a couple of turntable restorations
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:25 pm
Thought you guys might like to see a couple of turntables I'm restoring at the moment.
a JBE series 3 slate DD and a JVC QL-Y5F.
The JVC is complete and the JBE is ongoing.
The JVC before
DSC_0631 by anthony cresswell, on Flickr
And after, with a lot of graft inbetween
Restoration complete by anthony cresswell, on Flickr
I picked it up last year for not much money as it was in a state, no lid, platter mat, headshell or counterweight. I have sourced a proper JVC headshell for it and in the absence of a correct counterweight have subbed a technics sl1200 one which is the same weight and stub diameter. Its a lovely deck, ive had 3 of them, and this one is the nicest now its been restored. It was never going to be restored back to standard as the plinth and trim were too far gone, but i think it looks great in oak and black.
The JBE is ongoing. It got smashed up by a courier, losing the lid and legs, and having the psu case smashed. The motor and psu have been stripped and rebuilt by me previously, although i will be giving the psu the once over again as there were one or two suspect components last time i looked at it that i didnt replace at the time. And the original owner abused it by butchering the arm cutout.
The JBE this morning
Jbe series 3 by anthony cresswell, on Flickr
and now, after using a diamond holesaw to sort out the arm cutout, stripping and rebuilding, and refinishing the plinth
Jbe series 3 restoration by anthony cresswell, on Flickr
Next i will need to turn an arm board to fit the new hole and make a new black acrylic cover for the smashed in psu. The cover is badly cracked on the top from when the courier smashed it, The 45rpm speed adjuster pot had to be replaced when i originally rebuilt the psu back to working condition and the impact had punched that control through the perspex. They made a right mess of it.
to be continued.
cheers ant
a JBE series 3 slate DD and a JVC QL-Y5F.
The JVC is complete and the JBE is ongoing.
The JVC before
DSC_0631 by anthony cresswell, on Flickr
And after, with a lot of graft inbetween
Restoration complete by anthony cresswell, on Flickr
I picked it up last year for not much money as it was in a state, no lid, platter mat, headshell or counterweight. I have sourced a proper JVC headshell for it and in the absence of a correct counterweight have subbed a technics sl1200 one which is the same weight and stub diameter. Its a lovely deck, ive had 3 of them, and this one is the nicest now its been restored. It was never going to be restored back to standard as the plinth and trim were too far gone, but i think it looks great in oak and black.
The JBE is ongoing. It got smashed up by a courier, losing the lid and legs, and having the psu case smashed. The motor and psu have been stripped and rebuilt by me previously, although i will be giving the psu the once over again as there were one or two suspect components last time i looked at it that i didnt replace at the time. And the original owner abused it by butchering the arm cutout.
The JBE this morning
Jbe series 3 by anthony cresswell, on Flickr
and now, after using a diamond holesaw to sort out the arm cutout, stripping and rebuilding, and refinishing the plinth
Jbe series 3 restoration by anthony cresswell, on Flickr
Next i will need to turn an arm board to fit the new hole and make a new black acrylic cover for the smashed in psu. The cover is badly cracked on the top from when the courier smashed it, The 45rpm speed adjuster pot had to be replaced when i originally rebuilt the psu back to working condition and the impact had punched that control through the perspex. They made a right mess of it.
to be continued.
cheers ant