Victor VV-X-A Restore guidance
- Inigo
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Re: Victor VV-X-A Restore guidance
The sound of the motor seems like something hitting in a wrong place. You'll have to examine it in action to see where the sound is located. If it is the governor, don't play records until you've fixed it...
Inigo
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- Victor Jr
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Re: Victor VV-X-A Restore guidance
Inigo wrote:The sound of the motor seems like something hitting in a wrong place. You'll have to examine it in action to see where the sound is located. If it is the governor, don't play records until you've fixed it...
I lubed everything again with a different oil, now she purrs.
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Re: Victor VV-X-A Restore guidance
Sweet! I wasn't able to get the video working on my computer but the progress pictures have been amazing.
Thanks for sharing your restoration with us! Plan to do another??
Thanks for sharing your restoration with us! Plan to do another??
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- Victor Jr
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Re: Victor VV-X-A Restore guidance
VanEpsFan1914 wrote:Sweet! I wasn't able to get the video working on my computer but the progress pictures have been amazing.
Thanks for sharing your restoration with us! Plan to do another??
As soon as I can convince the wife, lol. Thank you for all your help on this one. Can't wait to find another.
- Curt A
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Re: Victor VV-X-A Restore guidance
Just a suggestion if you try to restore another machine... the reason your first attempt on the tonearm mount failed is that you used a modern clear coat over the original black paint and they were not compatible which caused the wrinkling... Clear lacquer or clear shellac will work better and not cause that problem, or completely strip all the old finish down to bare metal first, then you can use any modern paint.
One nit picky thing: ditch those nickel cabinet knobs and locate correct original knobs to make it look correct.
One nit picky thing: ditch those nickel cabinet knobs and locate correct original knobs to make it look correct.
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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- Victor Jr
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Re: Victor VV-X-A Restore guidance
Not nit picky. I do want it to look original. I wasn't sure about the knobs, so I plated them thinking that's the way they were.Curt A wrote:Just a suggestion if you try to restore another machine... the reason your first attempt on the tonearm mount failed is that you used a modern clear coat over the original black paint and they were not compatible which caused the wrinkling... Clear lacquer or clear shellac will work better and not cause that problem, or completely strip all the old finish down to bare metal first, then you can use any modern paint.
One nit picky thing: ditch those nickel cabinet knobs and locate correct original knobs to make it look correct.