My New VV2-55

[Lah Ca]

This thread pulls together four others:

My First VV2-55
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My Second VV2-55
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And now the combination below...

Well ... it is sort of finished ...

There is always more to do but .... it is sweet as it is now. The motor is very quiet, and there is almost no platter wobble.

The to do list:

I am not entirely happy with my paint job on the arm support from my first machine and the ball race cup from my second, but it will do for now. Maybe I will try for a better match later.

I need to do some leather treatment on the tab above the latch and on the handle.

I need to decide on a protective treatment for the rexine.

I need to find a washer to go under the retaining clip for the platter. There was this funky laminated paper/celluloid thing that disintegrated immediately upon my removing of the clip. It helps keep the clip tight against the platter.

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The what I needed to do list:

I needed to salvage the arm support bracket and reproducer off my first machine and rebuild the arm assembly with pieces from both machines. As said the arm bracket and reproducer are from the first machine, as are the ball bearings and spacer. The ball race cup is from the second. All the rest is from the second.

I needed to drill out the rivet holes in the salvaged support bracket so that I could line things up with the matching threaded holes in the ball race cup for the second machine. They were close but not exactly the same.

I needed to un-gum the auto brake mechanism and lubricate it.

I needed to take a pair of pliers and bend the auto brake trigger arm to stop it from rubbing on the bottom of the platter. I needed to swap springs on the auto brake trigger arms as well.

And of course a good general cleaning was needed.

What came with the machine:

A pleasant but totally bagged and chipped Gene Austin record, one I don't have.

An original tag from the machine. It was stuck down at the bottom of the record holder. It has the price and serial number written on the back:

Two custom badged needle tins (with lots of new needles, not original ones, though). These tins are cool because they are local, branded for a then local drug store. The needles and tins claim to be made in Barvaria.

A scraped up Tungs-tone tin.

And a box of Victor soft tone needles, almost full.

[AmberolaAndy]

What a coincidence that we were combining two VV 2-55 machines to make one good one at the same time!

[Lah Ca]

Some pics of the case