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Victor M Brought Back From the Brink
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:22 pm
by Couch Potato
Recently obtained a Victor M in pretty rough shape (had a pretty quite motor which was nice). A little cleaning, 2 ½ new corner columns, some glueing, staining, shellac, buffing, and finally something I won't be in trouble for having in the house let alone around the house. Below before and after pictures. I was a little skeptical but I think the results are reasonable given the beginning state. Temporarily borrowing a tone arm from another machine but plan to have the worn out tone arm re-plated at some point. Yes is the same machine!
Re: Victor M Brought Back From the Brink
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:34 pm
by Jerry B.
It looks very nice. You should be proud of your efforts. Jerry
Re: Victor M Brought Back From the Brink
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:54 pm
by OrthoSean
Looks great!
Sean
Re: Victor M Brought Back From the Brink
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:03 pm
by Bruce
Excellent job - congratulations in saving a forgotten pile of .... from the trash.
Bruce
Re: Victor M Brought Back From the Brink
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:55 pm
by mattrx
Looks beautiful. Great job!
Matt
Re: Victor M Brought Back From the Brink
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:11 pm
by phonogfp
Those "before" and "after" shots are fun - - nice job!
George P.
Re: Victor M Brought Back From the Brink
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:55 am
by Bob
Nice job. Looks great. Did you restore the plate?
Re: Victor M Brought Back From the Brink
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:30 am
by Mr Grumpy
Great job! If you don't mind me asking, how did you apply/buff the shellac?
Re: Victor M Brought Back From the Brink
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:06 pm
by FloridaClay
Excellent job!!
I never tire of seeing wonderful old machines brought back to life again in a way that honors the original as yours does.
Clay
Re: Victor M Brought Back From the Brink
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:19 pm
by Couch Potato
Yes, the serial number plate was stripped, painted, scrapped, and the exposed surface replated by another collector in my area. Felt the original was simply to far gone. If had been somewhat better would have left it alone as I tend to not do anything not absolutely called for as I too preper original if at all possible. There is a repo crack in the picture as the original was long gone.
I applied the shellac using cotton pads, buffed using 0000 steel wool, and also used terry cloth towels. Two coats in this case followed by paste wax.
Nothing else was replated but as noted in my original post I have temp tone arm and will have the original one replated at some point.