Works1200 - The Technics 1200/1210 specialist refurb thread

[Nicadraus]

Nice work.

Thanks!

[Nicadraus]

Feb 2009 cont.






Scraped the paint to metal.



Primer painted.

[Nicadraus]

Feb 2009 cont.

Base paint.








New parts

[Nicadraus]

Feb 2009 cont.

Replaced the power LEDs to blue, 33/45 rpm LEDs to white and Pop-Up lamp to bright white LEDs.


New aluminum pitch decals.



Wet sanding after top clear coat.


Getting ready for buffing. Compound, swirl remover, polish and wax.

[VJ LouNYC]

Good to see your still refurbishing Nicadraus. Great work as usual.

[Nicadraus]

Good to see your still refurbishing Nicadraus. Great work as usual.

Yup. Still do.

Thanks!

[Nicadraus]

Feb 2009 cont.

Scraped platter


Newly painted


Replaced parts were:

Pitch control (removed the bearings and springs)
Aluminum pitch decals
Tonearm rest/clips
Power switch
LEDs (pop-up lamps, 33/45rpm buttons, power switch strobe)
Turntable legs. 1 deck was missing 2 legs.
RCA cables and connectors. Eliminated the ground wires.

The base frame is finished in glossy white and all other parts are in flat white and flat black.




White and black tonearm section

[Nicadraus]

Feb 2009 cont.






The other pair. Finished in all flat colors. Replaced the pitch controls, tonearm rest/clips, LEDs.





Thanks for viewing!

[Nicadraus]

April 2011

Black Beauty

Nothing really fancy. My client preferred a decent look.

Finished in matte black using automotive acrylic paint

-Scraped the top frame to diecast metal and repainted
-scraped the tone arm section base and pivot bridges and repainted
-replaced pitch control
-replaced pitch control aluminum decal
-replaced the strobe, 33/45 and pop-up lamp with super bright white LEDs
-rebuilt and re-calibrated the tone arm to factory setting
-cleaned the switch,start-stop,33/45 assembly
-cleaned the main board and power supply
-modified the pitch control to "dip less"
-internal grounding
-re-painted the rubber base
-scraped and repainted the platter. Also did a 3-step refacing

Here are the pics before:

[Nicadraus]

Sept 2011 cont.

After:

-Repainted base frame in glossy white using automotive polyurethane paint
-Repainted tone arm section to flat black
-Modified all the lights to bright blue LEDs
-Eliminated ground wire
-Replaced one pitch control and one tonearm clip
-Calibrated pitch controls
-Calibrated tonearms
-Repainted and 3-step refaced the platters







All bright blue LEDs