This was nearly the last day of the restoration (sort of…)
The beechwood that will hold up the top plate. This is 21.4 mm from the lip of the casing, as are all of the other pieces.
The opposite side of the same part of the case. I’m hoping that the yellow leather will darken over time…
All of the wood in the case. Notice the bent wood at the top… Turns out that this didn’t work… There wasn’t enough room between the inside of the case and the horn, so it had to go.
The alternative solution, using large washers directly on the inside of the case.
The new mainspring, ready to be greased and wound into the barrel.
The mainspring in the barrel, with teflon grease applied. Notice that it winds clockwise. Also note that the hook on the inner sleeve is grabbing the spring end. This is important, and a little difficult to manage…
Closing up the mainspring barrel, rotating about 45 degrees each time, and tightening only a little at a time.
Teflon grease on all the inner parts. This was a good idea – except for the axles of the speed regulator. The grease was a little too viscous, so it was replaced with WD-40.
Everything’s back together. All those photos I took at the beginning helped a lot during re-assembly.
The thick rubber compression washers are used to help level everything later.
Motor’s back in… time to level things up.
The platter is a little high on the left (relative to the top side of the plywood) so two screws get loosened and two get tightened. The rubber washers keep things from vibrating, and allow for this adjustment.
The finished gramphone!
With the tonearm clipped back for transport. The crank is clipped into the lid on the right side.
Crank in place, ready to wind up the spring.
The tonearm out, but in its resting position.
Playing a record for the first time in a long time!!!!
Seems that I need to work on the speed regulator… But it works – which it hasn’t done, probably for many years…