herbman1975
Well-Known Member
Ok,
STILL waiting on tone arm wire and solder.
Here is the order of the tone arm wires as they solder into the posts under the base.
From the top -
Post 1 - Ground (silver braid)
Post 2 - Copper (no color, "white" or "nuetral" maybe?)
Post 3 - Red
Post 4 - Blue
Post 5 - Green
Now, the other side turns into the RCA cords, I am still fuzzy of their arrangement - i.e. right, left, ground, ect.
In the meantime, I sanded, stained, and oiled the walnut veneer base and brass AR badge. Here are some before and after pics -
Base before-
Base after -
Badge before -
Badge after -
I used #0000 ultra fine steel wool on the base and badge. I then applied some Minwax "Special Walnut" stain. After that I applied a coat of three parts boiled linseed oil and one part pure gum turpentine, let stand for 15 min., then wiped down. Looks nice.
I have decided to re-paint the metal top. The blue is just too bright for me. I want more of a dark, navy color. If I can't find what I am looking for, I am going to strip it back down, re-prime, and paint it a hammered black finish.
I am also picking up an old 2 motor XA parts unit with the SOLID walnut base on saturday if everything goes well.
Again, if there is anyone out there with a diagram of the tone arm all the way down to the RCA wires it would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks to divotdog, he has been of more help to me than I ever could have asked for!
herbs
STILL waiting on tone arm wire and solder.
Here is the order of the tone arm wires as they solder into the posts under the base.
From the top -
Post 1 - Ground (silver braid)
Post 2 - Copper (no color, "white" or "nuetral" maybe?)
Post 3 - Red
Post 4 - Blue
Post 5 - Green
Now, the other side turns into the RCA cords, I am still fuzzy of their arrangement - i.e. right, left, ground, ect.
In the meantime, I sanded, stained, and oiled the walnut veneer base and brass AR badge. Here are some before and after pics -
Base before-
Base after -
Badge before -
Badge after -
I used #0000 ultra fine steel wool on the base and badge. I then applied some Minwax "Special Walnut" stain. After that I applied a coat of three parts boiled linseed oil and one part pure gum turpentine, let stand for 15 min., then wiped down. Looks nice.
I have decided to re-paint the metal top. The blue is just too bright for me. I want more of a dark, navy color. If I can't find what I am looking for, I am going to strip it back down, re-prime, and paint it a hammered black finish.
I am also picking up an old 2 motor XA parts unit with the SOLID walnut base on saturday if everything goes well.
Again, if there is anyone out there with a diagram of the tone arm all the way down to the RCA wires it would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks to divotdog, he has been of more help to me than I ever could have asked for!
herbs