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Project TD 124

Arkay said:
That's a beautiful turntable -- nicely done! :thmbsp:

While doing all that beautiful work with the plinth, did you do any of the other possible "tweaks" underneath, like upgrading the bearing and thrust pad, the motor "mushroom" mounts, etc...?
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The table is in excellent condition. Motor is silent and comes up to speed fast. All I did was inject some 5W/40 on the lower bearing ...

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and on the upper bearing where the shaft comes out ...

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She's ready for another 50 years! :thmbsp:
(I've also replaced all the mushrooms)
 
nu2toobs said:
:thmbsp:

Did your new mushrooms have the metal cap on them? If so, where did you buy them?
Thanks
James
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I got the mushrooms from Ebay seller "sq38s". He deals a lot of Thorens TD124 stuff (just keep your eye on it when he get stock of it):
http://shop.ebay.com/sq38s/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340

No metal caps though. I had to get them at The Home Depot (just regular metal washers will do).

Or you could get it at Audio Octave for twice the price!
http://www.octaveaudio-usa.com/products/mushrooms/
 
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gillsev said:
I got the mushrooms from Ebay seller "sq38s".

No metal caps though. I had to get them at The Home Depot (just regular metal washers will do).
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That's exactly what I've done. I was wondering if there was a source for the caps that didn't cost $5 a piece:scratch2:
 
The Final Touch

BEFORE ...

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Before, I had the spikes to allow clearance for the motor. But it was somewhat not very appealing to look at, besides seeing all the wires dangling beneath.

The solution ...

I sourced me out a black bottom pan of a TD 320 from "Bastlnut" of Vinyl Engine ...

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The result, a more refined look hiding the protruding motor and wires. Very satisfied! Thanks Bastlnut! :thmbsp::thmbsp:

AFTER ...

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Very, very nice. Here's to hoping I can get mine running and looking so good. :thmbsp:

I've bookmarked this thread for future reference on some of the links.
 
Audio Fan said:
Very, very nice. Here's to hoping I can get mine running and looking so good. :thmbsp:

I've bookmarked this thread for future reference on some of the links.
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Goodluck to you, Audio Fan. This project took me a long 8 months from start to finish. :thmbsp:
 
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