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10-06-2013, 06:16 AM
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Victrola XI restoration
Trying my hand at something new, a friend gave me this Victrola XI that had a broken mainspring, and needed a lot of attention.
Bought a rebuilt mainspring off eBay, and as it turned out, the secondary spring motor was gummed up solid with old grease. Not looking forward to unleashing 30 feet of spring steel coated in axle grease, I decided to take the cover off the spring, scrape as much of the old grease out as I could, and soak the crap out of the spring with carb cleaner while inside the can. This ended up mixing with the old grease, and "reactivating" it, to a degree, as it replenished the solvents within the grease that had probably dried up around the beginning of WWII. Well, at least it unstuck, and flowed around the spring once again  Rebuilding the reproducer was 15 minutes work and the parts were $12.95 including shipping. Here is the end result..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajB5v...ature=youtu.be These things are VERY intelligently designed, and it's easy to see why this one's working after 100 years
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10-06-2013, 06:23 PM
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That looks familiar! We have a XX VI from around 1919/20. It's the oak version. It plays ok, but probably needs servicing. Having that spring pop out and chopping my head off makes me kinda nervous though. Are there any videos out there on how to take one apart?
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10-07-2013, 12:03 AM
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Here's one. It's a 6 part video showing the disassembly and cleaning of the motor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R9i7zp-v9s
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10-07-2013, 05:38 AM
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It's really easy to do. The construction is very well thought out, and the craftsmanship is beyond compare.
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10-07-2013, 09:07 PM
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10-08-2013, 06:19 PM
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They are an absolute joy to work on, aren't they? Very straight-forward machines. Usually all they need is a good cleaning and re-greasing of the motor, and new gaskets in the reproducer.
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10-09-2013, 07:58 PM
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I have one courtesy of my great aunt from about 1969 or so. She was moving out and my grandmother took me to her house to see what was going on. Aunt Elsie made me buy it for $5 which my grandmother had to front. Elsie was cheap. It worked from the gitgo and still does. I never wanted to work with the death spring. The record trays were still full of 78's. The orignal bill of sale was there from 1919 as was the salesmans card from the Jackson Talking Machine store in Rockford, IL. I had new governor springs made and re-made the reproducer gasket with house wire insulation. I replaced the hardened underside brake leather tip with a bit of leather cut from an old leather jacket. 50 years old when I got it. Now 94 years old. The Victor...not me.
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10-10-2013, 08:11 AM
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