I have seen some people take these and gut them to make cabinets or dressers out of them, seriously depressing. I want to do a complete restore on the stereo cabinet back to as close to original as possible. My wife is also a very classy chick and just LOVES vinyl records so this 1966 (I think) Magnavox Astro-Sonic was an awesome find from an estate sale a few weeks ago. I am a woodworker by trade and am always on the lookout for unique furniture pieces to work on. I found this site from doing a ton of Google searching while I am trying to research restoration ideas for a new piece I just picked up. and thanks to everyone in this forum.I am new to this site and this is my first post as well. I also have the serial number if necessary. The 'Magnificent Magnavox' console is Model Number 2 ST 633 A (not sure if the numbers split up that way, or if they should just run together) and it's 'Run 2'. going after the most likely problem first, etc. I guess I'll first need to know the possible problems that can theoretically be the cause of WOW, and then put the problems into some order - and go through each possibility one by one. I see there is a product 'Re-Grip' Rubber Cleaner & Revitalizer $7.00 - not sure if it really makes old rubber like new? before going too much further, I'm wondering what each possible factor there is that can cause WOW, besides the idler wheels. So using a cloth i cleaned each part and put a tiny drop of duralube on them (just to test), then re-installed everything. I also found that the lubricant at the base of the steel center shaft (proper term?) on the washers and sleeve was black and gunky. Well, I tried sanding the edges of the BOTH rubber idler wheels and then re-installed the turntable. PLEASE visit Tube Radio Forums-The best forum in the World! A good wheel will give resistance, and, increased finger pressure will slow down the motor. If you take a finger, and, lightly push on rotating turntable, you will notice the turntable stops fairly easily. The wheel slips on both the motor shaft, and, the turn table. In advanced stage, the rubber turns hard. In the early stages you can sometimes use light sand paper, very fine grit, to sand off some of the slickness. I can email detailed photos of the unit including close ups of the idler wheels. So now i'm wondering what else could be causing the WOW in the turntable ? I even spun them slowly and watched very carefully to see if there was any fluctuation in roundness and couldn't detect even a slight variation. I just looked VERY closely at the idler wheels and after closer inspection they actually appear to be round - (the slight coloring differences in the rubber was throwing my perception off when i first looked at them.)

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