Magnavox Stereo Theatre 300, completed!

[Magnavox300]

Once again, thanks to everyone at VideoKarma for all the expert advise!
I Could never have completed this without the forum!
I bought this set on Ebay for $24.00. My first.
Replaced all the caps, did tons of cleaning,
and now I just need a EV26 cartridge and needle for the phonograph.
I had to refinish some of the wood, but most of the cabinet cleaned up nicely.
I also had to make a deflection yoke cover, (I think that's what it's called,) since the old one was falling apart.
The picture is perfect, and to me seems a bit more lifelike than the newer sets!

Can't wait to start the 1959 Admiral-
Thanks to all!

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[Magnavox300]

I also found this original add from 1960-cool!

[holmesuser01]

I like your chassis better than the one I have. No 5U4 rectifier on mine.

[zarek]

Very nice set, superb work Pat

[Magnavox300]

Originally Posted by zarek

Very nice set, superb work Pat

Thanks Pat!

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[Glenz75]

WOW! That is one neat looking set and a great job done too. Congrats! Cheers Glen

[Reece]

Very nice work. What did you make the yoke cover out of?

[Magnavox300]

Originally Posted by Reece

Very nice work. What did you make the yoke cover out of?

I made the cover out of STYRENE,
I saw a thread on here about how to make one,
that's actually how I found this site!

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[consoleguy67]

Was this set out of Ronkonkoma, NY?

[Magnavox300]

Originally Posted by consoleguy67

Was this set out of Ronkonkoma, NY?

It was!
I guess you saw it too.
The woman who sold it to me had it listed for 4 weeks,
and nobody bought it.
I think God had it waiting for me-

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[holmesuser01]

Can we see the turntable set-up? The EV stylus is not hard to run across.

[Magnavox300]

Originally Posted by holmesuser01

Can we see the turntable set-up? The EV stylus is not hard to run across.

Here are a couple pics of the turntable.
Before and after.
I think my favorite part of this project was cleaning it up!

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[holmesuser01]

When I was a youngun, we had a 2 cabinet console stereo that used this turntable. The wonderful Micromatic by Collaro. I still say this is the best automatic turntable there is. The late 60's version isn't nearly as good.

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by holmesuser01

When I was a youngun, we had a 2 cabinet console stereo that used this turntable. The wonderful Micromatic by Collaro. I still say this is the best automatic turntable there is. The late 60's version isn't nearly as good.

The Mag dealer I worked at used to get a bunch of turntables in the shop every November. After not using them all year, we would clean and lubricate the motors, idlers and platters. we even had a jig to do it

[Sandy G]

Somehow WW2 movies just look better on a B/W set...(grin)