Fumed Oak S-19, Before and After

[tarheeltinkerer]

I spent the last day/night and today cleaning up the S-19 (I get a bit manic with cleaning at times, haha). Here are the photographs for all to enjoy.

The leg that was broken was removed and reglued to make it tighter. The previous person had replaced the small square trim piece but never stained it. I tried to match the stain to make it less conspicuous. The drawer "missing piece" was replaced with a brass wood screw and two nylon washers to provide a bit of tension but avoid damaging the wood or metal finish. I realize the grill cloth is incorrect, but I had some left over from the LC-38 and didn't feel like spending any more than I needed to to get this thing up and running.

I pulled the wheels off and replaced them with carpet sliders...not that I am going to slide it around, but I wanted the unit a bit less mobile and stable without the wheels. I placed them in a bag behind the horn for safekeeping.

Anyways, enjoy the photos.

As Purchased.









After Some Cleaning.







EDIT: I was able to get that nasty stain out of the turntable felt. Here's what she looks like now:

[maroongem]

That cleaned up real nice!!! And such a scarce finish to boot!
Congratulations!

[larryh]

Great machine, one of my favorites an the one currently sitting in the living room. Mine is oak also but yours is the darker version, mine is more the waxed effect. I love oak because so often you can save the original look without having to go to extremes.

I don't know about yours, but I learned the hard way that mine had no shield in front of the governors that my larger machine has. I ended up with oil on the grill cloth after oiling the pads with a bit too much oil.

[tarheeltinkerer]

Glad yall like it Mine does have the shield in front of the governor. It was never removed from the cabinet until I played with it...the felt pads were still in place on the bedplate mounts.

Finish wise, I left it alone. I cleaned some of the old wax off it where the wax looked more like dirty smudges (on the areas that had the most handling more or less), but opted not to clean the wood too much. I rubbed it down with linseed oil and that's about it.