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Thorens TD 160 rebuild

R-CarpenterR-Carpenter
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Picked up this ugly duckling for $20 on estate sale
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  • R-CarpenterR-Carpenter

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

  • R-CarpenterR-Carpenter

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


    Silver1omoSteve_Lee6thplanet4thtryrjj45
  • Steve_LeeSteve_Lee

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

    R-Carpenter
  • R-CarpenterR-Carpenter

    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-CarpenterR-Carpenter

    @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.

    Steve_Lee
  • R-CarpenterR-Carpenter




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  • R-CarpenterR-Carpenter

    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-CarpenterR-Carpenter

    Good old gloss nitrocellulose lacquer.

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  • R-CarpenterR-Carpenter

    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.

    6thplanetSteve_Lee
  • Tom_STom_S

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

  • Steve_LeeSteve_Lee

    Now, that's craftsmanship ^ right there . . .

  • 6thplanet6thplanet

    Definitely a nice use of that wood. Beautiful👍🏻

  • R-CarpenterR-Carpenter


    A little bit of progress on the table. I ended up doing semigloss finish on the plinth. Decided to 3d print the legs with sort of vinyl motive. Cleaned out the bearing.

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  • kenrhodeskenrhodes

    Cool feet! They wouldnt look as nice but I could print them for you in TPU if you want them to be rubbery.

  • R-CarpenterR-Carpenter

    I have rubber resin for my printer but haven't been able to print it well. It always either pulls off the plate or gets stuck in the bath. Need to play with setting. But thanks. If you need 3D model to print for yourself I can send you STL.

  • kenrhodeskenrhodes

    Thanks for the offer. Thankfully I am fairly skilled in CAD myself and I have access to some friends that are extremly good.
    With my SLA printer I typically use the settings from printer manufacturer, suprised at how good they are. Even when the oe recomended setting didnt work for a material it was close to what was needed. The quality prints they can make is really impressive.

  • R-CarpenterR-Carpenter

    These are pretty easy to draw. Didn't mean to insult you or anything.

    I've tried manufacturer setting and it didn't work but it may be that the resin is not designed to be used on anything thicker than 3mm. I just did a mix between standard resin and rubber resin just to try.

  • kenrhodeskenrhodes

    If you send me the machine and resin I can cross it with the documents I have.

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