Grill Repair

Chipped 

First I removed the finish

with a light sanding.  The veneer here is very thin

Apply new veneer edging pieces.  I used veneer with a heat released glue.  I used a clothes iron to apply it.

 

Finish up with stain and sealer.  I then bought a replacement cloth grill from Ebay.

More Reproductions

Time to buy more reproductions.

Since I only had the one reproduction that came with my A100 I began watching Ebay for more.  The crazy part is the prices range from $3 to $500 plus shipping for mostly "as is" discs.   Patience is the key.  I found someone selling 25 discs for $15 plus $15 shipping.   No one else bid, so I bought 25 discs for a little more than $1 each.  Pretty good for 100 year old discs.

When I received them I cleaned them with denatured alcohol.  The amount of dirt that came off was incredible.

Now the real test, playing them.

They all played.  Some with more background noise than others, but they are all enjoyable.  Fox Trot, Tenors, Solos, Bands......a good mix.

I put them in large bags to store them........

about  30 discs

New Felt Turntable Pad

I do not like the green turntable pad that   came with my Edison A100.  

I went to Jo-Ann Fabric and bought some wool felt for $3 ($18 a yard, 50% coupon, needed 1/3 yard)

I removed the original felt from the turntable

and then used rubber cement to first

glue down an under piece of felt

and then glue down the new wine color piece.

Something to watch put for: If, like me, you had the original felt pad with an additional felt pad added you will need to  maintain that height or adjust your reproducer height.  The image below shows the limit pin with the reproducer sitting on a reproduction with only one piece of turntable felt.  It is too low, it should be out of the taper area.  Adding a second layer of felt fixed the problem or the same could have been done by adjusting the mechanics

The Metal Pieces

I could not get the metal pieces clean so I cheated and painted them...

The Final Product

The front grill still needs repair, but I am happy with the results so far.....

Repaired bottom shelf

Leg round repaired with Mohawk Epoxy

Bottom shelf finish

Overall Finish

Ebay crank installed

Below are the before pictures

before

before

before

Installing the Hinge Piece

Next I glued on my new hinge piece and clamped it overnight.  

Next I reinstalled the motor so I wouldn't have the lid in the way later.

When I removed the hinges during the disassembly process, I was not sure if the mix of phillips head and slotted head screws were original.  I looked at Ebay listings for Edison hinge and screw listings and found that in many cases this is how the hinges came.

I assembled the hinges to the lid and then temporarily held the assembly over the cabinet and marked the new hinge hole screw locations with a pencil.  This ensured I had the correct hinge to hinge spacing.  I then drilled a pilot hole for each of the screws since I didn't want to split the new wood piece.

I removed the hinges from the lid and installed them on the hinge piece as shown below.

Finally I reinstalled the lid lock lever and the lid.....All done!

Picture of lid lock taken during disassembly and prior to cleaning.

Note: To clean the metal hinges And other metal pieces I soaked them in denatured alcohol for a few minutes and then gently cleaned with 0000 steel wool

Ebay Crank

I finally bought a crank off of Ebay...with shipping the cost was $22.  I got lucky, it was listed as a "wind up" and not as a "crank" which meant not many bidders.  

Search for "Edison" on Ebay;  many great things show up!