz has a new video and hear it is. Great! Your videos are the best.
🍺a beer for wifey, and 🍺a beer for you
Nicely done Buzz !
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Great job and video Buzz-erd! 💪👍😉
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This ol' guy sure enjoys your videos Buss! You sure have a knack with creativity, and a great electronic skill!
Thank you very much!🍺🍺
You had me LMAO when you put yourself in that classic Twilight Zone episode. Fantastic!
haha, you're the first to catch that! 🍺🍺
Dave Tipton sent me. Liked and subbed. Great job on the radio!
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All that shiny coper. Lovely.
just gorgeous!🍺🍺
Great job on tracking down the coil problem. The copper filter caps are really cool!
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Thanks for preserving those cans.
those cans were gorgeous! 🍺
Great Stuff!!!
Thanks!
Those capacitors were really special, never seen anything like it
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Those copper cans are beautiful Buzz. Nicely done!
hi Bill...they are very classy!
Great show - as always 🎉
cgad you liked it! 🍺
The bezel on that radio reminds me of the bottle openers on the old soda vending machines with the bottles inside. Maybe you can open a beer with it. Cheers!
haha. yes, you're right...put a nickel in and it plays a song! 🍺🍺
29:03 At the rate we're going, the next guy who fixes this radio might be able to buy a stick of gum with it.
maybe, unless the Gloritone Ghost finds the 100 bucks and spends it on "Ugly Vanishing Cream" 🤣😂
A few weeks ago,i restored a german nordmende Carmen 57,i have restuffed the electrolytic capacitor too,because the aluminium can Was labeled nordmende too,it has 3x 50uF 350 volts inside, i replaced them with 3x 47uF 400 volt capacitors, and proper insulation of the wiring. Works perfect.
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Nice one Buzz! I've also seen your other radio "down under" at David Tipton!
thanks for watching
Hi Buzz
Hope you are well.
Just been watching David working on the radio you sent him. He is having great fun! Making a good job as usual. Almost as good as the job you are doing on that spooky radio!
keep up the good work young man.
best wishes
Lynton G4XCQ
hope all is well with you Lynton......cheers, 🍺
Those copper caps are really beautiful. I've never seen them before. I hope you clear lacquered them after doing such a good job polishing them up to keep them from tarnishing. Also, better stop feeding junk food to Dickel. He obviously had too much and turned into a gnome.
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Great video as always Buzz.Thanks
thanks frank for stopping by! 🍟🍟
Thanks Buzz for another interesting video.
I have seen copper canned electrolytics once. A 1932 Philco grandfather clock I restored in 1973 had these, although they were mounted above the chassis, like electrolytics in the mid 1930's. I left them in place, disconnected them, shined them up, and coated them with varnish. What a surprise, your caps were still filled with electrolyte!
The cabinet strip and refinish came out really well without any major problems to tackle! Strange how the nail heads are visible. I guess that omission was part of the cost cutting.
Those two RF amp stages are strange, not to mention the missing electrical connection and how did it pass Test? The plate circuit shows a 50 pF capacitor connected to the RF transformer primary. For a tunable circuit, that part should not be there, it will cause a narrow, fixed frequency bandpass. I didn't see any sign of the 50 pF capacitor when you had the RF transformer out. The RF transformers were super cheap, not wound properly for RF, that is part of your poor sensitivity problem.
the 50 pf cap was is the 2nd RF can...remember I said I had to take out the 1st can first to get to the 2nd....which I will probably do in part 3.
@@Buzz1151 Thanks Buzz for your response. I remember seeing in your video, the order of disassembly to get to the desired transformer but, didn't see the 50 pF cap in the video, perhaps I missed it?
I am wondering if this particular radio is an example of the "fly by night" radio manufacturers that popped up and subsequently died a few years later, fueled by the insatiable demand for radios at that point in time? With demand being so high, proper radio performance probably became secondary due to competition of price and availability. If the radio could pick up a few stations on the band, it may have been been considered "working acceptably", even with the glaring dead spots in sensitivity.
@@billharris6886 ill be checking the cans with the 50 pf cap in part 3.
I'm so scared right now!
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Buzz, love the video! What's the title of the musical theme in the opening skit? I know I've heard it and it's a classic but I can't remember what it is. Thanks!
The music is from the TV series "One Step Beyond" which ran from 1959-1961.
as a kid the music always scared me! haha
@@Buzz1151 Thank you!! It's a great piece and fits the 50s scifi genre so well!
Always great
you win a cookie🍪
Thank you Buzz! Maybe that wire was installed under tension… and pulled apart over time? Just a theory. Thanks again!! Ooooooooeeeeeeeeeoooooooooow👻😂🤣
Could be, but I think I'll blame it on the ghost! haha
Good job see you soon 🎉
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Dickels joke! Never heard that before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
did you get it? 😏
Those copper caps are really cool 👌
they sure are!👍
The insides of those copper capacitors look like they belong in Lieutenant Uhura's ear!
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What ever you're paying the script writer, it's too much! 😊 just kidding!
he works cheap! 😂
so is this where caps & resistors go bad then high voltage hurts the radio?
or ghosts! 😁
Enjoyable video! Who doesn't like a couple of great looking cans! 😜😜😜 Should look great when you finish it up. Good job on the Twilight Zone reference. Will you finish it up in your next episode?
that's the plan👍👍👍
Isn’t boric acid the stuff you use to kill ants?
works on cockroaches too! 😁
Dikel the Ghostbuster!
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Your video has some lag
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Rolling Rock…ewww
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Maybe the Rolling Rock could substitute for the boric acid in those copper caps. 😂
@@stevenchambers7366 rolling rock rocks!!!!!!!