Finished at last. I Triumphed!!!!!

debndunk · Post by **debndunk** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:54 pm

I've now finished my Triumph, here's the before and after pictures. I bought it from ebay, and in the ad the photo's showed it in one piece. Either they lied or the postal service played football with it. It's taken me a while to get round to doing this one but I think it was worth the wait and all the hard work. My wife managed to save the original banner, shes got more patience than me.

m0xiemama · Post by **m0xiemama** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:16 pm

Gorgeous. That is something to be so proud of! Way to save a great machine.

soundgen · Post by **soundgen** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:24 pm

Well done ! I wish I could have done the same !

phonogal · Post by **phonogal** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:32 pm

Oh my gosh, you did a great job of putting that back together. Looks very nice.

debndunk · Post by **debndunk** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:07 pm

Hi guy's
Thanks for your kind remarks, I am happy with the way it's turned out.
I think you learn as you go, there's a few things I wish I'd done differently.
Gordon

flashpanblue · Post by **flashpanblue** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:55 pm

You did an outstanding job!! The decals came out real nice. I hate the way nice Phonographs get beat up in the mail.
Pete

edisonphonoworks · Post by **edisonphonoworks** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:32 pm

Great job!!! You did forget one thing to put the other signature under the mandrel though. This is a pre 1903 machine, it has square corners, so 1901-1902. How did you save the banner, it looks great!

debndunk · Post by **debndunk** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:28 am

flashpanblue wrote:You did an outstanding job!! The decals came out real nice. I hate the way nice Phonographs get beat up in the mail.
Pete

Thanks Pete,
I think it was just pushed together for the pictures on Ebay, and then fell to bits in transit.
I've had a few things sent to me that way. It's a scam that the seller does, they send you the item claiming it's in good condition then blame the postal service for the damage and claim on postal insurance. I was sent twelve 2 minute cylinders a few weeks ago and all twwlve was smashed when they arrived, so he asked me for some pic's of the cylinders and claimed on the insurance.
Gordon

debndunk · Post by **debndunk** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:49 am

edisonphonoworks wrote:Great job!!! You did forget one thing to put the other signature under the mandrel though. This is a pre 1903 machine, it has square corners, so 1901-1902. How did you save the banner, it looks great!

Hi Shawn'
Yeah, you spotted it, I totally forgot and only used what Wyatt's had sent me in there set.
As for the decal my wife spent days just picking out around it with a scalpel, theres no way I could have done that.
The hardest thing was the bedplate frame,it was in a bad way, I had to take it apart and glue lots of splinters back on.
Gordon

Post by **Bruce** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:37 pm

Gordon,

Great job - you and your wife are an inspiration.
Thanks for sharing great photos and taking the time to restore a box of pieces.

Bruce

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