Finally changed the faceplate on my TD160. No more covering the holes. New spring kit and an Amonite Jelco collar went in while I was at it. All tuned up and ready to go now.
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Does anyone know of a USA source for the Thorens vinyl brush with goat hair? I've only been able to find suppliers in Europe.
Thanks.
Thanks.
give it a shot & let us know, plus where you got them
kgetchmaine
Active Member
Got my TD145 mkII off marketplace for $100. No tonearm, auto lift delete and a pretty banged up plinth. I found a TP21 tonearm later for another $100. I made a new plinth using black walnut which I really think looks great! Running with a Grado Green stylus. Sounds pretty nice.
keithpgdrb
Super Member
I would not do it. These machines are precisely engineered.
Give them a try, nothing to lose if you test them where it doesn’t show. The challenge is making deeper scratches that will be harder to refine to an acceptable level of polish in just 2 steps of grit. You may not like the results and then have to start over to do it right.
If you want a near to mirror polish you’ll have to put in the work. Might as well do it right. See my earlier posts in this thread. The photo links are broken, so …
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pw5599
Well-Known Member
I have polished mine some but not to a mirror like finish, not sure I want that. The reason I posted about the sandflex is that I read someone had used one on a silver faced amp that needed a good cleaning and it really worked well. That tells you how unabrasive they are, it didn't affect the lettering on the amp face and the finished product looked great, very clean. My platter is a bit streaky, splotchy, not uniform but not too bad so I may try the block to make it more uniform. I'll try an area on the top first to see what it can do. They were ordered from Amazon, a set of 3 sandflex blocks of differing abrasive. Sandflex Sanding Block - 3 Pack, Sanding Blocks - Amazon Canada
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Let us know please.
I continue to struggle to adjust the suspension on my TD-160, after a couple of hours of fussing with it my hope is someone here can advise me on how to proceed. No matter where I go with the tension, there is virtually no bounce whatsoever. I have the platter loaded with a record and stabilizer, and when I push down to check the bounce it basically just returns directly back to it's original position.
The springs are new, having just arrived yesterday from Vinyl Nivarna, and the turntable is "almost" level. The spring closes to the tonearm pivot is very compressed, the adjusting nut is so far up that about 12mm of the mounting rod is showing below the nut. Even with that, I can not get that area of the platter as high as the other areas. The adjusting nut closes to the armrest is barely turned onto the rod, another tread or two lower and the nut would come off.
I'm thinking that it must be user error and I am missing something obvious, any suggestions on how I might proceed?
The springs are new, having just arrived yesterday from Vinyl Nivarna, and the turntable is "almost" level. The spring closes to the tonearm pivot is very compressed, the adjusting nut is so far up that about 12mm of the mounting rod is showing below the nut. Even with that, I can not get that area of the platter as high as the other areas. The adjusting nut closes to the armrest is barely turned onto the rod, another tread or two lower and the nut would come off.
I'm thinking that it must be user error and I am missing something obvious, any suggestions on how I might proceed?
I viewed each of Dave's videos, actually this was the second time that I viewed them, and I did not come across anything that gives me a hint as to what is going on. I did find one spring assembly, the one closes to the motor, where the rubber grommet that installs on the plate, was not flush. Resetting it did not make any difference whatsoever. So I'm still stuck, without either platter installed, it is surprising how much pressure it takes to push the assembly down. When I then install both platters the assembly barely deflects downward, is that normal? I'll get a fresh start in the morning, walking through the procedure to see if something clicks.
Iirc mine is almost fully raised to the point of locking the suspension without the platter.
Doesn't sound right.
Doesn't sound right.
tnsilver
Stereo Puppy
Not at all. Can you show some good pictures of the sub-chassis and springs? Maybe someone's eye will catch something out of the ordinary. There's gotta be something.
I've taken several close up photos, will try to attach here along with 2 very short videos showing what happens when I push down and then release the platter. There is one thing that I noticed that seems odd, the sub chassis is flush with the chassis only at certain points. You can clearly see in the photos that in the area along the back, close to the tonearm pivot, that I can easily insert a 7mm wrench in the gap. Coming around from there towards the front and the chassis and sub chassis are flush with one another. Note that the wrench freely fits in the gap, it is not holding the two open.
Here are the two short videos: Video 1 - Video 2
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I had the same issue last week, that was with the original springs, I ordered the new ones to see if that would solve the problem. These are from Dave at Vinyl Nivarna, I can only assume that they are correct. The video permission thing should be fixed now, let me know if you have continued problems.
