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drmitch

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Heres an old RCA phono I found a a estate sale where everything was over priced. I got it for 2bucks. It runs but no sound . I`m going to recap it and see if that fixes it. I just love old stuff like this. Todays my birthday and I`m home with a cold! Ha! Makes me glad theres Automaticwasher.org!
 
Looks really clean, hope you can get it working. I remember my parents having one of the many styles that turntable came in.

Happy Birthday!
 
Re: drmitch:

"Happy Birthday" drmitch, sorry your not feeling well for the special occasion, but as you mentioned we always have this wonderful Club Site to check things out on.

I've got a Mid-1960's Magnavox 4-Speed Stereo that has the extra Speaker in the Lid, but unfortunately the Lid Speaker got damaged. I made my own Cabinet Speaker some time ago, that is like a piece of Furniture and even though kind of {amaturish} {sp} looking, I did "fancy" it up with some Wall Trim pieces and it was Stained Mahogany and has a Crushed Velvet Cloth Cover on the Front where the 3-Speaker's are. I've got a Woofer, Mid-Range and Tweeter Speaker and I also insulated the Cabinet as well. It actually works pretty good for a first and only experience of doing something like that. I also bought some short Screw-On Legs and the Bracket's to raise the Speaker Cabinet up off the floor too. When the Lid Speaker got damaged, I bought some See-Thru-Smoked-Color Plexiglas and made a new Lid for the Cabinet of the Stereo. Later on I had to get the Turntable Repaired and the Friend of the Family who did that Repair, put some Hinges on the back of my Plexiglas Cover, because I just had it sitting on the Cabinet, with a small Knob on the front to lift it off to access to play Records. It is still my most Favorite Stereo-Style Model, because of the Tone-Arm touching the edge of the Record's to detect which size Record is being played, between 78's and 331/3rd's. The 45's had their own Spindle Attachment, but I also used to buy the Plastic Insert's and I could stack them on the Turntable Stem and the Tone-Arm would also touch the edge of the 45's to determine their size as well.
 
Very Cool!!

I have a book on these RCA "45" players that Mark (lightedcontrols) sent me a while back. This appears to be a model 6EY3A from about 1955. It looks in wonderful condition, you should have no trouble getting it running again. Shortly after I got this book from Mark, I found a 45J2 "Attachment" 45 player, meant to plug into a radio, at an estate sale. Keep us posted on the recapping!
 
These phonos usually have a bad crystal cartridge, though some models came with a ceramic cartridge, which is usually still good.
Often, the rubber cycling cam and idler wheel have dried up too, but there are people that rebuild the cams and idlers.

Those little machines are so cute, and you found a nice clean one!

Ken D.
 
Yes, your right Ken. the cartrige has leaked just like the caps did. I didnt notice it at first.I wonder if i can find a replacement. Any ideas. I`ve looked on ebay but found nothing, I`ll check the rescources pages at antiqueradio.com first. The idler wheel also has a flat spot that I might be able to remove. Thanks Don (and you were right on Greg It is a 6-ey-3a)
 
replacement cartridge

There is a company that is selling a replacement cartridge that is suitable for these players. Can't find the link at the moment, but it's one of those vintage repair sites.
 
Cartridge

Hi Juan, I havent seen you post in a few days and was getting worried! If you run across the company that makes these cartridges please email me. Thanks, Don
 
RCA

Thanks Juan, This is great! Now I just have to find a 45 of Gene Autrys, Rudolph the reindeer and I`ll be reddy for Santa!
 
Jukn55's House Of Music

I have a few new old stock (NOS) Astatic 51-1 cartridges available for $40.00 each plus shipping. Shipping in the USA, for any amount ordered, is $3.00. Insurance is optional. When mounted the tracking weight is automatically lighter, due to the lighter weight of the 51-1. I also have extra 1 mil needles available, as well as 3 mil needles.

 

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