XVIII Questions-Can it be saved?

[Brad]

It's a keeper and will look great.

One mistake people make when refinishing is over sanding and damaging the molding and carvings. Be very careful, I would not try to get it down to bare wood, I would try to salvage as much of the finish as possible and blend and fill in where needed. Good luck and keep those pictures coming.

[Tyler94]

Looks like its definitely worth a try! will be a nice machine if it can be done! goodluck

[fmblizz]

Great job so far. You will have achieved quite an accomplishment when it's completed.

Can you tell me if the tonearm has a flange where it meets the backmount or is it straight??

If you could, post a pic of your VV-16 arm removed from the bracket..

This might be the same tonearm that fits a Victor 6...

blizz

[Jerry B.]

The tone arm does have a little flange. In the bracket it may look like one from an "L" door or Vic VI but it's a bit different. Jerry

[fmblizz]

Does that mean it has a race with ball bearing??


blizz

[OrthoSean]

My XVIII has a race with ball bearings in the arm, yes.

Sean

[mattrx]

Guys, is this the arm I need?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281054777906?ss ... 1423.l2649

The length is correct and the finish is correct. Victor data book says that mine should have a "tapered, ball bearing, indented tube" tone arm.

Thanks,
Matt

[OrthoSean]

That looks like the later "fat" tonearm. I'm 99.9% certain that is not the correct one for an XVIII. If nobody beats me to it, I'll check the measurements on this against my XVIII when I get home from work.

Sean

[estott]

That is the later arm. The earlier arm has a large threaded plug at the end of the gooseneck instead of the small screw.

[fmblizz]

Matt

Check you PM and get back to me..

Blizz