Thorens TD 160 rebuild

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• R-Carpenter

  April 14

  plinth is made from flake-board veneered in teak. It's pretty much done with. Likely humid basement killed it.
  
• R-Carpenter

  April 14

  Surprisingly the motor spun smooth and the speed on the platter was spot on so I decided to rebuild it.
  
  
  

  
• Steve_Lee

  April 14

  Sweet find and love that piece of walnut - great spalting/staining in that one.

  
• R-Carpenter

  April 14

  I have had a stash of Rosewood from 1950s. Just a few leaves left. But enough for this plinth and may be another one down the road. Core is a double thickness TruePan+ which is something of a HDF type but still, I can lift half a panel. I've decided to have the aluminum rest on the L-cut around the plinth instead of just 4 corners as original mounting.

  
• R-Carpenter

  April 14

  @Steve_Lee said:
  Sweet find and love that piece of walnut - great spalting/staining in that one.

  Thanks Steve. It's not Walnut. It's a very rear Rosewood veneer. I'll post a few picks as I update.

  
• R-Carpenter

  April 14

  
  

  
  
  

  
• R-Carpenter

  April 14

  CNC to the rescue. The bottom is made in Meganite solid surface. I had a few scraps left over from the commercial work. So, why not. I am planing to thread the feet which I have yet to design.

  
  
• R-Carpenter

  April 14

  Good old gloss nitrocellulose lacquer.

  

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• R-Carpenter

  April 14

  So, this is it for now. I need to finish lacquering, do a little polishing and start on putting things back together. Got new belt, OEM shell and new banana plugs.

  
• Tom_S

  April 14

  Wow! That's going to be one of the best looking TD-160s on the planet. Great job on the restoration!!
• Steve_Lee

  April 14

  Now, that's craftsmanship ^ right there . . .
• 6thplanet

  April 14

  Definitely a nice use of that wood. Beautiful👍🏻