LENCO - GL75 Project

[Wakefield Turntables]

Got a little further last night. Good old Nitromorse. The finish under the paint is not bas at all, this example had some very nasty scratches over the tonearm cut out. So, it's going to be some elbow grease with some 180 grit wet and dry tonight. The rest of the plinth is going to be finished with 400 wet & dry. My friend has just informed me he's got a air compressor and spray so it looks like I may be having some fun with a bit of kit I've never used before .

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I'm just in the process of trying to decide which primer to use, which colour to go for and then which protective spray to use afterwards. Any suggestions would be very very welcome.

[Firebottle]

.. so it looks like I may be having some fun with a bit of kit I've never used before..

Great when you can do that

I enjoy reading of your re-furbs, keep it up

[karma67]

I enjoy reading of your re-furbs, keep it up

me too

[Wakefield Turntables]

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The bearing looks very shoddy and someone in the dim and distant past plonked a load of elastic bands on the bottom. Very strange.
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The bearing is held together with one circlip at it's base. Here you can see the spindle, circlip, thrust plate, bearing and some screws being ultrasonically cleaned. I like to clean everything for a good 10 minutes. Whilst this was being cleaned I assessed the bush plates in the bearing shaft. They appeared to be fine so where left alone the bearing housing later got the same treatment as the spindle and all the other individual bearing components. I later cleaned the spingle shaft with IPA and reoiled.

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The bearing and the felt O ring had a 24 hour bath in oil before being refitted. The O ring was as dry as a nuns crutch so I lubricated it .

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The bearing reassembled. Bushes were rechecked from 12-6 & 3 to 9 positions and had NO movement. Job done.

[struth]

belt drive assist conversion

[walpurgis]

Nice job. Looks good.


Snap. Here's one I did. Looks damn near the same (apart from the zip tie) .




What oil did you use Andy?

[Wakefield Turntables]

Nice job. Looks good.


Snap. Here's one I did. Looks damn near the same (apart from the zip tie) .




What oil did you use Andy?

Just standard 3-in-1 oil. Altough my Garrard 301 has some stuff Martin Bastin sent me.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Not much doing with the '75. I put it together today just to create some space. The platter has been polished on it's outer rim. The platter mat has been cleaned carefully with luke warm water and washing up liquid, a few scrubs later and it looks better in real life than in the picture. I tested the bearing by spinning the platter I managed well over 60 seconds before the platter stopped spinning. It looks like the bearing works but it's sonically still untested.

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Tomorrow will involve spending few quid on primer and body filler. I'll probably choose my colour whilst there and buy the paint as well, probably any protective laquer as well. The chasis needs a few holes filling in and some scratches working on.

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The plinth I've ordered. I have a six week wait.

The journey continues...

[Wakefield Turntables]

Great when you can do that

I enjoy reading of your re-furbs, keep it up

me too

Thanks guys.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Been away, just got back, big update on the deck.

A few bits from Halford,.

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The chasis prepped. All holes filled, wet and dry prep completed. Where the hell is the primer?

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Primed and ready to go..............

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Metallic black, many many coats, wet and dry, many many coats....

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Some of the stuff polished and ready for fitting.

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I'm still not sure if im 100% happy with the chasis finish it might be another load of 1200 wet and dry with some more laquer.