Are you doing all of your woodworking with the Shop-Smith? Bill No, to use the shop Smith I would have to move the cars and half the corner of the garage just to get it out, I am just using the table saw , chop saw, and router, I actually put the ShopSmith up on FB marketplace, and all I got was re...

there will be enough fabric glued on to cover the speaker openings , to keep out dust and critters , the grilles will hide the rest . assembling the last grille now, hopefully will be done with it tonite ... the one side grille I went to test fit in the opening, and every slat fell out ... I was not...

Nowadays everyone disses on Germanium because of the scarcity of replacements... but if you take the time to search the web, there are many to be found , the Russian germanium outputs are really robust and plentiful to obtain ... Germaniums have a warmer sound like tube sets , unlike their silicon r...

Making some progress... the louvered speaker grilles takes the better part of a day, gluing up each individual slat and waiting like watching paint dry ... the front of the case I was scratching my head over, and my wife just said keep it simple , so what you see is what it will be...the next pic sh...

Speaker grille... 3 more to go

I have that one as well, but played so much it sounds like the typical 78... especially if the ones you were getting were like new ....

I agree , I bet some real classics got wasted ...

The top is glued up... I went with a center open lid design like RCA/Motorola

Would it be considered plagiarized by using an image out of a defunct sales catalog? ... after all the Mfgs wanted to get them out into the peoples hands to show off their line up for the year...

Elton, did you ever determine who built this unit for Monkey Wards? Looking at the chassis laying on the floor it was not a cheapy. Bill Bill, it was built by Wells Garner... but some of the individual PC boards in the chassis look like magnavox clones, the same type of PC boards and the stenciling...

Most likely the caps are dried up...but the power supply shows what looks like replacements already the hold down clamps are there but empty... it is definitely worth the time to re-cap it .. looks like one of RCA's better units

Looking good, Elton, and this must have 6 speakers? Bill Hi bill , yes 3 speakers per channel , sort of like a Magnavox 15' woofers, 4x10 mid horns, and 4" tweeters... and this as an additional driver stage , instead of 2 preamps then power amp this has 3 preamp stages ...I got the internal st...

Gary I would say yes ...there is only one plinth template for all the 1200's , not sure how different the later models are like the 1500 and 1700 series...I have never come across one that new ... yet...

Wow it looks just like the one that was free in Bay City ... same story... its heavy and you gotta get it out of the basement ... that was the only thing stopping me from grabbing it ... I could not get help to move it , my son was too busy at work , so I passed ...maybe is the same one? they run ab...

What cabinet style did you pick? Bill The carcass is glued up and screwed , cutting the template for the changer , and the radio head ...I went the normal cabinet route, I was thinking about replicating the Magnavox upright models , but this thing has 15" woofers so I wanted some separation......

secured the wood ... now to make a bunch of sawdust...

Greg, I was fortunate enough that Gary had one with the head for my other changer ... he must be out of them now?...anyway the cart was only held in with two sided tape, I carefully pried it out and popped the new one in, sounds good, of course this being a VM the idler was hard and had the familiar...

Your wish is my command.... this is from a montgomery wards set... I must say I like this particular design of the VM changer... I did order another washer for the platter... while it was playing I could hear a rub and it was only while playing a LP ... this was why...rubbing on the corner of the sp...

I always called them window seat models ... I cant tell the dimensions from the picture , but it looks taller than a coffee table , some Mfg did make coffee table sized sets , they were roughly about 18" tall... welcome to the forum!

this changer has 2 washers and the bearing... yet the record sits low enough to rub on the corner speed control? .... check this out and no the record is not warped